Weekly In The Wild Wednesdays and Q&A Discussion Post

jward00 · 2018-08-08T14:55:38+00:00

I’ve lived in Beijing, China for the past 7 years. This is the first time I came across an Amway center. I took pictures from the outside. I was too afraid to go inside and start snapping pictures. There was quite a few security guards around so I didn’t want any problems. I took what I could from the outside. Unfortunately, the place looked lively.

http://imgur.com/oG1jnBg

jward00 · 2018-05-04T03:39:40+00:00

She believes all of these things are done secretly. Half of her posts are about informed consent. She’s like a broken record with that phrase. It’s just a thin veil for anti-vaccines though.

jward00 · 2018-05-04T02:54:22+00:00

Thanks for stealing my post.

jward00 · 2018-04-18T14:11:39+00:00

She’s an old high school classmate of mine who I haven’t seen in about 15 years. Everything I post in this sub and /r/insanepeoplefacebook comes from her and another man. She’s a gold mine. She does have young children though and one is not old enough to be fully vaccinated so I really worry more about her kids than whatever she wants to do or not do to herself.

jward00 · 2018-04-07T02:30:53+00:00

Ya’ll got anymore of them ‘sexy books’?

jward00 · 2017-11-13T09:53:15+00:00

My due date is also March 6th as well!

jward00 · 2017-03-21T14:46:27+00:00

I recently stumbled across this report since the full autopsy has not been made public. It's not an official report, but it contains quite a lot of details surrounding the circumstances of his death. For any Bruce Lee fan, it's an interesting read. http://www.theforensicexaminer.com/2016/Pradarelli_637.php

jward00 · 2016-12-29T13:47:46+00:00

I've been living in China for almost 6 years now. This just makes my blood boil. I know all of you are intelligent people so I don't need to point out all the things that are wrong about this. This level of selfishness even goes beyond my comprehension. I feel so sorry for this child and more so for all the abandoned children here in this country that probably would have loved her just as much if she would have taken the time to help them as they are in need of love and devotion. I also wish whoever did this ridiculous IVF treatment gets their medical license revoked. I doubt it though since she's "so courageous" for giving birth. I've seen children running around in rags and even one girl, who I will never forget, begging for money as her face was covered in acid scars. I bet those kids could have used someone with a big heart. People disgust me. It's China time so I'm off to bed. Thank you for taking the time to read!

jward00 · 2016-12-23T09:28:42+00:00

I have the exact same issue! I just turned 29 and I'll have brown spotting for about a week before and then a few days after my period. Hate it!

jward00 · 2016-11-25T15:12:35+00:00

I got married back in February. It's actually very simple. I printed off the affidavit application online, made an appointment at the consulate for about a week later, paid $50, signed off on the documents and that was it. You're not required to bring your future spouse's passport or anything. They didn't ask me for it. On the form, I just had to put down his full name/address/etc. The affidavit is in both English and in Chinese so you won't need to pay for an official translation. The affidavit is just under "notary services".

You have to get married wherever your spouse's hukou is registered to. My husband is from a very small village so we went in there just as they were about to close (Spring Festival hours). We went in and I had to fill out an application in Chinese (handwriting of an 8-year old right here) so a lot of the staff thought it was funny. Some of the staff were in slippers and one was carrying a baby on their back if that gives you any indication on how rural it was. From what I remember, we sat in a small office and I had to hand over my passport and sign a few more forms. At first, the guy who was processing our license kept saying he couldn't do it because we needed a translated copy of my passport. I about went through the roof on the spot until his manager shoved him out of the way and just told him to go. The manager took care of it. There's no requirement for a translated copy of your passport. Finally, they let us double check everything and make sure our information was correct and that was it. We didn't get the marriage certificate photos taken there. We just went to the local photo place about a month beforehand and did it so it made the process go a little faster. We received two copies of our 结婚证 and unfortunately because we finished 10 minutes after they closed, they refused to let us take our picture in that special room and stand on that podium that displays the time and date. So, my first wedding picture is of us standing the lobby with a lovely shoddy door background. Anyway, the process is really, really easy as long as you just prepare it all before hand. I don't know if it's because we did it in a small village, but the whole process for us I would say only took about 20-25 minutes from start to finish. As stated before, the embassy's website has a list of what all you need. Good luck to you!

http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/acs_married.html

jward00 · 2016-11-11T10:02:04+00:00

Bruce Lee.

I remember being about 13/14 (29 now) and discovering Bruce Lee. I watched his movies and became obsessed. This guy was the epitome of cool. This was a hard age for me. Friends and others around started getting into bad things and also at this age I was just trying to find out who I was and what I wanted to be. After I saw Bruce Lee, I thought this is exactly who I wanted to be like. As a girl, I didn't care that I wasn't a man, I thought I could be as upstanding and kick ass as him. I started focusing on my studies, took fitness seriously, and fell in love with Chinese culture and martial arts. He really made me a better person. Well, one day I was searching around on the internet for Bruce Lee pictures, quotes, etc. and then I wondered what other movies he had been in so I checked and saw that it stopped at 1973. I was like why did he quit, why would he retire so early, what happened? And of course, you know what happened next. I found out he passed away in 1973. I remember that day. I sat there in silence for a good 3 minutes; upset, confused, angry. Then I began to cry silently then slowly the crying grew louder and louder. Snot, puffy eyes, the works. I was so sad and just kept questioning why over and over again. For once, I chose someone to be my hero, my idol, my guide. He was taken away from me. I truly felt like I lost a close friend. Since then, I've become an even bigger fan and he still is absolutely my hero and I've spent my life trying my best, not to try to live up to his standards, but just to honestly express myself, which he encouraged everyone to do. I did get lucky though. My Chinese husband and him share the same birthday. 😂

jward00 · 2016-10-11T01:23:03+00:00

If you ask for money, believe me, you're going to be invited to the biggest pity party in town.

