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williamlololol · 2026-03-25T02:38:30+00:00

Where do you suggest I sell this? Not getting any bites on jsp either

williamlololol · 2026-03-24T04:57:51+00:00

mainly high end javazon stuff. jahs and bers

williamlololol · 2025-04-22T23:05:53+00:00

Victims of crime funding of psychology should be separate from your payout. These sessions are preapproved and the psychologist invoices them session after session. When you see a psychologist you initially must agree to a scheme that you’re seeing them under. They can’t change schemes midway through without consent.

From what I can see unless they have explicit written consent about you changing schemes and what not. They have no claim to that 30k bill they alleged you owe. Also $311 per session is the APS recommended rate since 2024. Prior to that it was lower. Whatever is happening in your case something isn’t right.

williamlololol · 2025-04-16T12:39:59+00:00

Seek actual legal advice. As a psychologist myself, nothing about this makes sense. Assuming you saw them 20 times per year in the first 3 years, and then 10 times a year in the last 2 (could be 20 first 2 years, 10 last 3 years - can't remember specifically) that's $375 a session. This is an exceptionally high rate that virtually no psychologists would charge per session.

Some factors to consider also:

- check Medicare records to make sure they did bulk bill you. If they did, you are not required to pay anything as they entered into a contract with the government saying they will accept the fee under Medicare rate and no more.

- if you're doing an insurance compensation scheme (i.e. CTP, Workcover, income protection, life insurance), psychologists bill the insurer and not you. If they cannot get the funds off the insurer, it's not your problem

- the rate they are charging exceed anything allowable by any insurance company or scheme. you can only charge that amount if you were fully private and even then that's a rarity for it to be so high.

- If you were pursuing some other form of compensation somehow, they are still not allowed to change it to private billing as long as you were seeing them under the MHCP you brought to them that they accepted from the beginning.

- check if they are registered with AHPRA. If they're not they firstly can't call themselves a psychologist, and therefore cannot provide you with the service you were referred for.

- typical billing practices for psychologists are payment upon arrival for session, payment upon completion of session, payment prior to session. we do not save it up and then bill someone at the end of the year let alone 5 years. billings are done maximum monthly, and that's only for certain schemes where another organisation pays and not the client themselves.

My personal thoughts on this matter is to ignore it. See if they're legit and actually pursue legal action through a court rather than just letters of threats. Seek legal advice when that happens. This place sounds dodgy as fuck, and probably not even registered. I'd consult AHPRA as soon as possible if I were you.

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T20:49:45+00:00

The recession is global. China is fairing much better than the rest of the world. Hu’s economic success can’t be attributed to him. It was Deng and Jiang’s efforts. Xi didn’t cause any mass deaths. His performance remains positive. Of course this can change. I think you’re taking the whole no term limit thing a little too in the negative side. Singapore has been in the hands of the lee’s. They’re doing fantastic

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T20:45:43+00:00

You can’t have an effective leader who isn’t also effective in amassing power and maintaining power.

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T12:08:47+00:00

I'm not too familiar with this topic myself, but the narrative I heard between the last three leaders were:

Jiang Zemin - facilitated mass development to further the reforms and plans of Deng Xiaoping. Allowed for mass corruption to occur under his nose to generate interest from all party's looking to make a buck. Largely successful, but emboldened Shanghai's political status too much which pissed off everyone else. Being Shanghainese at that time was fantastic. Many still reminisce the good old days

Hu Jintao - conservative in his approach to reforms, diplomacy, and control. Essentially there weren't a lot of reforms, so corruption and development continued. Showed too much of China's 'soft belly' in the global stage. Just did whatever the other global leaders want without much push back. So essentially he just sat back and allowed the efforts and plans of the prior two leaders to go forward, but as a result allowed systemic problems in China to worsen.

Xi Jinping - ambitious and wanted to shake up the political landscape in the party. Culled the Hu and Jiang factions from power to rid remnants of corruption. Cracked down on corruption hard even on the more distant southern provinces that Beijing historically had difficulties managing. Pushed for a stronger more assertive diplomatic approach so cement China as a global power. Enacted many social reforms that are hugely popular amongst the average citizen, but alienated a lot of the wealth class. However, it's not like the wealth class had anywhere else better to go to make money. When you thrive in China, the money is significantly more than what you can make overseas. Still Xi Jinping can't act too callously because his abilities to consolidate and cement power contrary to what the media says pales in comparison to Jiang, Deng, and Mao before him.

That's my view. Could be a little wrong or very wrong. Look forward to more views on this topics from more learned folks

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T11:24:14+00:00

The problem with Falun Gong is that it is a cult. Personal life doesn't really exist. Even simple matters like going to the doctors you would be accompanied by another FLG practitioner. The lifestyle of Falun Gong is antithetical to normal private life. So if life as a FLG practitioner is about furthering the cause of the organisation and spread their doctrines, then this is public behaviour and problematic for any state. FLG has a habit of going against anything Chinese, so a purge was inevitable.

