Moving to Beijing

Living in Beijing is great. Living expense is similar in the Philippines. Food I think is much cheaper though if you can eat in some hole in the wall establishments. subways are great means of transportation. 13 pesos and you can go anywhere in Beijing. Summer is approaching so pepare your sunblock and lots of water. Hope it helps.

Great to know that , thanks.. Should be there in August.. How's the pollution in Beijing?

Pollution level vary. Normal the worst pollution days are on consecutively windless days in winter.

Spring occasionally sees bad days when winds bring in sand from Mongolia.

Thanks for the info..

News outside China are always right. Yes, pollution here in China is very very very bad!

congrats!!! is this ur first IS? usually great. everything taken cared of. u will meet enuf peeps at ur school n they will tell u n help u with almost everything.

Not my first IS but first time in China..Thanks.

Hi, my name is Devin. Been in Beijing for 8 months, I'm no expert... but if you have anymore specific questions, let me know!

Hi Devin,

Thanks for the offer. As of now, I don't have questions yet. I am still overwhelmed with the last week of work :-). Will message you when questions come to mind.

Cheers,
Jenny

No problem... talk to you then!

jen who is that white man seating sitting beside you
im fairly new here and adjusting slowly to life here.
if for anything..my inbox is open for you.  if you dont get much posting response dont fret much..it's just the way it is here sometimes

Hi,

A random guy in Phuket. Hehehe

Thanks. As of now, I don't have any questions just yet. I am waiting for my papers to get translated to Chinese and then my invitation and other documents to be mailed to me.

I will keep in touch with you if I do need some information.

Thanks heaps,
Jen

np take your time

Devin,

Are u still in Beijing. I just arrived few days ago..

Jenny hi and Welcome to Beijing

Hi Jenny,

I'll be in Beijing in a few weeks as well to work in an international school. One thing you might want to check with your school administration before arriving is the kind of accomodation you can get according to your visa / work contract.
Mine is a long-term Z visa, and I absolutely need the flat owner to be able to register me to the police as a tenant, else I can be kicked out immediately.
It seems some (a lot?) of people are not registered, especially those working in the private sector, but if, like me, you are under the supervision of the foreign affairs state department of your country, it might be needed.
Hope that helps.

Of course, anyone correct me if I'm wrong ;-)

Hi,

I arrived in Beijing few days ago and I am now in my flat. I should be registered just like the other foreign teachers in here. Thank you for letting me know though, it's something I should check with my school admin.

You should be excited moving here too.. :-)

Cheers!