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Month: July 2013

Kunshan public bike scheme

Kunshan public bike scheme

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So.

Have managed to acquire one of these since discovering my postal address.

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It’s a free to access municipal e-bike .

They close at around 9pm , so you can’t drive it round all night.

They have a basket on the front which is ok for a little shopping.

The best thing about them is the stations, which are everywhere around town making it easy to pick one up or swop if you don’t like the one you have.

Haven’t crashed one yet , but one of the guys at work and I are thinking of making a stunt video with one .
Few jumps and a little freestyle that kind of thing.

Keep you posted on that.
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China Mobile data usage limits

China Mobile data usage limits

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So.

Have this smartphone –

Samsung Galaxy GT-S7566
Samsung Galaxy GT-S7566

Have been trying different packages, having visited the store and bought the one recommended at point of sale.
On discussing this with someone that spoke English, the package had far to many talk minutes of which I used about 2 within the first month.

It also had too much bandwidth.

I swopped it down to a lower package with 400mb and some free text messages and no free minutes for calls etc.

There’s no way of telling what exactly what you’re going to get, unless your mandarin is good, or you’ve got someone you trust, (with a lot of patience), along with you.

Samsung data usage
Samsung Data usage screen

As a guideline, you shouldn’t be paying more than 108RMB. And the package you need will probably be like mine with some free texts and bandwidth for around 68RMB.

Shop around though. It’s probably better to go to a shop which isn’t the one that you buy your phone from. China Netcom have 3G if you want to get the better connectivity involved in that.

Otherwise, China mobile, visit one of their main shops. They’ll have the full range of packages.

Hence no posts today, cos my phone has been out of sorts today. 🙁 awww.

China accident

China accident

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So.

Nice little accident. First i’ve seen to date.

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E-bike meets car.

Not a serious accident and no-one was hurt.

Looks like he swerved off into the traffic, (normal behavior for e-bike riders), and is probably wondering why someone hit him.

Mirror Signal?

Don’t care?

As I was taking the picture, someone decided to park up and begin a fixed turn. Three point.
Reversing out, manuevering parking again, stopping, moving out. Horns blaring all the while.
Accident behind.
Eventually, a passenger popped out the back. Making it all seem like a cul-de-sac drop off.

I guess that’s the scene in China, Mirror, signal, don’t care.

I guess that’s what the shared responsibility of communism does for you.

 

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Favorite drink in China

Favorite drink in China

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It’s called ‘jinjiu’ and it tastes like cough medicine.

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Wouldn’t want to get too drunk on it.
It’s fairly potent on the way down not like I’d want it to return in the other direction.
That would be uncomfortable.

It’s not available anywhere else and is an infusion of Chinese herbs and alcohol.

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WordPress for android
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So.

Am using this new app. from wordpress. It’s an apk Download called WordPress for Andriod.

Had to download it from some aftermarket site due to google play’s geographic restrictions.

It allows me to access my blogs whilst on the go.

I’m currently writing this from bettween lessons at school.

Heres a pic.

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I haven’t really had a lot of time to do regular blogs , hopefully , this will change that , and I may be able to get one off every day.

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Lamborghini at the lights.

Lamborghini at the lights.

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Captured as i was traveling down zhenchuan road. Kunshan.

I was travelling in a beat up old taxi. He was chuffed that laowai were taking pictures of him. You could tell by the smile on his face.

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White lamborghini

Maybe one day I will own one of these cars or maybe, like the rest of the cars in china , the bank will own it.

I just own the ‘happiness rights ‘, like the mushroom i am.

God save the queen .