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Sep 21st, 2007 under Notice Board
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i feel kinda stupid to follow the sex worker with a serious question but here goes … i saw an article saying that web english is a bad place to work but what do people think now? if they pay then they can’t be that bad
Hey Dude, i guess this ad is yours, right?
“i know it sounds little stupid but i m serious….can anyone tell me where can some guy work as a sex worker or entertainer…is there any place kind of for ladies only where guy can work as entertainer or even physical.?………if anybody knows it ..plz…tell me the places……………….”
Well, if your are still wondering how to gather your “client listing” you are probably not made for this.
“Male Entertainment” it’s mainly “word of mouth” so, if people don’t talk about you = you are probably not worth being talked about “ergo” change job!
To be a yazi in China first you need to tease your hair Duran Duran-style, wear a shiny purple shirt with the top buttons open so your hairless chest will be exposed, walk around with a man purse and frequent 1912 nightclubs and dance like a twat. Also, chicken leg-thin arms are essential, as is a shitload of hairspray in your new do.
Follow these simple steps and you’ll be well on your way to being the foreign Douche Bigalow in China.
Good luck, and godspeed!
i know it sounds little stupid but i m serious….can anyone tell me where can some guy work as a sex worker or entertainer…is there any place kind of for ladies only where guy can work as entertainer or even physical.?………if anybody knows it ..plz…tell me the places……………….
we booked our trip with Access Tibet Tour, about 3000 for the whole package including an english speaking tour guide, hotels, transport, entrance tickets to about 6 tourist destinations, the tibet permit n a few meals. we found our own cheaper accomodation and got a few hundred refund for accomodation each. went during the oct national hols last yr, stayed for 4 nights in lhasa and 1 night in shigatse. took train from nanjing to lhasa, 48hour trip, 400+ for the absolute cheapest hard-seats. an american guy joined our tour grp so i think it’s possible to book for indiv foreigners with this agency. it’s website’s http://www.accesstibettour.com, (86)28 87561114
i did a trip many years back where the paln was was to take a truck up from gansu. don’t know if it’s possible now. the truck takes about one day to lcimb up southward from gansu into lhasa. problem is that with getting to lhasa, you need the visa, and need to join a tour group to get it and it’s quite expensive. some people just take the group tour up into tibet, but don’t follow it down cuz they want to stay longer in lhasa.
alternative is to hang out in the tibetian areas (mjore tibetian than tibet) at the southwest border of chengdu.
I’d like to visit Chengdu then go on to Tibet in August but travel agents I have tried in Nanjing say they cannot book tours for individual foreigners.
Does anyone have any helpful suggestions or recommendations?
email: tochengdu@gmail.com
You don’t need to go to a special mall to get fake items. Everything, everywhere is fake. Even the authentic certificates are fake. The more they try to tell you it’s real, the more you know it’s fake.
anyone know good travel agents. drop some numbers? to the states. what’s is the best route? from nanjing-beijing-usa or from shanghai.
thanks.
Go to Finnegans Wake
http://www.finneganswake.com.cn/fwb-02.html
Lived in NJ last year, always hell to find live TV rugby coverage, even at Blue Sky, where they had never-ending satellite TV trouble. Hopefully things have improved - can anyone PLEASE suggest venues to watch NZ All Black games in June and Tri-Nations. With the big revamp at Blue Sky, do they now have reliable Downunder sports satellite feed ? Many thanks. Am probably back in NJ shortly for IELTS camp so…pse contact Rod, at incrodible@gmail.com
hello friends from nanjing…..is anybody interested here in collecting stamps,coins and banknotes….???…yes can anybody also tell me about philatelic club in nanjing…or if anybody personally is interested…do contact me…my email is–ajjex_dua1@yahoo.co.in
i think you call 10086 for free to check your mobile balance. one of my phones gives the option of hitting “2″ for an english menu. otherwise, it’s in chinese i think.my phone also sends me msgs that warn me if i’m down to 10 or 20yuan, can’t remember which. hope this helsp.
hey thanks for the feedback. we’d like to keep the site running efficiently and benefiting all users.
as a community project since 2005, all of us are also working on other things. volunteers are very much appreciated.
we’ll try to iron out this little wrinkle mentioned in the previous comment - likely to put out categories like you mentioned - will take some time to rearrange though. in the meantime, try to bear with it while enjoying the transient spring.
opinions on nanjing bites, not just the site, are also very welcome.
and if you can, try admin [AT] nanjingnow [DOT] com to get in touch? thanks.
