Simon Lau
@adoresimon
Chinese citizen
Forum posts
17
About me
Chinese
Lives in Guangzhou
Speaks Chinese, Madrin, English
Registration: 10 August 2010
Activity
Facebook problem in Shanghai by janin_white
Hello everyone! I am new here so it's nice to meet everyone. I would like to know if you can open your facebook accounts in Shanghai? I faced a problem with that. I've tried different computers and different internet clubs but facebook doesn't work. ...
Paid VPN service could pass the block easily, but cost too much.. There are many online free proxy servers.. proxyie.cn/free-web-proxy.php Not that stable.. but hey, it's free :) 15th floor's is not free ones.. Read More
Software Package for Learning Mandarin by Ottontarion
Can anyone recommend a software package for learning Mandarin Chinese? I have seen high praise for Rosetta Stone. I would like to take a course but will probably need to wait a few months before I can make the time for some night lessons.
lingoes.cn this is a dictionary software, you could add the vocabulary by yourself.. you might need your Chinese friends' help to install. Read More
Software Package for Learning Mandarin by Ottontarion
Can anyone recommend a software package for learning Mandarin Chinese? I have seen high praise for Rosetta Stone. I would like to take a course but will probably need to wait a few months before I can make the time for some night lessons.
If you are in Guangzhou, I could teach you! way much better than those apps. haha... :D Read More
Handan China by therubycanary
Hello, I have been offered a teaching position in Handan China by Maple Leaf School. Any info on Handan or that school would be great. Does anyone on here live in Handan and have a blog about it that I could read? It looks like it's really ...
Another English teacher :) Read More
Guangzhou token by metrobarcelona
Can anybody send me a token (I think there is not tickets in this metro) of the Guangzhou for my collection? Websites related to trains and metros are only made in Chinese and often they don't reply my request
if you talking about token, most of the english speaking chinese won't know it.. simply call it metro coin tickets, everybody knows! There are english in the metro system.. but the name of the places are not, they just the spell of the Chinese, not ... Read More
Clubbing in Guangzhou by freshthings
Hi there, I am 38 but I look 28 because I live like a 22 year old. I enjoy travelling, clubbing and shopping. Looking for someone who shares the same. I have been coming to GZ but never been to a club. Any newbies or oldies I can join this week?
Hi, I'm also a 'newbie' to GZ and I am really in need of a good night out. I'm a 32yo brit that is really missing a social life! It would be really great to meet peeps to go out with.Maybe you could come to downtown Guangzhou when you are ... Read More
Any expats in Nahai? Am I the only one?? by special-kr
Hi, I'm new to the site and new to GZ - well Nanhai actually. I've only been here one week but I have yet to see any western faces. Is there anyone living/workng close by that can share info on what great things there are to do and see and ...
I think Nanhai is not a foreigners crowded place.. kinda new places for the expats.. :D But not Guangzhou, way too many foreigners Read More
Canton Fair Interpreter/Translator/Representative in Guangzhou by elisabethwang
Mail / MSN ID miss_lilli_wang@hotmail.com Elisabeth.wang84@gmail.com Cell Phone: 0086 - 135 2780 8198 Hi there, I am Elisabeth working as a Business Coordinator & Representative锛孖nterpreter, Chinese teacher in Guangzhou China. I've been ...
Tough Girl.. Read More
Moving to Hangzhou- Help needed by Dr Sikander Pal
hi everbody. this forum appears to be a great place of activity for the expats. As I am coming to Hangzhou from Amritsar (Punjab, India) as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Zhejanj University. I would like to know the cost of living in Hangzhou. I ...
So many foreign friends come to China, teaching english and stuff... :) I wanna go out and teach Chinese :D Read More
Want to join a gym by kate.abdelnour
Hey everyone, I have officially been in Guangzhou for a week, and I am adjusted enough to want to start looking for a gym to join. Any suggestions? I am just looking for something that is relatively cheap and has clean facilities. Extra classes ...
I never think about joining a gym.. haha.. i'd rather doing the exercise by myself. Read More
Young people in Guangzhou?! by lizzie.pledger
Hi, I'm a 23 year old English teacher. Was wondering if there are any other 20 - 30 year old expats in Guangzhou? Would be good to know bars and clubs where the younger people hang out and make some friends here! Lizzie
wow.. more and more foreign friends rushing into Guangzhou :D I am Simon, a local guy, 27yrs. I dream, someday, we don't even need to speak english, though I could. Nice to meet you guys... Read More