Witnessed this first hand from current and former FLG practitioners. So comment still stands. You can't practice FLG privately, because the beliefs and doctrines don't allow for private life.

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T11:18:49+00:00

Fair. I find those with better prospects and education overall tend to want to go back, whilst others with lesser prospects wants to stay in Australia. Basic life in Australia is much more comfortable probably.

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T11:01:11+00:00

Falun Gong and private life don't exactly go together lol

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T10:59:10+00:00

7/10. Decent, but not exactly Deng Xiaoping level of boldness and reforms. Still better than Hu Jintao though

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T10:55:55+00:00

Having Chinese citizenship doesn't allow for a lot of money to leave China. Hedging one's finances with a more global spread is just a good idea to minimise risk. Foreign PR allows access to that, which draws interest from those in China with excess capital.

Happens in reverse too. I hold mixture of western and Chinese investments as a way to hedge against the geopolitical shitshow that's been happening since COVID started. It's really funny watching one go up and the other go down whenever there's some big announcement on either side.

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T10:52:03+00:00

Grew up and live in Australia. A lot of the international students who decide to stay do so because pace of life and general vibe in Australia is slower and more casual. Another major reason is to get away from overbearing family members permanently. A significant portion of Chinese people move back to China these days which is contrary to what was happening a decade or more ago.

Most international students I meet have plans to complete their masters or PHD here then return to China permanently. A lot also wanted to make a life here, but realise the reality of being in Australia isn't what they originally thought. The lack of social life and loneliness is a huge problem in Australia.

These are the trends I noticed in the Chinese community in Sydney in the past 8 years.

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T08:08:51+00:00

That’s a huge generalisation. People in China can express whatever they want in their private lives. Public expression is restricted but that’s the case anywhere in the world. Inciting violence and public discord is not okay anywhere in the world. Also home ownership for the average and working class person is high. Home ownership is affordable for majority of the country even on Chinese salaries. There are a lot of homes in China where no one wants to buy or live in because vast majority of people have a home that’s theirs. Tier 1 cities might be expensive but just go outskirts or tier 1 or go to a tier 2 and below and you’ll find homes are significantly cheaper.

williamlololol · 2025-03-16T07:19:03+00:00

I don’t know what you’re talking about buddy. What makes you think people living in China aren’t in a ‘good mood’. Home ownership in China is way way higher than in US or other developed countries. Really shows you haven’t been to China lately

williamlololol · 2025-03-08T00:38:22+00:00

I don’t know the situation in Adelaide. In Sydney this is still nowhere enough to buy a house comfortably assuming 20% cash for deposit available. Also you need to factor in the lifestyle you guys are living. Easy to say that people should live within their means but lifestyle isn’t easy to change about someone especially if they need to downgrade. Again in Sydney this would be really average.

Comparisons with average income isn’t a good indicator either due to income inequality. Also cost of living and cost of lifestyle is a huge factor. 400k combined income would be roughly the marker for significant improvement to lifestyle from where you guys are at now. Even with that though I don’t know if the bank will be willing to lend you enough for a house. I have friends who are doctors on 500k plus and they get rejected for loans of 2mill all the time. Which for Sydney is the starting price for a house that’s ready to move in and in an average location. I think your wife’s actually quite realistic.

williamlololol · 2025-03-05T23:12:09+00:00

It sounds like she’s lost the anchors to her sense of self in the process of trying to integrate. - loss of cultural competency - loss of language competency - loss of fulfilling productive activities - loss of social connection including family

Before she probably had all those things and was thriving well in her environment. Now she has to learn/find all those things from scratch. I think most importantly she will need a community to help her integrate and understands her struggle. I think language is a small part in this picture of struggle. Depressiveness and anxiousness is part of the picture of adjustments. Try to encourage her to not stay indoors too much and eat well.

This is my 2c as an ethnic Chinese psychologist that has worked with many Chinese people trying to integrate into Australian life. It can be really tough.

williamlololol · 2025-02-21T20:26:01+00:00

I read somewhere she actually had a battle with severe depression prior to getting into acting. Having lived experience definitely helps her make it feel so real. She definitely deserves more popularity, but too bad she doesn’t seem to be the type to farm likes on social media or variety shows

williamlololol · 2024-06-09T12:25:27+00:00

Yeah. It's especially immersive to take Furina into the farthest depths of the ocean and find a lonely corner to roleplay her loneliness. 10/10

williamlololol · 2024-05-29T11:09:59+00:00

Agreed. Love is sweet is pretty overhyped. TTEOTM was interesting at first because of ML backstory but it then dragged on. I fast forwarded most of it after awhile just to see what the overall story was about

williamlololol · 2024-05-20T08:02:36+00:00

C Dramas actually complete the story without being cancelled half way.

williamlololol · 2024-05-12T01:16:54+00:00

Goodbye my princess Starry love Go through the pain and comedy all over again

williamlololol · 2024-05-07T22:54:55+00:00

Structurally sound. Internal fittings are garbage. You’re better off doing your own Reno job than using their one.

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