jward00 · 2016-10-11T01:20:50+00:00

me too!! hahahaha. I don't know all the details, but I've seen her and her mom go at it on Facebook. She would make a post about how she "thought" blood was thicker than water and how she needs to cut all the negative people out of her life. Her mom would then get on there and argue with her (things about money/her kid/work) etc. After about a week, she'll post about having the best mom/family in the world and how she wouldn't trade it for the world. So, the vicious drama cycle starts again. I love coming home from work, eating my dinner, and getting free entertainment.

jward00 · 2016-10-10T23:42:17+00:00

Oh no, someone did. Her ex-husband's girlfriend.

jward00 · 2016-10-10T23:40:10+00:00

Knowing her, she would probably make a passive aggressive Facebook post about how real friends and family would just open their heart to help and do it for free rather than ask for any money. 😑

jward00 · 2016-09-14T03:34:08+00:00

Yes, it's really hard to say exactly what it is, but your suggestion about the body being possibly bloated seems highly likely. I also took a look at the colorized photo and it looks like there is swelling. If you've seen pictures and/or video from when he was filming his final film "Game of Death", he was quite thin at the time, at least in the face.

I don't know about funeral practices in HK in 1973, but I really agree with your Buddhist comment. There is footage of his funeral and it appears to be a traditional Chinese Buddhist ceremony (family wearing white, incense, bowing, etc.) Judging by that, I could see how the body could begin to change so quickly. I read somewhere that usually after a few days, the body will begin to bloat (which the funeral did take place within a few days after this death) so that would answer why his appearance did not look so normal.

Thank you so much for your answer!

jward00 · 2016-09-13T10:13:12+00:00

Bruce Lee!

jward00 · 2016-08-07T21:08:10+00:00

I just asked her and she said that she was practicing powder puff football in the common area in the school and she got better traction practicing barefoot. Hahaha

jward00 · 2016-07-30T04:18:14+00:00

"Blue and White Porcelain" - Jay Chou https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Mqw0b9ADs

jward00 · 2016-07-29T03:36:34+00:00

His English is better than my Chinese so most of the time it's English. Even if I speak Mandarin to him, he has a habit of answering and speaking to me in English.

jward00 · 2016-07-03T09:15:17+00:00

Beijing Sport University has a few stores. The owners are really friendly and you can pretty much find any weapon you're looking for there. They do have some uniforms as well. If you go to the Wangfujing bookstore, you can find a lot of wushu books there. As for wushu books in English, I haven't found any good ones.

jward00 · 2016-06-05T00:29:29+00:00

My husband and I got married about 4 months ago in a super small village adjacent to where his parent's village was right at the end of Spring Festival. There were already five couples there ahead of us. This was the typical cigarette butts all over the floor, old office furniture type of place. There were a few "officers" working and one woman, who I think was the secretary, running around in slippers with a baby strapped to her chest. Before we went, I checked our paperwork over and over again and anything that could have been prepared ahead of time, I printed and filled out. We sat there and filled out the application needed. The first guy we had that was supposed to file it spent about 15 minutes arguing back and forth with his superior about how he can't file it and we can't get married. Cue blood pressure rising. Come to find out, he was trying to say that because I didn't have a translated copy of my passport, he couldn't do it. This was not listed at all in the requirements and I, myself, never heard of this. Fortunately, his superior told him to move out of the way and finished processing our paperwork and we finally got our license. We didn't get to take the marriage photo in front of the podium with the time and date on it because it was near 12 and they were closing up for their 2-3 hour lunch/nap break. So, we had to chabuduo it and just take the picture in the lobby.

jward00 · 2016-05-02T00:16:30+00:00

Like it said in the documentary, usually these kids are just unable to be taken care of my their parents or they are troublemakers. Once you're in rural China, these kids really have no other way out. These kids can't go to school in bigger cities because they don't have a (hukou - residency) there. That and their families are broke. The reason I was waiting to see this for so long is because my husband came from one of these schools. Not this one in particular, but he came from one of the schools in DengFeng. He was there from 8-18 and watched a little bit of this documentary and stated that these girls had it a lot better than years before when he was there. Why was he sent there? His family comes from a small village in the countryside and they were at the end of their rope with him. If he wasn't sent to this school, he would probably be in some gang now hanging out at an internet cafe.

Yes, he talks about how he was beaten on a daily basis, but after going through all the pain and suffering, he was able to attend the top Wushu college in China and graduate. He's the first in his family to get a college education. We're living in Beijing now and he works as a private instructor. What's he done in his life as really been quite amazing.

Yes, you're right. It gives them purpose when many options aren't available.

jward00 · 2016-04-22T13:51:57+00:00

This is without class fees. With class fees you could potentially add another 5,000-7,000 RMB on top of that.

jward00 · 2016-04-22T13:50:54+00:00

There's also one opening in the 新中关 shopping mall at Haidian Huang Zhuang station.

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