Diary of a Mad Chaos

Advice On Learning Chinese Mandarin My Chinese Language Journey In China, Guangzhou, English students will often ask me in English ...
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Australian Fashion Culture As I am sitting here in Sydney, Australia, looking at all the girls passing outside the coffee ...
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Successful Women In Australia In Sydney, Australia, on a drive with a friend, as we stopped at a set of ...
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Cultural Differences: Sunshine versus Pollution In a brief stopover in Australia, a consultation with a local Beijing-born GP turned to ...
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I have returned on an airplane back from my life in China to Australia, where I intend to relax for ...
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All The Australian Culture Shocks In One Day Culture shock is experienced when a person who enters into a new ...
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Cultural Differences: Chinese and Australian Metro System Differences In the past 24 hours I have used two transit systems from ...
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The China-America Trade War In a noodle restaurant in Guangzhou, Shayuan (沙园) a waitress placed two bowls of noodles in ...
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Opening Shop In China vs Australia In China, Guangzhou, while conducting a regular English class with Chinese students, the topic ...
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Chinese Conservatism In Dating From personal experience, as an approachable foreigner in mainland China over the years, who has talked ...
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The "Camp" Factor In Chinese Fashion On the metro in China, I noticed for the umpteenth time a key cultural ...
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Work Cover In Australia versus China One time, In China, Guangzhou, when my girlfriend showed me a work injury she ...
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Chinese Fashion Revolution In China, Guangzhou, while in the metro with a friend who shares my passion for cosplay, in ...
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A Comparison Of Requirements For Legal Work Rights In China And Australia China is a great country for Westerners who ...
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The Rise Of Dictator Xi In the diner the other day, the subject of Xi Jinping arose. With the announcement ...
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Chinese Racism Towards Foreigners Racism is an issue in China that seems to pervade all of society, and yet, Chinese ...
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The Future Of Nightclubs When I was showing photos of myself in Australia to the hostel staff in China, I ...
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The Chinese Migratory Phenomenon The Chinese Spring Festival is over.  Everyone from the countryside is streaming back into Guangzhou city ...
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China Steeped In Tradition China is a country steeped in tradition. There are so many traditions and cultural practices that ...
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Traveling China in Hostels, Hotels, or Apartments Over the years, I have lived in every imaginable way in China. When ...
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Australia: A Land Of Travelers In Australia, travel is considered a rite of passage, and almost a human right. As ...
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The Cultural Proclivity Of Drinking With Straws Recently, I had an interesting conversation about drinking straws.  As a cultural scholar ...
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The Phenomenon Of Chinese Secularism In Cross-Cultural Friendships Chinese people who travel overseas and cross paths with me in Australia, ...
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Tutoring English in China (家教) Class Start (上课) China, Guangzhou, Taojin (淘金) | Private Tutoring (家教) Today I came to ...
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The Red Line is a new series of conversations between myself and Chinese people. The Red Line Personality Tonight on ...
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Chinese and Western Study Methods The Sophomore Experience The back story goes; I met 12 Chinese girls all in their ...
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Common Chinese Misconceptions Of A Foreigner's National Fashion In China, Guangzhou, in a fancy Western jazz bar, where the patrons ...
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Being Sick With Influenza In China In China, Guangzhou, I became ill for five weeks with influenza. The cold Guangzhou ...
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The Chinese Habit Of Proximity To Convenience I think in this past week I have developed very Chinese habits. Everything ...
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The West Stole The Blue Skies Sometimes when I walk through China on polluted days like this, I remember in ...
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The Polish Interloper in Guangzhou In my travels in China, I encountered a Polish interloper who had traveled around the ...
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Tutoring English in China (家教) Class Start (上课) I arrived to the boy's parents apartment complex in Taojin (淘金) at ...
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The Revelation Of The Laowai (老外) Stereotype I have had a bit of a revelation in my mind. Before, in previous ...
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Western Directness (直接) verses Chinese Ambiguity (暧昧) in Communication From a viewpoint as a Westerner who has traveled between both ...
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English Teaching Job In China, Guangzhou In China, a job interview and induction is unlike professional job interviews in The ...
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Being Subjected To An Incident Of Groping Today on the Guangzhou metro, I boarded a carriage packed to 80% capacity ...
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遭遇咸猪手 今天在广州地铁上，我登上了一节客满量达80%的车厢。我进了地铁门之后就一直往前挤，一直走挤到了车厢的中间。 ...
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In China, there is no one topic I have written about which I have not personally experienced a thousand times.  ...
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在中国，我所写下的任何一个话题都是我亲身经历无数次的。这些明断的见解都来自于经验。 ...
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Australian Welfare Explained In China In China, Guangzhou, around a dinner in Buddha World (佛世界饭馆) with my girlfriend, the topic ...
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文化差异：中澳贫富差异 我刚从万胜围的一个公寓大楼走出来，看到一个粉红色宝马，心想，这一定是哪个有钱女孩的车。 在中国，关于车有一点很有趣，就是没人知道你开什么车。 ...
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Mixed Couples' Fashion Stereotypes of Westerners Beijing road in Guangzhou is crowded with people today.  The scene is very People ...
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Disrupting Social Stability In China Today, I saw an interesting thing in Chinese society. Twenty people in a disciplined line ...
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扰乱中国社会的稳定性 今天，我在中国发现一个有趣的社会现象。 ...
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Being Labeled A Laowai (老外) When I was at dinner last night, I heard two Chinese girls on the table across ...
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星巴克美好的一天 在中国，只有在星巴克喝上两杯咖啡，一天才会心情好，那是美好的一天。 无论你生活在中国的哪里，你都能找到星巴克。你可以来星巴克，坐下来，做你的工作，喝杯咖啡，休息一下，也可以出去做一些其它的事情，然后回到星巴克，再喝一杯咖啡，完成你的工作，最后你就可以回家了。那就是我在中国的星巴克平常的一天。 ...
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A Typical Job Interview in China When I was at the train station at Newport East Metro Station (新港东地铁站), I ...
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A Good Starbucks Day No one good day can go by in China without having a Starbucks day with two ...
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一种典型的工作在中国的面试 当我在新港东地铁站的火车站时，我看见一大群男孩女孩拿着手机站在那里。 我想：“他们在干什么? 他们在玩计算机游戏吗？ 他们在玩口袋妖怪游戏吗?” 我带着好奇走进他们。 ...
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I just came out of the apartment complex in Wanshengwei (万胜围) and saw a pink BMW.  I thought, "That must ...
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