While this site gets better week by week, it is somewhat difficult to navigate; for example, I was looking for a list of schools in Nanjing that I had seen on here before, after I couldn’t find it I resorted to a Google search.
Would it be possible to add more categories, or keep things in one place? Some articles tend to have a habit of disappearing into obscurity here.
Can somebody write a little guide to adding minutes and checking the balance of mobile phones in Nanjing? It’s a little hard if you can’t speak or read Chinese.
Nanjingnow has made my life considerable easier…just a pity it took me a few months to stumble accross it. So I was wondering who shoud we be thankful to? Who are the Nanjingnow team? and can I join?:)haha
In international news in January there was a lot of hype about a mall opening here in Nanjing that sells only counterfeit products. Does anyone know the address of this place?
just go the post office and ask. the prices are very reasonable there….. but theres weight ranges you have to keep to…
or are you asking for something more complicated? there are several other non-post office DHL type things, but from my one experice with one that no longer is, their prices rae not so competitive anyways.
hello friends….can anybody tell me how to ship a envelope of 50 gm or 500 gms…..to different countries…any cheap shipping company from nanjing…???
I believe you are looking for the Police Security Bureau in xinjiekou. It’s located at the intersection of Feng Fu Lu and Moling Lu. If you know the Indian Restaurant Taj Mahal, it’s right across the street.
Where in Nanjing is the official place to apply to extend your visa?
Also, we would like to apply for a re-entry visa (we are taking a trip to Hong Kong). Does anyone know where to do this?
Thanks
Melissa
just type tailor in the search box. i just tried.
I think there is some info on the site about tailors. As for Scarlet. Its always hopping on the weekend. And its friday tomorrow!!! TGIF!
im Quite new in nanjing!
was wondering if there is any place where i can buy any kind of fabric and find those little shops with tailors to make some clothes, etc. anyone who can help?
also, does anyone knows if the tuesday night in big scarlet still going on? im really bored here!.
thanks alot who reply xox
CR
tell you what. there are so many places in nanjing that just want you to walk in and get a hair cut. just make sure you tell them you want the owner of the place to do the cut. someone WILL understand. just walk in there if you know the address. and bring a picture of your own or choose a cut from among the magazine there….rock on up in the non-peak hours, they’d lurve you.
Hey desperately need a hair cut but not keen on the old short back and sides. Where can I get a style cut. called Essensuals (Toni & Guy) tried to make an appointment but they could speak English so they hung up. Where to go??? Do I need to make an appointment or can I just rock on up without booking in???
Cheers
now thisis a profound question. i believe you need to find a girlfriend to do it for you here.
Yes, I am hairy. Where can I get my back waxed ?
Thank you,we also have insurance which covers all the cost. we were just worried about our daughter, she is gonna be 5month and half, but she has never been to china where is very different from europe.
Hi
We got our DSL fixed. Unfortunately we didn’t see the post of 2/14 (because we didn’t have internet) in time, but the landlord did tell us to call 10000, and we went through this totally long and scary phone menu, and then a guy came out to our house within 24 hours and typed in the password etc. But I would totally recommend the advice of 2/14 to anybody else who has a DSL issue. It would have been totally helpful.
Melissa
Yes, I went to SOS International 2 years ago when I was really sick.
i think the bill came up to quite a bit for the superflu i was having but i really needed a western environment then. plus it was paid by insurance. it’s at Grand Metro Park Hotel on the first floor. Just walk in and ask around. You’ll find it next to some nice looking restaurant.
The hotel is on 319 Zhongshan East Rd. This is the road you take a cab on when you’re headed from Xinjiekou toward the Purple Mountain.
where do you go if you get sick or really ill? Is there a clinik in nanjing where is only for foreigners?
possibilities:
1. the landlord forgets that he closed the line when the previous tenant left. so no DSL or phone (usually paid for together)
2. DSL configuration needed. usually you are given china telecom receipt that has your name (your telephone number usually) and a password (usually begins with njkd….). using your computer (from ‘network neighborhood’, you need to “set up a new internet connection”, ultimately opting for the option that says you type in the name and pswd. check if the landlord has that invoice containing name e pswd.
3. last resort, call 10000, and seek advice from a guy over the phone in chinese. service is usually great, but you need someone fluent in chinese to help you ask.
