Work, childhood, and everything in between!

[ChadCoxRox]

Since I am caucasian it is assumed that I am wealthy automatically. That is just what everyone thinks of white people over here. They also assume that you are a naive tourist. The combination of the two makes for very interesting market trips. You should see their faces when I speak in Chinese back to them and I tell them "you are overcharging me, I am not a tourist" and then I name my own price and we begin to bargain on a final price.

now THAT is exactly what I was fishing for! wonderful share!!! Did you take any language courses or what sort of training for speaking Mandarin? Or has it been more immersion? Did the people you became employed "through" speak English?

Thanks for the conversation. It really IS interesting.