Comments on: The trouble with taking the high road http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/ Blogging from Behind the Great Wall Fri, 16 May 2008 03:37:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Xiao Zhu http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2118 Xiao Zhu Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:30:09 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2118 I totally understand your short temper. Anybody with decent Chinese and has lived in China for a while will blow their fuse at Chinese ignorance (i.e thinking foreigners can't speak Chinese and are unable to directly communicate with them.) I totally understand your short temper. Anybody with decent Chinese and has lived in China for a while will blow their fuse at Chinese ignorance (i.e thinking foreigners can’t speak Chinese and are unable to directly communicate with them.)

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2126 Jeremy Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:44:37 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2126 Hi Rick, Completely understand your pain. Try and take a vacation or trip back home soon - do it now! Before it's too late... heh heh heh. Hi Rick,

Completely understand your pain.

Try and take a vacation or trip back home soon - do it now! Before it’s too late… heh heh heh.

]]> By: admin http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2129 admin Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:31:37 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2129 Thanks Jeremy. And to make matters worse, I just lost to my brother in fucking Monopoly! Worst board game ever! Thanks Jeremy.

And to make matters worse, I just lost to my brother in fucking Monopoly!

Worst board game ever!

]]> By: The Humanaught http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2134 The Humanaught Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:35:57 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2134 I feel your pain man. And I don't know that Shanghai's much better, but there definitely seems to be a politeness difference between the north and the south. Maggie, whom is 东北人, noticed it when we returned to Dalian the first time after living here in Suzhou. In her words, they were rougher and whinier than people in Suzhou - who are known for being soft spoken (so much so that the women repeatedly nag the men about being too effeminate). The problem, as I've seen it for a long while, is that no matter how many people you tell off there's always a great deal more people waiting in <strike>line</strike> a clusterfuck mob just dying to piss you off. PS: The Game of Life, now there's a board game. I feel your pain man. And I don’t know that Shanghai’s much better, but there definitely seems to be a politeness difference between the north and the south. Maggie, whom is 东北人, noticed it when we returned to Dalian the first time after living here in Suzhou. In her words, they were rougher and whinier than people in Suzhou - who are known for being soft spoken (so much so that the women repeatedly nag the men about being too effeminate).

The problem, as I’ve seen it for a long while, is that no matter how many people you tell off there’s always a great deal more people waiting in line a clusterfuck mob just dying to piss you off.

PS: The Game of Life, now there’s a board game.

]]> By: Chinaman http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2161 Chinaman Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:39:05 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2161 Try a nice, cold beer. It's just too hot to get that excited... :em32: Try a nice, cold beer. It’s just too hot to get that excited… :em32:

]]> By: Jeff http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2241 Jeff Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:24:19 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2241 I get angry here frequently, but usually regret it later. I mean, who cares if you make a point with the person who pissed you off? And you are aren't going to change China. So, I suggest keeping your cool and focus on the great things about this place, since there are many. I get angry here frequently, but usually regret it later. I mean, who cares if you make a point with the person who pissed you off? And you are aren’t going to change China. So, I suggest keeping your cool and focus on the great things about this place, since there are many.

]]> By: another-laowai http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2254 another-laowai Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:18:11 +0000 http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/the-trouble-with-taking-the-high-road/#comment-2254 Arrived, acted similarly, five years for me ... most of the situations you describe I have personally experienced. But you get used to it. Perhaps I handle them like Chinese now .. rude service, I yell and make a scene. Same as Chinese. Probably cause: Just divorced a dongbeiren myself and I seem to have taken on the same characteristics myself. Currently having a couple of months break out of the country, damn it's been good for my mental health to leave for awhile... It's too much to do China all-on for a long time... I thought I could handle it, but I couldnt, either. Everything in moderation! And GPRS works, but you need to enable it then wait until the 1st of the next month ... I did this in Shanghai years ago, see http://pratyeka.org/6610-gprs/ for more info Arrived, acted similarly, five years for me … most of the situations you describe I have personally experienced.

But you get used to it.

Perhaps I handle them like Chinese now .. rude service, I yell and make a scene. Same as Chinese.

Probably cause: Just divorced a dongbeiren myself and I seem to have taken on the same characteristics myself.

Currently having a couple of months break out of the country, damn it’s been good for my mental health to leave for awhile…

It’s too much to do China all-on for a long time… I thought I could handle it, but I couldnt, either.

Everything in moderation!

And GPRS works, but you need to enable it then wait until the 1st of the next month … I did this in Shanghai years ago, see http://pratyeka.org/6610-gprs/ for more info

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