Walt F.J. Goodridge is....
普通話
| 
English
>~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you
missed the previous episodes, go to
http://www.jamaicaninchina.com and
click "enter" to catch up! Sign up on the home page to have my updates sent directly to your email inbox
~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
© 2010 Walt F.J. Goodridge. All Rights Reserved, but feel free to share with anyone!
previous | next
We now resume our
regularly scheduled adventure, already in progress..........
Jamaican
in China!--"Bye Bye, Beijing!"
To quote the words of famous Beatles song that I've always used
as the prime directive for my life and my nomadpreneur adventure:
Yep, it's a bit too cold for me here in Beijing, so it's time to head south!
Basically, the way I decide where to go is pretty simple, someone tells me about a city I should visit
(Kunming, Jinghong, Dali), I look the city up on the getty.edu site (one of many that gives
the longitude and latitude of any city in the world) and I choose the destination
with the most southern latitude (i.e. the warmest temperature)
And, so the winner is..... Jinghong! Jinghong is in Yunnan Province,
which is Latitude: 21 58 00 N degrees
For comparison:
Kingston, Jamaica is Lat: 17 58 00 N degrees minutes
Saipan, CNMI is Lat :15 degrees
So, Jinghong may not be EXACTlY as warm as what I'm used to, but if I go any further
south, I'll be in Myanmar (aka Burma), and that's an adventure for another time! So
long, Cong (pronounced Tsong)
Before I leave Beijing, I must give "'nuff respek," props and kudos to my friend, Cong!
She's been a very, very key part of me getting acclimated to and enjoying
Beijing to the degree that I have! She's been a one-person welcoming committee,
translator, tour guide, and good friend!
I met her on the couchsurfing.org site, we met shortly after I arrived,
and since then, she's been there for me to help me find an apartment, find a hotel,
find vegetarian restaurants and more!
If I'm lost or having trouble communicating precisely what I want in
a particular situation, I can always count on Cong to help me out.
The scenario usually plays out something like this (this one actually happened):
Say I'm on a bus looking for a particular station to get off so I can meet Hong
for an event, but I have no idea where I am, and, since I can't read Chinese
characters to save my life (yet), I need some help. So, I call Cong.
Then, I tap a complete stranger on the shoulder, smile, and hand the
puzzled stranger my mobile phone. She and the stranger then talk
in Putongua, while I wait.
I've never been quite sure exactly what she says when I do this, but I figure it must
go something like this:
Cong relays any necesary information to me in English, the stranger and I smile
wordlessly at each other, and I continue on my merry way with the right
type of fried rice on my plate, the directions to the hotel I'm looking for,
or whatever!
I've done this to security guards, hotel managers, office receptionists
waitresses in restaurants, and strangers on buses! So, thanks to me, Cong
is pretty famous
Anyway, Thanks, Cong! Beijing was a blast thanks to you!
To
everyone else in Beijing, sorry for the short notice! I bought my ticket just
last night, and my
flight leaves 9am today! The plan is to spend a day or two in Kunming,
then head further south to Jinghong!
Stay
tuned! Bye
byyyyyyye, Beijing!
1. JAMAICANS.COM
Jamaican Gold! (the Athletes' secret revealed)
Black Privilege in China
The Secret X-Rated Episode
Germ Theory and China (Yes, I said it!)
Dating the Waitress at Your Favorite Vegetarian Restaurant (and other bad decisions) from The Nomad's Relationship Guide
接收中文电子邮件 (receive emails in Chinese) 现在就注册 (sign up now)
Share "Jamaican in China!" with your friends
Related Links
Navigation
"Everyone
has a passion. Every
passion has value. You
CAN make money doing what you love... and
live the life of your dreams!"
--Walt F.J. Goodridge
"The Passion Prophet"
tel: (646)
219-3565 fax:
(212) 658-9232 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SEE ALSO: Let
the adventure begin! The
first stop on the journey! A
nomadpreneur's Journal
Learn more about the author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"...for tomorrow may rain, so....I'll follow the sun!"
"Hello, complete stranger. My foreign friend in front of you is lost
and only speaks enough Mandarin to ask for soy milk, and even then,
it's hit or miss. Could you help him, please? Could you tell him
when to get off this bus so he can meet me at 123 Main street? Thanks.
Now, could you hand the phone back to him so I can tell him. Have a nice day!"
end of this episode;
previous | next
Big T'ings a Gwan!
As we say in Jamaica, "Big tings a gwan!" Translation: Big Things are Going on!
Jamaican in China is now featured on the Jamaicans.com website along with
reviews and much more!
2.CHINATRAVEL.NET
Check out Aimee Groom's interview for ChinaTravel.net*, the sister site to Ctrip.com
(the largest online travel service provider in China), and my story,
"A Jamaican in China and Nomadpreneur Lives His Dream!" which has been featured
in their China Blogger Profile.
[*ChinaTravel.net is a travel resource providing up-to-date, quality content and
information on destinations, attractions, news and events for people traveling in,
or planning to travel to China.]
3.FACEBOOK
Now you can keep in touch via facebook, and easily share Jamaican in China
with your friends. Visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamaican-in-China/122083391185913
and "like me" to comment
Preview of Things to Come!
Episodes and ideas I'm working on, based on all your great conversations and feedback :
Don't miss any of these exciting episodes! If someone forwarded you this email, or if
you're reading this on the website, SIGN UP NOW to receive them directly in your mailbox!
Spread the word! Let others join the adventure!
May not be visible in certain countries
Subscribe now
Sign up now (Free!)
| Email me to join the list
| Why?? Membership has its privileges
Copy and paste the html code below
to add this Jamaican in China icon to your website or blog!
Yes, my dragon style marketing Gong Fu knows no bounds, grasshopper!
More...
Clicking keeps the Jamaican happy
View an episode you missed!
previous | next
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BROUGHT
TO YOU BY:
PassionProfit.com