Hi,
We just got here and the landlord says the DSL works but we tried it and it doesn’t. I know it’s not a problem with our computers because we have been able to plug into the internet just fine in China so far. Does anyone know the protocol for asking Zhongguo Dianxin to come out and look at the modem, etc.?
We have no internet so we won’t be able to check this post immediately . . .
Jimmys Pizza does a western breakfast on sunday mornings starting at 11. Brunch really. Bacon, eggs, toast, the works. They have a Kiwi that does a great job on the sunday morning cooking.
i mailed you about the details i need from you.
right now i am trying to look for a job around….so mail me me with the details.
thanks
Rumi
Hello every one ! I am not new in Nanjing.. but there’s still a lot of things that I have to discover for example:
Does anyone knows where there’s a place to do rock climbing ? I knew the Place near Vanke but the close it down so yeah…
And also, I am a young deejay, but I haven’t see any like evenment with Dj’s, does anyone knows where I can find Djs and where to buy decet material !
Thank you !
Lorenzohenrique@hotmail.com…
hi i’ll be arriving on Feb 9 and i don’t know any Chinese, and i will like to know how much is a cheap netbook or lapbook because i dont want to take mine because is too big, also how much is to buy a cellphone? and if you guys any tips where i could go to have fun>?
Thank you
Eviliz
thanks denise for recommending CHina Post, i went there today to send a box of clothes back to Europe.
here’s more info, that may help other nanjingnow readers.. it was eleven kg worth of goods. i got the box from a friend, brought both my stuff and the box there (you can also buy a box there) then you put the stuff in the box, each box cannot exceed 20kg in weight after you put stuff in. the lady will help you tape the box up minimally, then strap it up too. then you fill out a form, i opted to send by sea, which takes two to three months. if you send by air, it will be much faster, perhaps a week.
anyway, for those who want to know cost. to holland it’s about 250kuai for each 10 kg by sea. if by air, that will be about 500kuai. i think denise probably sent it quick, that’s why she spent almost 1000kuai.
i also asked about sending books. no special rate for books, so those who have purchased books here careful with how you need to move them when your time here is up.
good bye nanjing! thanks nanjingnow!!!!
oh bring some scotch tape of your own cos the lady helping us was not very sharing with the tape.
Get a MAP magazine.
It’s a publication of foreigners or wealthy Chinese. Any place that’s expensive will have them.
I don’t know of any specific coaching classes in English, if that’s what you’re looking for. If you’re Chinese is up to par and somehow you want to perversely study for an english exam in Chinese, then I’m sure there are plenty of buxibans that provide training. Try asking Longre Training Center- 13851789921.
I took it this fall in Nanjing (essay) and Urumqi while traveling (verbal and quantitative) and just got a review book from the Foreign Language Bookstore and that helped considerably.
Good luck!
-Matt the Chit
night life. check out blue marlin, castle and scarlet for starters. all the folks here know that. meet people there and they’ll tell you more about. all the best.
Shanghai.
i would appreciate a lot if anyone could let me know where would be the best place for a fun night out with good music? clubs, pubs, gigs are all taking into account .
hi every one….
is there any graduate record examination {GRE}…..coaching centre in nanjing????……
zhujianglu
everything electronic market district- (PC/Mp3-5/Phones/Cameras)- a building named huahai has just about everything, across the street is TACOS — not all the food here is good the spicey beef pizza is crap, but the tacos here are nice! The tacos come with a side of fried potatoes scalaps and fries that are better than anything else…
xinjiejkou
the main shopping district— from the big golden building named “golden eagle” you can see pizza hut and starbucks. most of these markets are way too expensive (2000 for a shirt/trousers) however, nearby you can get reasonable prices– KFC, Mcdonalds not far away
towards hanzhongmen from xinjiekou
this is really near the golden eagle-xinjiekou area. first cross the road from golden eagle to pizza hut. you have to do this under the road, after you come up head from xinjiejkou to hangzhongmen– a couple minutes later you will see an escalator going down into a mall. there is a Subway, Dairy Queen and Papa Johns here.
shuiyocheng
another mall mostly just clothes here with a Starbucks and “Tacos”, but a short walk up the road leads to ‘the Confucian temple’ and — BURGER KING!! hell yeah!!!!!!
for those living close enough to wutaishan i.e. the nanda nanshida people, or the working crowd near zhujiang road, there’s a deal at wutaishan fitness center. untill the end of november only price has dropped from 4200 to 3600 a year. it’s got everything!!!
heard the pool is not so clean, so i haven’t used it. the shower area is okay by chinese standards. but it has all the pumping equipment, different kinds of classes from cycling to bodypump to yoga to taichi, and also the running mills.
compared to sheraton and crown and ctf prices, it’s a deal!
for the guy with camera repair issues, most people will head to zhujiang road and buynow. but try out where the locals go. it’s even more local than zhujiang road.
camera city is on longpan road. tell the cabby zhaoxiangji cheng (照相机城) and 龙蟠路. go check out at least two store before believing you got a good deal.
