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hi,how is your Mandarin practice?
I'm a native Mandarin speaker from Beijing who has been living abroad for quite some time. I assume my English level is much better than yours in Mandarin. If you still need some help, I'd love to meet up and chat to see we have any mutual interests.
cheers,

I am planning a 4 days vacation in Vietnam. It is quite easy applying for a Vietnamese visa at its embassy in Singapore. 2 photos and 2 copies of forms. But surprisingly, the total cost including service fee is much higher than VOA online. S$105 for one person single entry. whereas the online VOA ap...

The book was published in 2010,its author is a columnist of The Guardian. It came to my attention in these 2 weeks. First heard it when I listened to a BBC program in which he was giving an interview. Second is an article titled "china is hong kong's future,not its enemy" reprinted by TODAY from The...

1. Are the tyres of the same diameter? 2. It's possible for a clumsy tech to damage the sensors. All four is a bit much. 3. I highly doubt the diagnosis given. Try MBW or another independent who has access to 3rd party gear that can read the diagnosis codes. From my knowledge PML is the only offici...

If you can find a reliable home boarding,that would be the best. The cost varies from $20-50 per day. My dog has been with 3 home boarding numerous times in 6 years. All the 3 home boarding families are locals and dog lovers, of cause. Unfortunately they all have their own issues now can't take care...

very annoying,indeed

I have a 2009 BMW 325I 40km mileage. Regularly maintained at PML and trouble free before I replaced the 4 tyres. 2 days after I changed the 4 tyres at PML service center, four warning lights were suddenly on including ABS,and Brake. PML technician told me that was DSC malfunction warning. One of rea...

I'm male in 40s,looking for english native speaker who has enough time to hang out with. My intention is to practice my english and making friends if possible. I work from home, so time is flexible. If you want to learn some chinese, that is fine. if you are a new comer I may drive you around the ci...

Frankly I just can't figure out how this free service works. Don't you need to work to make a living? how a tourist's precious time meet with your time? Obviously most tourists tour the city in the daytime, can you make it? If you only do it once a month, it seems it less justified for the effort yo...

sounds good to me. I'm professional trader.....for myselfjavascript:emoticon(':D'),maybe we have some topics in common,but how we conduct it? by phone or meet somewhere. drop me a word ok?
btw,i'm from Beijing, a wonderful and most jammed city in China.

It's tough being a Chinese speaking Ang Moh. I think many Asians have a psychological block which just prevents them from entertaining the possibility that a pasty white guy could speak Mandarin. So, is there anyone out there willing to converse with me in Mandarin and not just pretend that they di...

will see Stanley next month. my girl would have had great chance to recover her sight if I dealt with the problem seriously before. so don;t delay if it is in the early stage.

My past experiences for property purchase in other country is like this: One agency represents seller exclusively, buyer can be represented by any real estate agency ,who will hunt and deal with seller agent and share the commission after the deal is done. My current house hunting experience here co...

I am considering to buy a unit at Raintree condo. There is a railway track between Raintree and Southhaven, anyone knows how often the train will pass by? Is it noisy?

Eh why is it a bit late? So tell me, what level and type of Mandarin is taught in the schools here? Seems like a bit of an oxymoron if the 'chinese' are teaching 'bad chinese' ifyou know what i mean.... why late? because mandarin is so different from alphabetic language like english, it's too painf...