God damnit, I really want to go to China now. xD I know Liar's Dice from Red Dead Redemption. Hell of a fun game. I'll be sure to brush up on my skills before I head out. Also, if we meet, we will of course have a game!
I've no doubt that you can. Be prepared for it, because when they see a white man they love to invite him to their table to drink, and they will refuse to let you pay anything. A word of advice: learn the basic rules of Liar's Dice (if) before you go. It is at every beer garden and if you know the rules people will love you. It is also a hell of a fun game, and I plan to introduce it to the States when I return.
I'm fairly confident that I could outdrink half of China in one night . I'm a bit of a wine and whiskey connoisseur myself, so I can appreciate the formalities of drinking fine liquor.
Haha, oh man, baijiu. That stuff is DANGEROUS. tbf though, the only stuff I buy myself has been like 4 kuai (approx. $0.64) for a 150 ml bottle. I once drank 2.5 bottles of that in one night here and don't remember anything of the rest. xD Good baijiu, though, is to be appreciated like any other alcohol. Some of the Chinese take baijiu very seriously; sort of like a scotch connoiseur would treat whiskey. It's funny though. I'll generalize here and say that the Chinese LOVE drinking booze, but most cannot hold their liquor. Leads to some hilarious situations.
*The quickly blurring scenery. Oop, and there she is!
Yeah, I've had a word with some people in the British Council over there. Interlingua's been around a long time and they seem pretty legit. While I can't be certain, as I don't run it, it seems as though everything's going through the proper bureaucratic channels. I send my stuff, they formally invite me as part of my Visa application. I did some research, and either it checks out, or there's a damned impressive conspiracy haha. They have support from the Provincial Government, and the fact that they are endorsed and publicised by sites such as tefl.com goes strongly in their favour. Cheers for the info, though. I didn't know con jobs were so prevalent! Well, Guizhou is famous for its liquor. As you can imagine, I insist that we buy some of this liquor and then enjoy the scenery. xD
Damn son. Sounds pretty good. You need to make sure everything is in order though, really. The program I'm a part of did basically everything for me, all the paperwork and bureacratic bulltrout. And there is A LOT of that stuff. I'm just letting you know that if you end up having to do all that by yourself, you will really have to be on top of your trout, because screwing one thing up or forgetting one document can jeopardize everything. Also, your program looks legitimate, but you need to be absolutely sure it is. There have stories of the govt. cracking down on programs that didn't have proper credentials and deporting foreigners employed as teachers. Good luck man! I really hope it works out for the best for ya. I would love to meet up with you and drink the piss-water that is Chinese beer (you will have to make peace with this if you come here, the beer is weak, and there are like two brands unless you wanna pay out of the ass for foreign brew).
"I don't wanna hype it up, but it's the best place in the world and I've never been happier." The interview went really well. It seems to me that someone flaked on them, what with them contacting me (even though I still haven't finished uploading all my info to the site they found me on), the guy asking me the earliest I could start etc. Hopefully that's the case, as it ups my chances. I'm to send them some docs tonight. They'll think it over and get back to me some time next week. If they decide to take me on, I'll then blast through the process of getting my Z Visa and leave as soon as possible. Ideally I'd be able to leave before December.
Yeah man I don't want to hype it up too much either, but if you get it, we'll definitely be able to meet up sometime. I've taken overnight buses, they are cheap, and you can get a sleeper bus for essentially the same price as a normal one. How did the interview go? Hypothetically, when would you start? (guess I'm not doing a very good job of not hyping it up)
Link here. Ah, seventeen and a half hours ain't too bad. O_O Overnight train it is, I guess haha. I'm trying not to get too excited, in case I don't get it, but if I do... ...smurf YEAH.
