Just wanted to pass along that I just came across an interesting website started by two westerners, www.havingababyinchina.com.
It looks like it's just gotten off the ground, but has some potentially useful info and the beginnings of a forum up there. There's no Yunnan-specific info up there yet - but maybe a few GoKunmingren could get it started.
Hi Alcond...well, it will be a while before I know the results because all scores in China were canceled that day due to a massive screw up in test administration: chronicle.com/article/Cancellation-of-GRE-Scores/125316/. So we all have to retake the test this coming Saturday. (Oh, how I LOATHE ETS right now.)
Usually test results are available by phone around 1 month later (for an extra fee) and are posted by mail 6 weeks after the test date. To prepare, I bought a test prep book (Kaplan) when I was in the US last year - I thought this was a good enough way to prepare.
Hi amira - just sent you a PM about possible hospital options. Feel free to drop me an email.
For anyone who is taking the GRE tomorrow, be sure that the address you're going to is correct - it will be held at 云南大学外语学院, which is located at 一二一大街182号, directly across from the big electronics store. If you walk through the main gate I believe it's the first building ahead on your left.
I mention this because the address I was originally sent for the test was totally incorrect (the test is NOT being held at 52 Cuihu Beilu) so I don't want anyone else to go there incorrectly. :)
Good luck!
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Has the distinction of being one of the only places in town with an elevator. Usually has hot water, and the beds and rooms generally are comfy enough. Satisfactorily clean.
Noisy at night as many rooms face the main road, and it's largely taken over by groups of ganbu doing god-knows-what until all hours - they're usually gone by morning, leaving behind only the empty pings.
:D
Dear Salvador's waitresses,
I get it - maybe you've been told not to memorize people's orders instead of writing them down, or maybe you think it's impressive not to take notes...
But you know what I'd find more impressive? Getting my order right. Ever.
Salvador's has great food, but every time I eat here my food is missing something I ordered, or has something sprinkled all over it that I asked to be left out.
Seriously, just write the orders down. I won't think any less of you!
xx birdabroad
This place has a nice atmosphere - high ceiling, comfortable seating, good light. A classy-looking place, and definitely a breath of fresh air after smacking your forehead endlessly in the cafes of Wenhua Xiang and Wenlin Jie. The coffee is solid.
A word of warning: Stay away from the cakes. They are the kind that come out of a box that several cafes around here serve; at Rainbow they keep the slices in the freezer and serve them to you frozen solid on a plate. Seriously.
Getting Away: Nanning
发布者Normally, I really like the "Getting Away" feature on GoKunming...but I feel like we might be scraping the bottom of the barrel here. I had some new and exciting noodles there - tasty, I'll grant you - but I speak from experience when I say that Nanning is the place that fun goes to die.