Comments on: Future Plans

By: janeyu

janeyu — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:41:59 +0000

I wish you can use chinese ,becuse my english is very poor .hahaha

By: The Humanaught

The Humanaught — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:43:34 +0000

I don’t know how I missed this – ignored my feedreader just a tad too much over the last month. Man, glad to hear you arrived safely back in the States (and are currently missing typhoon Wipha down in Fujian).

I’m at about the same point as Michael, and starting to feel the same, so maybe there is something to that 3 year mark. We’ll see come January.

I’ve still some stuff to do here, and am going to be sticking it out whether I feel the pull at the 3-year or not, but wow… what’s next, John leaving?

By: janice

janice — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:40:55 +0000

your articles are touching,good luckfor your going back to US.

By: harry_d

harry_d — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:06:06 +0000

Thanks for writing. I have enjoyed your blog very much.
Actually I feel a little sad, don’t know whether it is for you or for me!

Anyway, all the best.

By: Benoit

Benoit — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:49:40 +0000

Bonne Chance Ben !

I’m exactly in the same situation, back to France just 4 days ago after a long experience in China…

By: BJD

BJD — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:42:52 +0000

You’ll be back, coz in the States you’ll just be robbed or unappreciated.

By: Michael Manning

Michael Manning — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:35:19 +0000

I’ve never thought of you as a fellow Jew until I read the comment above… just how many Jewish American English-Language China Bloggers are there? Anyway, from one JAELCB to another, I wish you luck back in the States.

Reading your post above, it’s interesting to see that I’ve been feeling a lot of the same sentiment as you… but I’m still about a year behind you in terms of time-served (2.583 years, to be exact). Is three years the limit for a lot of China expats? For me, three years is long enough where you can confidently say, “I’ve lived in China,” and not feel like a fake.

Good luck finding the China-related US-based (and salaried) job… I’m actually looking into something along those lines myself.

By: ZL

ZL — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:46:45 +0000

Actually, could also be Oklahoma, though less commonly used(http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/steers_and_queers/), but I digress, neither state is Kansas.

By: ZL

ZL — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:37:54 +0000

Don, not that the little anecdote you give didn’t happen, but I think the “fellow in Shanghai” got his geography wrong, it’s only steers and queers that come from Texas (http://imdb.com/title/tt0093058/quotes). Which despite my general dislike for stereotypical Texans, I wouldn’t entirely agree with either, but I guess opinions are like assholes right….

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:45:19 +0000

Hey Dude,

I am gonna miss you.

Take care bro.

Larry