Does anyone know of a place in Nanjing that I’d be able to have my digital camera repaired? Thanks…
ok, i know ctf, nairobi, wutaishan, the crown and sheraton. what others to consider? ramada? what is your recommendation?
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Actually I know about Salsa Cantina. It’s not bad, but I guess for me that’s just like any other normal place that tries to provide a western sytle breakfast. The bigger hotels always have this option but its so weird going to a hotel to eat breakfast. It’s ok, for now, I guess buying the necessary and cooking it myself will do for the time being. Thanks for the head’s up tho.
i’m sure others will have a better take on this, but six months ago, there was breakfast at salsa cantina. some people will say that they serve good stuff. yes, they were the only non-hotel place i knew of serving american or continental-type breakfast - albeit on the skimp.
then there’s the burger corner on shanghai road (the highest point on that precipice-like wall). perhaps they will wager a breakfast on you.
you can get stuff at decathlon (迪卡侬). it’s where all the big stores are, including IKEA and B&Q and METRO.
The following is from the card from the megastore………………..
Address: No. 286 Ningli Road (opposite metro)
Tel: 025-5240-1018
Opening Hours: 9am-9pm
How to get there: see the comments at metro. Otherwise, just tell the taxi the above address. Or tell the person the chinese name for metro (mai4de2long2).
yes..its still a good time to bargin some winterware before real winter,around Shan Xi Lu…the Shan Xi Lu Department Store or Hu Nan Lu Department Store or around Xin Jie kou,the 7th floor of Da Yang Department store…..Good Luck!
I was told by my US friend that on Shanghai lu there is a bakery named Skywise where mybe you can get a yummy states breakfast..maybe..gook luck buddy!
Hi - Just curious if anyone knows of any places in Nanjing that serve western style breakfast. I’m from the states and haven’t had IHOP or Denny’s in a long time. Just curious if there is anything like that in Nanjing. If so, please post some options. Thanks.
apart from these backpaker stores,where can we get winterwear? good quality ones, not like those we get at walmart or carefour.
there’s a place called 天和 （tian1 he2） on 进香河路 （jinxianghe road）. This shop is at the corner of zhujiang road and jinxianghe road, but on jinxianghe road.
where is jinxianghe road? look at the horrible map i’ve drawn here: http://www.nanjingnow.com/582/shopping-for-electronics-zhujiang-road/
you’ll see a horrible black line crossing horizontally. jinxianghe road is that yellow line sticking upwards from the the zhujiang road black line.
jinxianghe road is also known for having many backpacker stores.
zhi1 yin1 (Music Friends) is shop you can find in xinjiekou. this one’s recommended by my friend. he says you walk over from hongwu road toward Walmart.
and it’s somewhere along the way. details, i don’t know… ; )
anyone else know a little more about music stores here?
Hi,I need some help.I just moved into a new house but I am not very happy with the door.I was wondering where I could get locks and those metal sheets which Chinese use to enforce their doors.
The price would also be highly appreciated.
P.S It’s urgent.
Thanks y’all.
Hi!
I’m in nanjing since 29th August and I just found one music/instruments store at Hanzhong Road. I’ll stay until 1st November but some of my friends will leave earlier and i’ll ask them to take some goods to Portugal.
I’m looking for guitar effects pedals (Boss and Line6) which I didn’t found on that shop that i mentioned.
Can anyone help me?
Answers to my e-mail please… jorgemvm@gmail.com
thanks!
wanna go to macau or hainandao this october. any recommendations on who to buy tickets from?
Hey everyone,
I am the latest staffer on this site, and you can check out my reviews on local nightlife under “JR on the Scene.”
So far, I have reviewed Mazzo, A8, Blue Marlin (though probably not posted yet) and am working on others. Check them out and tell me what you think, and hooray for shameless self promotion!
summer in nanjing is never easy for the foreigner.
it’s hot. you perspire. and you wonder where all your friends have gone to.
but hang in there. many have survived, and even flourished during summers. summer is a good time to meet more local people. speak more of the chinese language if you haven’t been doing so.
and if really lonely, go to blue marlin or some foreigner’s watering hole. there is salvation still.
