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Hey there, new to China from SA

hi all, i have now been in china for 2 weeks now, only now is the homesickness starting to kick in. Ek wil weer afrikaans kan praat jong, en braai, en 'n "klippies en coke" drink.
hendrick
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Hi Hendrick,

Welcome to Expat.com! :)

Maybe you could tell us more about you?
What are your first impressions?

ps: you should write in English in this English speaking forum so that members can understand.

Thank you,
All the best,
Christine
Hello Hendrick,
              Welcome!

Larry
thank you, i must say most people are very very friendly here
haai boet hoe gaan dit met jou nou? on woon hier in Shanghai en ek het pas gehoor dat ek wir n week if drie na Qinghuangdao toe moet gaan, dis maar hoe dit gaan. Wat maak jy hier? ek is in aftersales en ons bou moerse masjiene wat skeepe dra. lekker bly en gesels gerus jammer oor die klippies en coke
Hi Hendrick,
           You've only been here a couple of weeks,so you're going through what's called the "honeymoon phase" after moving to a new country. Just wait until you've been here for awhile, and you'll see/learn how oh yes the Chinese can be sooooo friendly while they try to rip you off/cheat you!! MANY other foreigners will say the same thing (as I have read)..words of warning! I have even read of Chinese saying "Do not trust the Chinese."

Cheers,
Larry
Hi boet


Baie welkom aan hierdie blog!  How long are you here for?  Welcome to China and enjoy the ride!  :-)

Het jy daai klippies in die hande gekry?

WayneSaffer

WayneSaffer wrote:

Hi boet


Baie welkom aan hierdie blog!  How long are you here for?  Welcome to China and enjoy the ride!  :-)

Het jy daai klippies in die hande gekry?

WayneSaffer


Can you please post in English in this English speaking forum so that everybody can understand, thanks!

Welcome to the jungle dude..
:) Hello there  Nice meeting you . and welcome to China .I am also from South Africa Durban KZN  and we stay in Wuhan China  Bud I teach English here at a school , bud we moved to Guangzhou in January for two years or may be longer me will start teaching at a new school .
Ek kan ook Afrikaans praat en ek drink ook n klippie of twee en ek mis baie my braai.s soos ons braai in Suid Afrika .en die wonderlike  weer, skoon lug  in SA  . My  Contac detail is Chrisdbv132@gmail.com my cell number is 15527817334. or my QQ is 1931835416@qq.com .
Enjoy the cold weather .
Kind regards .
Chris
Jammer! Ek is hier vir al 4 maande en mis SA so baie! My Afrikaans spelling is terrible so I won't hazard trying to type any more than that  ;) What I found helped me a lot was going onto 5fm website and live streaming the station, felt so good to hear South African voices and news! I also miss braai's and wors and proper steak! It also sucks here because very few people know much about SA so you can often feel quite lost! But it does get better, and not constantly stressing about crime is bliss  :) Hope you find your feet soon! Sterkte!
Oh, sorry to everybody, I didn't realize we couldn't use other languages. I think coming from SA we're so used to all sorts of languages around us. Nobody is saying anything bad, mostly moaning about missing South African stuff like Klipdrift brandy and SA version of a BBQ. And it's just nice to see Afrikaans when you are homesick! Sorry if anybody felt left out! I won't do it again  :)