If you are coming to shanghai being a non china chinese, you are bound to get a shanghai girlfriend sooner or later. You will. trust me.
Many people loves to have a shanghai girlfriend, many advises against it. The following are some of the pros and cons that you might need to know.
PROS:
1)Most of them speaks a little english (they will because many of them wants a non China boyfriend, preferably white)
2)They are smart
3)They will definitely chat with you a few sentences (as long as you are white) no matter how lousy her english and your chinese is.
4)they dress better compared to chinese girls from other provinces.
5)They know how to make a guy happy. *wink*
CONS:
1)Most of them treat guys, especially boyfriends, as a walking ATM
2)materialistic (very)
3)looks down on chinese from other provinces, sometimes even chinese from other countries.
4)some of them do not feel speaking shanghainese in a group outing where there are people do not understanding it as rude.
5)they like to lie
6)many of them likes to keep a few boyfriends, one for marriage consideration, one for money, one for "love" etc etc.
I will add on to this list when I think of more. whether to get a shanghai galfren, its all up to you.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
How to survive in shanghai - queueing
Many foreigners arriving in shanghai for the first time in their life cannot get used to the locals not queueing.
they do not queueing when buying food, buying tickets for subway, going up the subway, etc etc.
of course, not all Chinese in shanghai do not queue. So if you are particular about queueing, here is how you should brainwash yourself.
If you are spending less than USD 1 on a meal of fried rice, fried noodles, spicy soup, do not expect the people who are buying the same thing to give a damn about queueing. Same for the subway, they shanghai subway caps at less than USD 1 for the longest ride, so if you meet people who are queueing, you should feel privileged.
If you HAVE to see people queueing, please go to places where a simple meal would costs about the same as they would charge in New York City or Tokyo or London or Paris. Even if the customers do not queue, whoever is attending to the customers will ask them to queue.
Having said that, taking a cab in shanghai, although it costs more than USD 1 for the starting fee, no one is gonna let you get the cab first during the rush hours. It's the same in New York and other big cities during the rush hours.
In shanghai, queueing is all about how much you are willing to spend.
they do not queueing when buying food, buying tickets for subway, going up the subway, etc etc.
of course, not all Chinese in shanghai do not queue. So if you are particular about queueing, here is how you should brainwash yourself.
If you are spending less than USD 1 on a meal of fried rice, fried noodles, spicy soup, do not expect the people who are buying the same thing to give a damn about queueing. Same for the subway, they shanghai subway caps at less than USD 1 for the longest ride, so if you meet people who are queueing, you should feel privileged.
If you HAVE to see people queueing, please go to places where a simple meal would costs about the same as they would charge in New York City or Tokyo or London or Paris. Even if the customers do not queue, whoever is attending to the customers will ask them to queue.
Having said that, taking a cab in shanghai, although it costs more than USD 1 for the starting fee, no one is gonna let you get the cab first during the rush hours. It's the same in New York and other big cities during the rush hours.
In shanghai, queueing is all about how much you are willing to spend.
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