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carlon78

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 04:00 PM

Hydro wrote:

dont be ignorant he's obviously not a native speaker (obviously not chinese either) i wonder how good you are at his mother tongue

Difference being, I don't troll around Chinese language forums dispensing such nuggets of wisdom.

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root
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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 04:15 PM

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*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*

Sorry for my English. I guess it should be called *RUSHLISH*.

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lostatsea

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 05:46 PM

when you find a ayi tell her how you want things done and stick to it, this is the most important. but in general if you pay penuts you get mokeys so dont expect anything more.

carlon78

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 05:48 PM

root wrote:

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*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*CHINGLISH ALERT*

What do you even mean?

I mean **** YOU. Is it England English ?

Or: i want to have you sometime somewhere.

Well, really. There's no need for that.

I merely made a joke (only mildly funny, I admit) about ayis plotting to overthrow the powers that be via the OP's agency.

Pfff, this forum has so many hot-heads. First fWerrF, now this reprobate.

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lostatsea

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:01 PM

carlon78 sorry bout the lash on the forum but welcome to shanghai and dont worry soon you can join the hothead group, it dosnt take too long just a few trips on the metro, highway and some annoying neighbors and you also will fit right in confused

george_yin

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:09 PM

That was funny. Haha. My ayis never plot any revolution. I am a very nice boss, you will see.

carlon78 wrote:

george_yin wrote:

My website is undergoing government cencorship now. Everywebsite in China should go through government registry and cencorship. The process will take 1 month.

Is that to make sure your ayis aren't plotting a revolution?

Wink

lostatsea

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:14 PM

if a chinese a yi ever plotted a revoltution this is when the world is truly coming to an end!! devil

i dread to imagine the outcome of most ayi's revenge on the world, i have seen how some clean houses the outcome of them trying something bad would be truly devistating!!!

george_yin

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:20 PM

I hope all of you guys can enjoy your life in Shanghai. Some things are terrible, like transportation you mentioned, but think of the bright side. Some of my expats friends moved to Shanghai, just coz in Shanghai they can easily find everything they want. But comparatively Suzhou is a small city. It's hard to get satisfied.

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Ah Beng

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:22 PM

The best FREE advice I can give you at this time, is that you trained your ayis to be people first, ayi 2nd.

The rest will cost you some cigs and baijiu... Shocked

george_yin

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:24 PM

Klick, the training part is the most important part. My goal is to make every ayi has the ability to represent my agency. But the problem is my business is still small now, I do train my ayis some tips on being a housemaid in expats family. But I don't train everyone of them cleaning skill, cooking skill. But when I introduce them to my customers, I will make sure they do have these skills.
I do hope my agency can get more customers and I can get more money to train these ayis and better satisfy your guys.

Klick wrote:

Are you planning to train your ayis, or take their word for it when they tell you what they know?

In the UK we used a (franchise) company called Myhome. The first thing that happened when we called them was, the owner of my local franchise came to my home, walked around it with me, and sat with me to discuss what exactly I expected. He detailed for me the training that all of their cleaners are given before they are allowed to go to work in a client's home. I suggest that if you can assure your clients that your ayis have completed a training session in the types of cleaning products and the types of tasks an expat family might expect, people will appreciate this. Also for childcare - I think it would benefit ayis who will be expected to do childcare if they are given a bit of insight into different philosophies in child care that they might encounter with foreign parents.

george_yin

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:29 PM

Root, as I already mentioned before. My website will go public after about 1 month. Thanks for being interested in my website and my business. But don't imagine me to as someone who just wants to make money. My goal of running this business is to help expats. I used to be a Mandarin trainer, and I found that most of my students suffered from their Chinese experience because of unqualified housemaid and all kinds of service, especially China telecom and real estate property management company.
I want to help you guys to solve these problems.

Sincerely
George

root wrote:

carlon78 wrote:

george_yin wrote:

My website is undergoing government cencorship now. Everywebsite in China should go through government registry and cencorship. The process will take 1 month.

