Bihai Hotel Yantai

... the slightest touch; the light didn't work; and there was a stench of mold. I assumed there had been a leak from upstairs, but as the receptionist pointed out, this was the top floor. "We've had a lot of rain recently", she remarked nonchantly. I demanded another room, and she announced with ostentatious magnanimity that she would give me a more expensive room for no extra cost. How generous! This replacement room (into which they'd simply squeezed another bed ...

... that is real and unquestionable but don't get me wrong I do respect those that follow a religion as each person is entitled to their own beliefs. <br><br>So yes, I do have a fascination of what lays beyond the Stars but it is a fascination that was born from the absolute stupidity of those who go beyond simple faith. It goes to the extremists of all religions who are willing to kill and die for an ...

&#24744;&#22909;&#65281;&#65311; Nin hao!? Salaam Aleekum! Sorry I haven't written to y'all lately (or in some cases at all) but I've been really busy, etc. I'm writing on this, my first day in Yantai. First and foremost, yes you can smoke anywhere, including my dorm room, and it's the tits. And cigarettes and cheaper and better than the Gambia. Christy I recommend you try Shuang Xi (Double Happiness - &#21916;&#21916 ...

Just recently I was visiting my best Chinese mate in the seaside city of Yantai. On this one day, while we were strolling through a mall, I heard this Chinese trance-dance song playing faintly off in the distance. I thought, "Oh man, that was my song! My friends and I used to jam to it at the many Chinese dance clubs we used to frequent". I never knew the name of that song, but I was about to ...

Ok folks, I've finally started writing a blog! Just getting to grips with this site, it seems pretty complicated so I'm not going to get down to any serious writing just yet. It's almost dinner time here, the weather's pretty nice today as it's just about the end of winter now and I'm just lazing around. Have been watching some random TV ...

... signs and fines. The Olympics in 2008 probably had some kind of influence on this but it just makes me think that maybe it's quite a recent habit that the Chinese learnt from watching football matches. [1] The system was rather simple. If his room light was on then he was awake. I would then be very careful to listen for him near the toilet door which was usually quite easy to do. Alternatively it was quite easy to hear him shuffling around in his room.

... the words perfectly, it was hilariously cool! He then listened to Insane in the membrane while bobbing his head. Apparently one time he listened to harsh irish music and he went off and stole a bike and picked up a student and rode it back to the academy (everybody later found out that the bike belonged to the academy anyway but it was still funny). Besides this he was great at making speeches, encouraging students and teaching. He was also the best ...

... speaks English or French to be her friend. I called her right after the tutor and so far we've met twice and have just hung out, speaking an extremely interesting mix of French, Chinese, and English. Her English isn't as strong as my tutor's, and her French is just beginning level, so we really get to practice Chinese a lot. I had my first case of food poisoning on Sunday, which meant I spent the day in bed and lying there I realized that even laying alone in my room, with my eyes ...

... in true frustrated teacher fashion) Spoken in rapid Glaswegian though, so as not to actually be understood. And of course they just continued to stare blankly. The fact that I have difficulty with they're facial expressions seems to work both ways, they cannot read mine either so it took them around a minute to figure out I was angry. I have also been discovering that around half of the middle school boys do not speak English, and this is accepted by the teachers which makes ...

... phlegm its no kind of spitting you're used to in England. What arrives on the floor is almost alive and tends to be a variety of shades depending on how much said Chinese person smokes. The thing is its done everywhere and by everyone, even little kids do it, miss and get your shoe... Perhaps almost worse than this are the people who squelch their spit through their teeth. I was privy to a whole night of spit squelching on the train on the way to Yantai, which ...