I lived in Wuhan for a few years as a teenager, my parents both taught English so we lived on campus the whole time. I love the country, it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. But the china worship here is fucking ridiculous. I don't feel like starting a fight but what I saw there was far from the image this site seems to have of it.
Yeah I'm not going into this thinking I'll spend a few years in socialist utopia. I figure I'll just see the country and a radically different way of life for myself, which is reason enough, while doing really interesting and rewarding work that's at worst morally neutral. Plus, I'll always be able to dunk on libs and chuds when I come back home and hear them say stupid shit by responding, "You haven't even been there chuckle fuck."
I highly recommend you go. Like I said one of the best experiences of my life. I would love to go back. No idea what your financial situation will be but we lived a fairly middle class life. Imo that's the best way to really experience another culture. Take the bus, eat street food, go to the same market the locals do. I did a fair amount of traveling too, there is so much to see but I would absolutely recommend Hainan island, skip the fancy hotels and see if can spend time in the fishing villages.
Thanks for the nudge. I submitted my application today based on the feedback in this thread. Financial situation would be pretty generous it looks like! Somewhere above 20k rmb/month, including a housing stipend. I've been told that's plenty.
My cousin lived on campus as an English teacher in one of the universities in Wuhan. We'd go to GuangGu in WuChang and hit up some of the bars there. There was this literally underground pub (half a storey below street level) that had hookahs and imported alcohol but literally had a max capacity of like 20 people near Vox and Prison, prominent xpat bars but wasn't completely riddled with laowai.
There was this middle aged American lady who was an English teacher, who my cousin was on tenuous terms with (the yank disagreed with her binge drinking, and also the way my cousin dresses for a lady, but some "politeness" from whatever region of Yankistan prevented her from saying anything directly, plus they worked together so they have to deal) would give out Christian literature, and/or bible stories as a extra reading for her students trying to learn English. It was an attempt at saving the souls of some godless commies.
If you know any where in the states to get the type of lamian they make their please let me know, I've been craving it ever since I left. There is one place in DCs china Town that makes something close enough it scratches the itch but I'll fucking travel to New York if you know a place.
Yup the Lanzhou lamian, I somehow forgot it was made with beef broth. Probably explains why I can't find it, ever since I became a vegetarian my eyes just pass over anything with meat in it. Well that's a bummer.
I lived in Wuhan for a few years as a teenager, my parents both taught English so we lived on campus the whole time. I love the country, it was one of the coolest experiences of my life. But the china worship here is fucking ridiculous. I don't feel like starting a fight but what I saw there was far from the image this site seems to have of it.
Yeah I'm not going into this thinking I'll spend a few years in socialist utopia. I figure I'll just see the country and a radically different way of life for myself, which is reason enough, while doing really interesting and rewarding work that's at worst morally neutral. Plus, I'll always be able to dunk on libs and chuds when I come back home and hear them say stupid shit by responding, "You haven't even been there chuckle fuck."
I highly recommend you go. Like I said one of the best experiences of my life. I would love to go back. No idea what your financial situation will be but we lived a fairly middle class life. Imo that's the best way to really experience another culture. Take the bus, eat street food, go to the same market the locals do. I did a fair amount of traveling too, there is so much to see but I would absolutely recommend Hainan island, skip the fancy hotels and see if can spend time in the fishing villages.
Thanks for the nudge. I submitted my application today based on the feedback in this thread. Financial situation would be pretty generous it looks like! Somewhere above 20k rmb/month, including a housing stipend. I've been told that's plenty.
My cousin lived on campus as an English teacher in one of the universities in Wuhan. We'd go to GuangGu in WuChang and hit up some of the bars there. There was this literally underground pub (half a storey below street level) that had hookahs and imported alcohol but literally had a max capacity of like 20 people near Vox and Prison, prominent xpat bars but wasn't completely riddled with laowai.
There was this middle aged American lady who was an English teacher, who my cousin was on tenuous terms with (the yank disagreed with her binge drinking, and also the way my cousin dresses for a lady, but some "politeness" from whatever region of Yankistan prevented her from saying anything directly, plus they worked together so they have to deal) would give out Christian literature, and/or bible stories as a extra reading for her students trying to learn English. It was an attempt at saving the souls of some godless commies.
I miss the city.
If you know any where in the states to get the type of lamian they make their please let me know, I've been craving it ever since I left. There is one place in DCs china Town that makes something close enough it scratches the itch but I'll fucking travel to New York if you know a place.
Like, Lanzhou lamian, the Hui cuisine? Or some hand pulled variation of Reganmian?
Yup the Lanzhou lamian, I somehow forgot it was made with beef broth. Probably explains why I can't find it, ever since I became a vegetarian my eyes just pass over anything with meat in it. Well that's a bummer.