标题: XIA-MEN, FUJIAN PROVINCE [打印本页] 作者: mayi 时间: 2003-3-19 00:04 标题: XIA-MEN, FUJIAN PROVINCE Anybody from Xiamen here in Montreal?作者: shenglan 时间: 2003-3-22 01:05
fuzhou 福州作者: Irenefj 时间: 2003-3-22 01:13
I am from Xiamen.作者: mayi 时间: 2003-3-22 16:53
just curious about your impression on Montreal or Canada. Canada was claimed for 'most livable' nation. On contrast to Xiamen, I am really dissapointed.作者: Irenefj 时间: 2003-3-22 17:54
Xiamen is a nice city. I wouldn't want to move to anywhere if I stay in China. But Montreal is also nice. The food is cheap and the transportation is convenient. Xiamen has clean air, but I feel the air here is even cleaner than in Xiamen. The problem here is that the winter is too long. But long summer in Xiamen is also intolerable sometimes.作者: mayi 时间: 2003-3-22 18:24
Irenefj,
yeah. but xiamen's air quality is really better than here when I reviewed Air Quality Index (literal) for these cities. As to the long winter, what should I say. Terrible long and blooding chilly. Transportation? With public transit fare we could afford taxi in xiamen.作者: Irenefj 时间: 2003-3-22 19:55
Mayi,
Believe me that the air here is better than in Xiamen. I have a bad throat which is very sensitive to polluted air. I feel better here.作者: Irenefj 时间: 2003-3-22 20:24
I feel that Xiamen and Montreal is similar in that people don't need to earn much to live well with reasonable living expense and convenient transportation. But Xiamen is really too small for one to spend the whole life there.In addition, we lack cultural activities there. For example, there has nearly never been performance of opera, drama,and ballet, etc while I was there for 15 years.
I enjoy life here, but I think I will go back to reside ih Xiamen when I become bored with moving.作者: 挚爱陌生人 时间: 2003-3-22 22:04
count me in!
I am from xiamen and this is what I felt when I came here.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/qingzhehuang/prettyMontreal.htm作者: mayi 时间: 2003-3-23 23:10
Spring is coming. Streets are getting lively. Feels better. I appreciate Irenefj's perspective on Montreal. The thing is I did not watch opera either in China. In terms of culture, I like 'lim-di', drinking tea. Now I become enjoy Tim-Horten's coffee and doughnut. Coming here, cultural activity becomes luxury to me. Neither French community nor Anglian belongs to us in this mosaic society. Friends are still those we knew before in China. Frankly homesick comes to secondly in this culture desert. Merge into the culture? Whose culture? this question will remain unanswered within at least upcoming 2 generations. Yeah, be positive. I know. So, be passive, folks 作者: ChinaStory 时间: 2003-3-24 09:15
Not everybody feels your way. The basic clue is in language. Chinese are always Chinese, as simply the color and face can't be changed. Chinese can be part of the native culture, why 100% of it ? Of course, in addition of the language, more things to learn or to know are the western courtesy, and the positive side of the native culture. Be nice, be confident, be open minded, and be with people regardless of nationality, always try to do something as much as you can helping others, your would find you are part of the society, and looks like you live in a totally different world.
Btw, bear in mind, not all caucasians even deem they are 100% the same. Pretty much, they can be characterised by Anglican, Deutsch, Jewsih, Italian, Spanish, French ... thru different life styles, cultural backgrounds and personalities. There are many reading materials about it. In general, if you look into the history for the past five hundreds of years, Anglican is pretty objective, good in law, business and public affair management, Jewish is very good in making money, Italian quite hardworking and concentrating on big family life, Spanish very enthusiastic, Germany well organized, very responsible and excellent in science, music and philosophy, French always trying to show their individuality and being super in romance, art and agriculture. This could be part of reasons that, you can easily figure out, our Quebecois friends are fairly behind in management of public affairs, like infrastructure construction, public money and investment management,the biggest gov per capita throughout the world.
Do some study and investigation, find out the weak areas, seek solutions, you would find out you could easily talk to some native people. Then you by no means feel you are outside.作者: ChinaStory 时间: 2003-3-24 09:20
Of course, I mean it "in general", instead of absolutely.作者: mayi 时间: 2003-3-24 21:04
Thank you Chinastory,
You are ABSOLUTELY right. now... what should I say?作者: mayi 时间: 2003-3-24 23:04
"Be nice, be confident, be open minded"
What a doctrine. Your wording recalls me the mot on Olypic games: that is textbook!
I wont be here if m not open to points overheard.
"Do some study and investigation, find out the weak areas, seek solutions, you would find out you could easily talk to some native people."
Am not I doing the study? The more I study, the more I tend to feel like that. And more disillusionary, and becoming more realistic. Sprechen Sie Deutch? Danka Suin作者: ChinaStory 时间: 2003-3-24 23:05
Action. From ourselves, step by step.作者: 挚爱陌生人 时间: 2003-3-26 08:09
International Marathon Match 作者: mayi 时间: 2003-4-5 19:23
Good Saturday afternoon! How are you guys doing? Anybody plans going back to Xiamen in summer? Simply miss the wonderful island.作者: Irenefj 时间: 2003-4-5 21:53
I am going back to Xiamen at the end of June.作者: mayi 时间: 2003-8-7 18:29
Hi friend,
Assume you have come back from Xiamen. I will be back later.作者: SF6 时间: 2003-8-8 11:57
HI, When will you come to Montreal? I was from Xiamen.作者: mayi 时间: 2003-8-8 13:49
I am in Montreal, thinking of going back, home bound.
