Chengdu....The story begins...... !!!

[ttwjr32]

Metooap,

Absolutely it is the only way to go and for the life of me i dont
understand why more dont do that. You share so much more
with each other when doing this. How is the process going for
you and your lady as far as immigration? What city here in china
is she in? Maybe when she has here interview in GZ we could all
meet or if you cant be here my wife and i could show her around
and have dinner with her.

Ted

[metooap]

Metooap,

Absolutely it is the only way to go and for the life of me i dont
understand why more dont do that. You share so much more
with each other when doing this. How is the process going for
you and your lady as far as immigration? What city here in china
is she in? Maybe when she has here interview in GZ we could all
meet or if you cant be here my wife and i could show her around
and have dinner with her.

Ted

Ted

She is from Handan.

We are just starting the process.

Thanks for the offer to be with her and show her around.

I will let you know. I know if I can be with her to go through the process, I will be there. We have been keeping records, receipts etc., and that sort of thing. Is there any tips you can give us about the process? Also how long did it take you?

AP

[ttwjr32]

sent you a pm  on this  AP

[David E]

Hi All

I was browsing through the many photos from my Chengdu trip and I came across these from my favourite eatery in Chengdu.

For those of you who have a hankering for "real" Chinese food.........drool away !!!

For those of you planning a visit and are yet to try these delights....maybe the photos will psyche you up to it :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:

Dont you just love those roasted roaches !!!......cant say the fried Centipedes were exactly my taste, but they assured me that they were a very powerful Libido stimulant...and the stomach cramps and nausea usually passes in a couple of months. :dodgy::dodgy:

BTW...the last photo is of a couple of "cuties" at the Panda Breeding Research Establishment...a very interesting day out !!

David

[ttwjr32]

looks interesting to say the least i stay away from this in GZ as i did
that once and got food poisoning lol  

David i suppose that is your lovely lady?

[Martin]

David...I thoroughly enjoyed reading your trip.  You always write so well, and this trip log was no different.  Congratulations to the both of you.  I wish you both a long, happy, and prosperous life together.

[David E]

David i suppose that is your lovely lady?

Yes Ted...that's my "pocket rocket"...much prettier than the Panda !!!

David

[shaun]

David,

I can't wait to get at the delicious looking food, so I can show the people there this really isn't food. :icon_evil:

I guess you can say that there is walking on the wild side then there is really walking on the WILD side. YUKKKK!!!!!  :s

Tell us David?  How much of that did you eat?

But then again having seen a aborigine or two this is not anything new to you.

Shaun

[David E]

Shaun

I can truly say, with hand on heart, that I tried everything !!!!

I dont say that I enjoyed it all....but after eating live witichetty grubs , honey ants, termites and Mangrove worms with Abbos here in Aus...whats a few scorpions, roaches and Centipedes !!!!!!

Lucky for me I have a stomach like a garbage can :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:

David

[David5o]

David E,

All i can say is, ...Rather you than me!!  It's one thing to eat that stuff to stay alive, and it's another to actually choose to eat that stuff. I'll stick to what's considered normal fare myself thanks!!! ...hahaha!!!

David....

[ttwjr32]

I to stay away from that kind of stuff to eat along with
some if the other unrecognizable things you see here in
GZ.  but i will say if you like to experiment with different
foods then China is definetely the plae to be as there is
no shortage of it here.

[shaun]

David,

I will try a few in your honor.  I don't know why I am so squeamish about it.  I have ate things in the past that people cringe at.  Roasted ants, chocolate covered ants and grasshoppers, tripe, cow tongue, pigs feet, salmon intestine pate (can't really remember what they called it), and a few others.  But dog is out of the question.

[David E]

Hi Scott

Thanks for the kind wishes.......I am a fortunate Man to find this Woman,  she is a treasure :icon_cheesygrin:

It was a long and sometimes difficult road to travel, but persistence and self-belief got me through...PLUS a lot of help from all the Bros !!!

You are right of course, QQ makes the difference. I am convinced personally that QQ made the difference, the ability to see, talk with and interact at length with the REAL woman...not some translators idea of what "fluffed" version would sell more EMF's !!

Yes, we already are close to our next meeting, on April 16th we will meet in Singapore, I want to show her this City where I lived for some years and which I love almost as much as Perth. She has never been out of China and she is SO excited at the prospect of this trip. After Singapore, we will travel together back to Chengdu for a couple of weeks .

We have made plans to be married in China on my Birthday...June 8th, but she is stil getting opinions from the Witch Doctors about what is the most auspicious Day !!

I believe you are a Teacher Scott ?? so you may be interested to know that my Daughter is Headmistress at a school that specialises in ESL Students, so I have got mountains of teaching aids to help Ming with English. Instead of just learning vocabulary, she gets to learn a lot about structure of language and syntax...her English improves daily !! Our QQ sessions are mostly English for her...and Chinese for me..but I must admit she is learning about 10 times faster than me !!!

Best wishes

David

[David5o]

David E,


Hmmmm, I think it more likely that Chinese is 10 times more difficult to learn ...haha!! Coupled to that, it's far more difficult to teach an old dog new tricks. It's just as we get older, we just find it more difficult to retain totally new imformation.....

David.....

[David E]

Or should it be..."the story continues ??"

I read with interest and pleasure all about Shaun's adventure....and many of us here know the sick, empty feeling when we wave goodbye at the Airport.

Some of us here know the elation of expectation when preparing for the SECOND visit !!!

I never was in that situation before, but now I am !!

Such a different set of emotions and expectations. I feel like I am going home, and not setting out on a perilous journey.

I leave Perth on Friday pm and will be with Ming for about 2 weeks. We have made arrangements to meet in Singapore, and we will get a chance for her to have a good look at a "Westernised" Asian Country...I bet the shopping will appeal to her.....my Credit Card no doubt, will be suffering from RSI if she gets her way !!

We then will travel to Chengdu together and off again on the endless round of family dinners (wonderful "aint it !!). This time, I have no need to get all wound up about "how will it go, what will it all be like, will this woman and I get along"...we have already got over those hurdles.

Now we have a fresh set of challenges, we need to really get to know each other as people, we have made giant progress over the past 6 months and I am confident that this next phase will only add to our happiness.

We have a set of "we must do this and that again, like last time"...favourite places, favourite restaraunts where we enjoyed our time together before.......its a totally different scenario from the first meeting...and a lot more to look forward to.

At the moment I am shopping for some expensive lingerie for her...they cant get real authentic designer label stuff without paying an arm and a leg !!  Would you believe, I have NEVER done this before in all my life.......and I had no idea it was so complex !! there are dozens of measurements that the Shop people want to know...some of them quite intimate :dodgy:....but I will persevere....its quite bizarre talking to buxom young chicks in shops about the finer details of exotic Ladies Lingerie :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin:...I could get used to it !!

David