用户配置文件: blobbles

用户信息
  • 注册时间
  • 认证Yes

论坛帖子

0
Forums > Living in Kunming > how do you pay taxes on parcels?

Be careful buying anything on Taobao as some people are fake and will take your money no qualms. To think there are people like this in the world?? My friends tell me they can usually tell by the ratings etc people get, but it isn't as reliable as e-bay and others.

Its likely that the item is out the back door of the factory yes! Though you can't be sure of the authenticity or quality of the item I would ask for real pictures (cell phone OK) and email contacts, even talking to the person and doing everything you can to make sure its real.

0
Forums > Living in Kunming > how do you pay taxes on parcels?

My friend got something sent to him once (I think it was a computer game or something?) and he had to pay more in taxes than what it was worth.

I would get an e-reader from www.taobao.com as its likely you will have to pay some stupid amount for import tax.

Check out taobao though, search for ereader. Looks like you can get sonys, kindles, kobos (I have one and they are pretty cheap and OK). Then, depending what country you are from, use a VPN for ordering the books. I am from NZ and use Astrill which makes it look like I am still there for my kobo purchases (they are geographically aware as each place pays different rates for books).

To get stuff from Taobao though you need to set up some stuff with your bank (according to my friend), special account or something. Talk to some Chinese friends, they will probably have an account already.

0
Forums > Living in Kunming > Veteran

I heard Gaoxing also bites children and once touched a horses dong. Well, thats what I heard... I still think the "I am Gaoxing" t-shirt is a good idea...

If I saw Gaoxing in person, I would buy him a beer and thank him for the laughs!

0
Forums > Travel Yunnan > going to taiwan with no flights

This page talks about it a lot: www.seat61.com/Taiwan.htm#Ferries to Taiwan

I would get the train to Guangzhou (overnight sleeper) then go to the East bus station (you might need to stay a night in Guangzhou) and take the train to Zhangzhou as specified here:

www.chinatraveldepot.com/[...]

Xiamen isn't far away then, a taxi or bus would take you there probably. You are looking at 2-6 days of travel though... and it might just be cheaper to fly after all the hotels and train trips and hassle. Although it might be worth it just for the experience (I am also a masochist!).

Google fixes everything.

分类广告

No results found.

分类评论

•

But to the story - I had no idea that different provinces could implement laws differently! There should be no way for Yunnan to be more lenient than other provinces, that is a severe failure of the Chinese justice system (or the Chinese guanxi based punishment system, whichever you prefer!).

•

I have taken drugs before, LSD when I was younger. My friends did also. That was over 15 years ago now and all of us are now fully capable and contributing members of society today. Not one of us had our relationships break down or adverse affects of our drug taking, which occurred 1-3 times for all of us before we all made a pact not to ever do it again after a bad experience.

So we should all be executed HFCAMPO? Or is there a statute of limitations for your new law? Or do you decide how it is implemented? What if you found out your son/daughter was peer pressured into taking a drug. Instant execution? You are OK with that?

Your broad sweeping assumptions "Casual drug users do affect others you just don't know about it." should be the downfall of your argument.

•

Alien, there is a clear definition of a troll, look it up. Because others use it here when they should not, is not my problem.

HFCAMPO posted that all drug users should be put to death and he has just said that the statement is not sarcastic. If you do not believe that fits into a category of being "deliberately inflammatory to provoke reaction", I aren't sure what is. He has stated a zero tolerance, capital punishment extremist viewpoint. He then insulted me for telling a simple anecdote, in another attempt to provoke a reaction.

This would be fine if he framed his statements as a matter of opinion. But he has done it with a tone which brooks no argument so that it is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of fact. You can tell this because he simply insults anyone who disagrees with him, even in the slightest. He then stated that he is an expert on the matter as he willingly joined an army and worked in the area. And this army was controlled by a government which exhorts the exact opposite of the values he purports to uphold. Either he holds two different viewpoints simultaneously or holds one and deliberately posts the other to provoke a response. I am fairly certain it is the latter.

Is it your genuine opinion HFCAMPO that all drug users should be put to death? My anecdote still holds, just replace "smoking a joint" with "popping a tab of acid". Do you believe all young people who are peer pressured into taking LSD, for instance, should be put to death?

•

A troll HFCAMPO is someone who posts something on a thread in order to deliberately cause a reaction. Clearly your first 2 posts were exactly that, you somewhat clarified your position in the third post, but not at all clearly, it appears you were being sarcastic?

You have started an inflammatory discussion, appeared to have changed your mind, insulted me for simply adding an anecdote after reading your first posts...

And you still have the temerity to call others trolls?

It appears you get a buzz out of being a troll yourself then pretending you are not. The only one who is laughing is yourself, in your own head, the rest of us are shaking our head in wonderment. I guess the joke is on me for being your troll bait.

评论


By

So fast, so convenient. One star off for opening before the train station stop is connected!


By

Wow, just wow. Possibly the best Chinese food I have had in Kunming. And in one of the nicest, traditional courtyard style restaurant I have been in. A woman dressed in traditional qi pao playing a gu zheng just adds to it.

We had okra, mushroom soup, dried beef and chou dofu. All top notch with the bill coming in at just over 250 kuai. But we could have fed 3 people for that so not too bad at about 80-90 kuai each. Not the cheapest but for the quality, it's damn good.

If you have people visiting and want to take them to a traditional Chinese style restaurant with Yunnan style food, or want a romantic night out with a gal, you can't go wrong here. Close to Green Lake (down a little alley) for a romantic walk... Just perfect.


By

Pretty good place for getting all your documents translated and/or notarised. Note that there are a number of notaries in the building which you can find by going up the stairs (the elevators are impossible). But you have to find the stairs to do so... go in the door, head over to the right, go up the big wide stairs which head up a floor, turn right then right again into the elevator area and right again into the stairwells. Whew!

One point off for the elevators never being available and having to hike 7-9 flights of stairs (not good if you have to go 3-4 times a day like I often did!)


By

This does not stop at the Jinanya hotel at Da Shang Hui as the flyers state (and is on the images tab here). They need to have another stop in the same area or else they are missing out on covering a big chunk of the city.

You can take another bus, the 919C, I believe, if you are nearby Da Shang Hui, which leaves from the bus station on HeHong Lu, nearby the Qianxing road intersection. This bus goes every hour and is white, found at the western end of the station. It is operated by a different company and takes about 1 hour 10 minutes to get to the airport due to a large number of stops especially near the airport.

Great bus though if you can catch it!


By

Friendly people, even got to the talk to the vice consulate, who told me she had done a stint in Malaysia's Siberian Consulate!

English is spoken by some of the Chinese girls working at the desk who are pleasant to deal with. I assume they do Visa's as well but I wasn't here for a visa, this time!