Comments on: The Gypsy Road http://www.transparent.com/chinese/the-gypsy-road/ Chinese Language and Culture Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:10:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Doc http://www.transparent.com/chinese/the-gypsy-road/#comment-41 Doc Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:38:58 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/chinese/?p=18#comment-41 Welcome to the real world of China. Here, one learns that patience can be a virtue, and a necessary one, if one does not wish to tempt fate too much. A bicycle is a conveyance that one cannot take too many risks with. Get at least an e-bike. You can compete a bit better that way. Just remember, when taking a risk, never look anyone in the eye. If you look them in the eye, they will take advantage of you. I have similar problems here in Nantong - but limited because I do have an e-bike, and fewer people to compete with. A bicycle is out of the question for me since it is about 7 km from one campus to another one. Exercise could well kill me much quicker than getting run over by someone else. LOL Doc Welcome to the real world of China. Here, one learns that patience can be a virtue, and a necessary one, if one does not wish to tempt fate too much.

A bicycle is a conveyance that one cannot take too many risks with. Get at least an e-bike. You can compete a bit better that way. Just remember, when taking a risk, never look anyone in the eye. If you look them in the eye, they will take advantage of you.

I have similar problems here in Nantong - but limited because I do have an e-bike, and fewer people to compete with. A bicycle is out of the question for me since it is about 7 km from one campus to another one. Exercise could well kill me much quicker than getting run over by someone else. LOL

Doc

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