To all the expats in Shanghai....

by **mstsips** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:52 pm

I would like to ask.... are you enjoying your expat experience in Shanghai?

Are there any regrets?

If you could go back, would you do it all again?

Any words of wisdom you can pass on?

Many thanks

by **jzzzzzzz** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:56 pm

Yes, No, Yes, No.

by **still_here** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:09 pm

ditto

by **Swiss-James** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:10 pm

jzzzzzzz wrote:Yes, No, Yes, No.

by **yu888** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:18 pm

yes x 4

by **shiksa** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:33 pm

No, no, yes, no.

by **bus3** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:38 pm

Yes, Yes, Yes, No-don't expect clever answers from this group

by **thewalrus** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:41 pm

i like cheese and crackers. bye

by **LoveBoxStorage** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:55 pm

If I had to summarize Shanghai in one word, it'd be "intense."

Yes, I'm enjoying it; but, I definitely need to unplug from time to time by going home, to Thailand, or even to Hainan. Good days are really good, bad days really bad. Most days seem to be one way or the other - there don't seem to be many "average" days in my experience.

Before I moved here, one long-time Shanghai expat wife told me the following about Shanghai and expat marriages: Living here will either make your marriage a lot stronger, or it'll pull you apart. My experience has fortunately been the former; but, I've seen others go through the latter.

It's important that you have a comfortable home (to your earlier questions about housing). When you or your husband has a bad day, it's great to be able to unwind in a home that doesn't seem too different than where you used to live. (To this end, satellite TV with foreign channels is helpful.)

by **underh20** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:37 pm

Swiss-James wrote:
jzzzzzzz wrote:Yes, No, Yes, No.

Hey, James, who's the chavette?

by **Swiss-James** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:47 pm

Vicky Pollard- voice of a generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3HfCTz74UQ

by **warz** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:02 pm

Swiss-James, you blog is interesting. I just bookmarked it.

thanks for maintaining such a nice blog!

# Scratchy pink shirt- 19.90RMB from Carrefour
# Purple plaid belt- 3RMB. The most expensive item in an “Everything for 2RMB!” shop
# Belt clip for keys- 2RMB. From the same “Everything for 2RMB!” shop
# Trousers 35RMB. From a shop that mainly sold copper piping and industrial glue.
# White nylon socks 1RMB. Never again, everything I touched gave me and electric shock- I felt like the emperor from Star Wars.
# Underwear 2.8RMB. Carrefour- apparently the cost cuttings are made by removing any protection between the elasticated rubber and your body hair. I’ve now got a bald line circling the crotch area.
# Shoes 69RMB. You’ve got to spend the money where it counts eh?

the best blog article I have ever read in 2008!

to the OP: sorry for the off topic posting but I just could help. will avoid such off topic thing.

by **aristonb** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:12 pm

Shanghai is great it has it's up and down but all in all I enjoyed it. Going back to Aus hmmm it can wait. I want to see what China has to offer in the future.

by **canuckian** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:08 pm

mstsips wrote:I would like to ask.... are you enjoying your expat experience in Shanghai? not as much as I anticipated.

Are there any regrets? no

If you could go back, would you do it all again? not with the same scenario.

Any words of wisdom you can pass on? money will take you somewhere, but won't get you far on its own.

by **MoonOverMiami** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:54 pm

No, Yes, No, Back 2 days from vacationing and am already miserable again. Part of it is the job, part of it is the people, but the most important part is not having a social life being out in the rural parts of Shanghai.

by **Magnolia** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:11 pm

Yes (but not about shanghai... just in general)
Yes
No

by **SHstormtrooper** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:29 pm

Hells yeah! and oh noooo's!

by **OZDave** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:53 pm

yes,no,yes, get a good apartment to escape to.

by **UndrUrSkin** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:14 pm

The air quality has taken its toll on me and has dried and wrinkled me prematurely.... However my boobs still rock.. with a little help from 3M. Come see me at Hooters.

by **p1atl10** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:12 am

^ you post one more picture of my mom you jerk, and I am going to sic potentiated on you!

by **UndrUrSkin** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:44 am

^ Plat,, she is smokin hot and yes, I definately see the family resemblance. She can rock my world anytime... and not a single ounce of flab on that naughty body. Mucho, mucho Caliente'....

by **p1atl10** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:57 am

I do have big feet I guess.

And you know what they say.......

by **kate-shexpat** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:17 pm

To all expats in Shanghai:

There is an apartment located in downtown shanghai called Gascogne Apartments. They target expats as potential tenants. Though the inside and outside looks luxury, it is very very poorly managed.

The water pipes there are not good, as a result, the water has bad taste and looks yellowish. My friends do not even dare to take a bath.

Also, they rip off foreigners by charging them ridiculously high utility rate!! My friends did not know all of their funny businesses until they signed the leasing agreement and moved in. They got charged almost RMB 13,000 for only 2 months utilities!!

Well, just be careful...

by **carsonblock** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:24 pm

^ Hell hath no fury like a Chinese ex-employee scorned...

by **p1atl10** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 1:21 pm

kate-shexpat wrote:To all expats in Shanghai:

There is an apartment located in downtown shanghai called Gascogne Apartments. They target expats as potential tenants. Though the inside and outside looks luxury, it is very very poorly managed.

The water pipes there are not good, as a result, the water has bad taste and looks yellowish. My friends do not even dare to take a bath.

Also, they rip off foreigners by charging them ridiculously high utility rate!! My friends did not know all of their funny businesses until they signed the leasing agreement and moved in. They got charged almost RMB 13,000 for only 2 months utilities!!

Well, just be careful...

And what the heck does this have to do with the size of my feet!

And my hot mom?

C'mon people! Let's talk about important stuff!

by **UndrUrSkin** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:15 pm

Plat, I dunno..... their is just something about those silky smooth legs and those toned arms that drives me wild. Is your mom dating anyone? Shake it mama!

by **SnappySammy** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:01 pm

Regrets I have a few, but then again too few to mention....

by **p1atl10** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:47 am

^ Thanks Frank!

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