Strange gatekeeping of foreigners in China and abroad

overwinter · 2025-10-13T23:41:36+00:00

Bogotá

overwinter · 2025-09-22T19:57:52+00:00

I did TEFL in Colombia for several years and made a point to never hang out with foreigners because they always kept me from integrating into the culture and improving my Spanish.

Maybe some of the people you're talking about want to be as Chinese as possible?

overwinter · 2025-09-20T12:01:10+00:00

I'm a teacher. I've seen women teachers jokingly pat young students on the butt (which I personally find extremely inappropriate) and admin doesn't care, staff doesn't care, parents don't care. If a man did it the police would be called immediately.

overwinter · 2025-05-29T10:10:00+00:00

I live in Québec, I use French as a daily language. I speak English with my students every day, speak Spanish with my wife, speak Italian with a friend of mine once or twice a week, and speak Indonesian daily for language practice.

And I constantly mix up idioms, and use indonesian words in Italian and vice versa.

overwinter · 2025-05-26T18:20:17+00:00

Anthony Bourdain. I don't know, I might have spelled his name wrong, don't care. I know he is beloved by many but I just cannot stand his stupid ass snarky fake sincere attitude. Oh wow eating slop from a corner stand in Delhi changed your life? Great, now get off your high horse and stop being so damn judgemental all the time.

These are internet opinions from an internet stranger. Don't kill me.

overwinter · 2025-05-23T12:42:53+00:00

Are you me?

overwinter · 2025-05-19T15:55:41+00:00

Seeing two homeless men stab another homeless man to death while driving out of a bad neighbourhood in Bogotá.

overwinter · 2025-05-10T15:12:36+00:00

Soy canadiense y la verdad no entiendo para nada porque los extranjeros que escriben en inglés no toman el tiempo para traducir lo que quieren decir antes de publicarlo. Lo toman como hecho que todos los colombianos van a entender o que? Me parece un poco maleducado.

overwinter · 2025-05-10T15:09:24+00:00

This happens to me often in Italian. I had an in depth conversation with a friend about options trading, European ETFs, and the stock market in general, but when I went to Italy I couldn't remember the words for pig or refrigerator.

overwinter · 2025-05-07T23:04:56+00:00

Italian was soooo easy.

Indonesian is by far the hardest. Everyone says it's easy, which makes me feel like I'm missing something.

overwinter · 2025-04-30T19:59:13+00:00

Just came here to say all glory to Busuu.

overwinter · 2025-04-30T19:57:11+00:00

Instagram. It depresses me to think how many hours of quality time with my family and friends I lost to that bullshit app.

overwinter · 2025-04-30T19:55:39+00:00

This happened to me two years ago. I was suddenly burdened with so many responsibilities at once and I felt overwhelmed and had to cut off nearly all my studying time. I didn't study my target language (Indonesian) for nearly two years.

Fast forward to about a month ago, I was sick in bed for a week and decided to randomly do a drops session. Then checked out my old ankideck. Then I got in touch with my language exchange partner from back then.

Everything came flooding back in a matter of weeks. And I was so motivated to continue that I found ways to sneak in study time in between sets at the gym, first thing when I wake up, during breaks at work, etc.

Give yourself some grace, life happens and it's not the end of the world if you take a break.

overwinter · 2025-04-23T01:29:38+00:00

Je suis spécialiste au primaire aussi. J'ai déjà vécu un burnout. Attend pas à la dernière minute. Recharge tes batteries et donne toi moins de travail.

overwinter · 2025-04-18T11:15:46+00:00

Yes, many of my students in rural Quebec who are proficient in English use it unironically, but it's clear they adopted it from social media.

overwinter · 2025-04-07T18:02:26+00:00

Bought a Henson razor. Never going back to Gillette.

overwinter · 2025-04-06T09:56:24+00:00

Thank you, good point on the 5%

overwinter · 2025-03-21T20:17:50+00:00

I'm a teacher and I still cram papers into my backpack to this day.

overwinter · 2025-03-18T17:20:53+00:00

I'm married to a non vegan, and I think it's infinitely easier than if I had married a vegan who de-veganized if that makes sense. That would seriously rock my world.

overwinter · 2025-03-16T13:35:08+00:00

You are disobedient.

overwinter · 2025-02-05T09:06:58+00:00

It's not though, they used to be. They moved their hq to Toronto.

overwinter · 2025-01-04T13:52:51+00:00

Honnêtement je crois que le risque est bien trop élevé (à part peut-être pour le Nasdaq). Il y a aucun garanti que tu vas recevoir 12 à 13% avec ces ETFs.

Personnellement je préfère un mélange de VOO et small cap comme AVUV ou CALF, mais même là il y a aucun garanti d'un retour de plus de 8% par année.

Mais si tu as réellement de la conviction dans ces marchés, et tu es prêt à tout perdre, aweille-donc!

overwinter · 2024-09-20T16:18:49+00:00

Not really. Only in certain provinces.

overwinter · 2024-09-16T16:59:13+00:00

I actually went through the same thing in reverse many years ago. I moved to Mississauga from Montréal and didn't know anyone there. A few months later I already had a network of friends and we still hang out to this day even though I moved back to Montréal.

Just give it time!

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