Forums > Living in Kunming > stuck up lao wai

I can understand both sides. When on the street I see a foreigner, I usually try to make eye contact and sometimes I smile... not because I want to be nice, but because I'm happy to see other people sharing perhaps a similar situation here.
I'm German, and German people here in Kunming are indeed rare, so I don't really identify with the US Americans in Kunming. In my university, the Americans do everything together, it seems, and I wonder if they wonder about me: why do I never speak to them (except for a "hi" and a smile)? It's mostly because I came to China for contact with Chinese people, and also with people of other Asian countries... so no wonder I spend most of my time with Chinese, Singhalese, Thai, Lao, Japanese and Vietnamese people here.

Maybe other people just don't feel special enough about other foreigners, so they don't think it's necessary to make eye-contact with them. I wouldn't consider this rude or stuck-up.

Forums > Living in Kunming > What helps against moskitos?

We're living in a dormitory room and have a big problem with moskitos. In the last half hour we killed about 6 or 7 of them. Still at night the constant "meeeeeeeeeeeeee" keeps me awake and their bites itch...

Our window is usually closed, so is our door, so we can't improve much on that. What helps best against them (except for shoes and being quick)?

Buying moskito nets/tents for each of us might be our last option, is there anything else effective? Any recommendable device, fragrance thingie or lotion that definitely works?

Thanks,
- André

Forums > Study > Esperanto in Kunming

Hi!
I am looking for speakers of Esperanto in Kunming. Does anyone of you speak the language or has learned it at some point and wants to improve their proficiency?
If you speak Esperanto or have learned it in the past, then please contact me! =)
Also, if you're interested in learning Esperanto, I can teach you (for free), no matter if you're Chinese or English or German (as I am)...

If you never heard of Esperanto before, check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

Thanks,
- André

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Saluton!
Mi serĉas parolantojn de Esperanto en Kuming. Ĉu iu de vi parolas la lingvon aŭ lernis ĝin iam kaj nun volas plibonigi sian lingvokapablon?
Se vi parolas Esperanton aŭ iam ajn en la pasinteco lernis ĝin, bonvole kontaktu min! =)
Aŭ se vi interesiĝas pri lerni Esperanton, mi povas instrui al vi (senkoste), egale ĉu vi estas ĉina, angla aŭ germana (kiel mi)...

Se vi neniam aŭdis pri Esperanto, vizitu eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

Dankon,
- André

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你们好！
我在昆明找说世界语的人。你们中有没有人会说这个语言或者以前学了,现在想提高自己的语言才能？
由于你会说世界语或者你以前学了,因此请这里回答！ =)
不然,要是你想学习世界语,我(免费地)可以教你,无论你是中国人、美国人还是德国人(如我)......

如果你们从来没听见世界语是什么,看一看： baike.baidu.com/view/30032.htm?fr=ala0_1_1

谢谢,
- 安德烈

Forums > Study > Pointless Visa Renewal?

Thanks, everyone, especially LaoBenDan and Tonyaod. I understand how it works now.

Forums > Study > Pointless Visa Renewal?

I'm a German student at the Yunnan Nationalities University. I arrived one week ago and I will be studying here for about 10 months. Back in Germany, I got a students visa (X Visa) with the specifications of:

Entries: 01
Duration of each stay: 000
Issue date: 17AUG2010
Enter before: 17NOV2010

Now my university told us they have to renew our visas and want 400 Yuan for that. Why might my visa have to be renewed? Is there anything I missed? Is this a standard procedure or why are they doing this (I have a scholarship, by the way)...

If I simply just don't appear in the office or refuse to have my visa "renewed", what could the consequences be? After all, my current visa should be valid for a year (or even more).

What does this mean? What can I do?
Thanks,
- André