Is that to make sure your ayis aren't plotting a revolution?

Wink

It's for control every sheep/wolf. You should rising with chains on your hands and enjoy that you got your privilege - your poor life.

george_yin

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:31 PM

Haha, Ah Beng,
I can invite you to dinner when you pay a visit to Suzhou.

Ah Beng wrote:

The best FREE advice I can give you at this time, is that you trained your ayis to be people first, ayi 2nd.

The rest will cost you some cigs and baijiu... Shocked

george_yin

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:36 PM

Lostatsea, thanks for your suggestion, currently the ayi was paid by my customers, I do hope to expand my business and have some self-owned ayi, haha.

lostatsea wrote:

when you find a ayi tell her how you want things done and stick to it, this is the most important. but in general if you pay penuts you get mokeys so dont expect anything more.

george_yin

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:43 PM

Hydro, I agree with you. The world develops coz people know to tolerate others. I am a native Chinese, but I always consider myself to be a world citizen, although I still have to get visas to visit other countries though, haha.

Anyway, we cannot ask everyone in the world to speak and write the same English, at least I am trying to communicate with you guys.

Thanks for your support.

Hydro wrote:

dont be ignorant he's obviously not a native speaker (obviously not chinese either) i wonder how good you are at his mother tongue

lostatsea

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 06:43 PM

we all hope to have self owned ayi one day Laughing

supernena

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 08:16 PM

"Suzhou is a small city. It's hard to get satisfied." Come on guys, were you really going to let this one go so easily? He put it on a silver platter...... Laughing

root
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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 09:34 PM

carlon78 wrote:

Pfff, this forum has so many hot-heads. First fWerrF, now this reprobate

I see you avatar and i guess you are an English Teacher/Zoophyle.

So what, who cares ?

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root
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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 09:41 PM

george_yin wrote:

Root, as I already mentioned before....But don't imagine me to as someone who just wants to make money. My goal of running this business is to help expats...I want to help you guys to solve these problems. ..

Sure, we all here for do the same. Wink

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SHstormtrooper

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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 10:44 PM

More cowbells.

I think you need more cowbells.

You better start probing into that.

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carlon78

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Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 12:11 AM

root wrote:

carlon78 wrote:

Pfff, this forum has so many hot-heads. First fWerrF, now this reprobate

I see you avatar and i guess you are an English Teacher/Zoophyle.

So what, who cares ?

I see you [sic] Chinglish and think you must be an eejit.

I am neither an English teacher nor a zoophile.

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george_yin

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Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 08:57 AM

Why do I get cowbells? Sorry I did not get it. I am not a native speaker, haha.

SHstormtrooper wrote:

More cowbells.

I think you need more cowbells.

You better start probing into that.

root
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Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 08:57 AM

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I see you [sic] Chinglish and think you must be an eejit.

I am neither an English teacher nor a zoophile.

Ok, i'm sorry about my English, it's not perfect. But i have real experience and ideas in on-line business, do you ? Wink

Again, sorry for my bad words and back to the topic.

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george_yin

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Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 08:59 AM

root wrote:

Ok, i'm sorry about my English, it's not perfect. But i have real experience and ideas in on-line business, do you ? Wink

Again, sorry for my bad words and back to the topic.

Let's stop talking about English. It won't help my business. haha. Root, are you familiar with Linux? Your name reminded me that.

root
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Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 09:08 AM

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Let's stop talking about English. It won't help my business. haha. Root, are you familiar with Linux? Your name reminded me that.

I'm not prof in Linux Wink

. What about ideas .. seems you already got it, and

what a sense talking about if your web is still locked...

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george_yin

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Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 09:16 AM

Haha, I have been using Linux for years, but I am still a newbie in Linux world. My website is blocked by Chinese government. It has nothing to do with my technical skill. Lol, that's a good point though.

root wrote:

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Let's stop talking about English. It won't help my business. haha. Root, are you familiar with Linux? Your name reminded me that.

I'm not prof in Linux Wink

. What about ideas .. seems you already got it, and

what a sense talking about if your web is still locked...