You were a big help! Enjoy the summer
Eve
Well, I sent my many parcels home by 2 means:
1. China Post
2. Book shop in university.
It costs approximately 950 RMB to send 20 kilos to Ireland. But Ireland is exceptionally expensive as by air.
Bring all post to china Post opened as workers check contents first. But then they pack for you.
Hope that helps you.
Denise
Hello! Our adventure is soon finished in Nanjing and we have stuff to ship back to Canada. Do you know a good supplier that ships by boat (and that you can trust)? Or is China Post the best? Thank you so much! Eve
bikes get stolen all the time. sometimes they reappear at the second-hand shops. check out tang2zi3jie1 which is like 3 parallel streets south of the sheraton-kingleys hotel.
here you scout of bikes, remember that you want to get a bike that looks old but works well.
Besides Castle…
Scarlets, but only late for the most part, like after 1 on the weekends. Tuesday nights’s also around 12 or so, and then going until the wee hours.
Seen some at Planta a bit earlier in the evenings as well.
NanDa foreign students especially seem to like Behind the Wall, but never been a huge fan myself.
hey, where do the majority of young westerers hang out in nanjing?? there are lots of uni students, so where do they go? even castle bar doesn’t get that many. please help me out!
where can i get a second hand bike? how do i choose one so i does’t get stolen?? thanks
I’m looking for good quality/organic meat,fruit,veg etc.I’m particularly looking for lamb,beef and chicken. I have sourced some good pork but I’m having difficulty with the rest. I know some foreigners in Beijing get together to buy an organic cow/lamb and divide it between them.Is there anything like that here?Any advice or tips would be appreciated.
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for those like natalia looking for volunteer work,
try pfrang. http://www.pfrang-association.org
there’s amity international too. http://www.amityfoundation.org/wordpress/?cat=15
Decided on the Sheraton, was alright, but nothing too great. May try the Sofitel next holiday…
ice skating near fuzimiao.
there’s a sports complex there - include badminton courts, ice skating, and other what nots.
ice skating costs 30rmb/hour. you can buy a 320rmb card for 20hours worth.
have you tried jin’s cafe in the jinling hotel? that’s one. or the ramada?
on the other hand, you can get sandwiches when attending the NICF church function on sunday.
Anyone know where the best place to go for Easter Brunch is? I’ve had the dinner buffet at the Sheraton and was really impressed, so I am leaning towards that, but also considering Sofitel.
Thanks
That big Xinhua bookstore mentioned in the previous comment actually has a better selection of new English-language books, though. At the Foreign Language bookstore it’s a lot of mainstream stuff. At the Xinhua bookstore, go to the second floor and look for the shelves in one corner that are labeled “English Source” materials. There’s an okay selection, though the books are very expensive, just as at the Foreign Language bookstore, and the selection seems to change every time I visit.
–scott
go to the foreign languages bookstore.
it’s on zhongshan east road.
how to get there:
a. if you’re at the xinjiekou intersection, find zhongshan east road - you’ll have deji plaza on your left and xinbai shopping center on your right.
b. keep walking eastward.
c. you’ll pass popular bookstore on your right
d. you’ll pass xinhua bookstore on your right (this is not the one yet)
e. you’ll cross another intersection using a huge intersection bridge.
f. keep walking and before the next intersection, onyour right, is the foreign languages bookstore.
A newcomer wonders, can anyone tell me where to look for books, magazines, or newspapers in English?
check out http://www.ea-spring.com if your intrested in going to a hot spring close by. best in winter. there are a couple of shops all in same area, but heard this is good.
entry is 128 yuan can take taxi there for about 70-80yuan
can call their customer no. 13655199782 to find out.
Pete:
Thank you! Its NICF ( Nanjing International Christian Fellowship). I have been a regular attendee of the church myself, are you member yourself also?
if you wanna join a church service that’s in english, i know a place.
they meet every sunday morning from 930am to 1130am. quite a nice crowd. it’s a protestant church and most of the people are the international crowd.
just tell the cabby to drop you at PICC Insurance Building. this is on changjiang road (close by 1912). There will be signs there once you arrive to give you further directions or you can follow other people up the elevator (where else will they go on a sunday morning??? )
there’s also a catholic church near on shigu road but i don’t know the details.