China Romance
General Discussion and Useful Links => The Campfire => Topic started by: Willy The Londoner on September 02, 2010, 08:48:57 am
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Talking to Ted this morning by Skype when there was a knock on the door. Answered it and went back and told Ted I would call him back as I had two police officers waiting for me. One male and the other was a very attractive women.
I ushered them in and sat them down and waited on their questions. But neither had more than a few words of English.
After a while i found all the official papers that we had in the house and I piled them on the table. This pleased the man and he went through them and he took details from a couple.
I wish there had been a reciprocal arrangement as I would have gladly let the lady take down my particulars if I could have taken hers down!!!!!!
After practising what English was coming to their mind they said goodbye and asked if they could call round again. I really could not say one can but the other cannot so I said yes and off they went with a cheery Bye Bye.
But still I have no idea why or what the reason was for the visit but whatever I did certainly satisfied the male officer but I think I would have problems doing the same for the other.
Willy
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Sure Willy , probably one of your long lost girlfriends checking up on you , maybe next time it will be 2 females ha ha , then you will be in trouble , regards Robert .
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What Willy?....... no Raven yet knocking at your door. Thinking of lady cops, when I was in Nottingham this July, finally my work sent me somewhere interesting, I saw two Bobby's. Hum.... are would the be Bobbette's get out of a squad car. Suddenly I had the urge to do some vandalising just to be arrested by this two buxom boobies 8)
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China is keeping their eyes on you and want to know your whereabouts at all times
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What Willy?....... no Raven yet knocking at your door. Thinking of lady cops, when I was in Nottingham this July, finally my work sent me somewhere interesting, I saw two Bobby's. Hum.... are would the be Bobbette's get out of a squad car. Suddenly I had the urge to do some vandalising just to be arrested by this two buxom boobies 8)
Hahaha Rhonald..I get the same way when The female police are in my view... ;D
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probably wanting to know where he was at 1 am last tuesday night, and if he would submit to a blood test in a paternity suite....haha also if Willy was
selling those egg's without a license.....lol lol
(they had some complaints about the party noise)....
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My thread so I can go off it!!!!
I will judge how my wife with limited English and no knowledge of Western Food at all copes during her forthcoming first trip out of China. 12 days in London will be interesting.
No point in telling me that there are plenty of Chinese Restuarants. I have yet to find one that serves the food eaten in a typical Chinese household. What we get in the UK seems to be Western food cooked in a Chinese style. She is amazed that cooking is not permitted in hotel rooms.
Not sure what my four sisters are going to do with the packs of raisins she has purchased to give them! It that Chinese Culture or what?
Wonder how she will get on with walking straight across roads and not diagonally and trying to explain to her that traffic is not used to driving round you and through preference will knock you out of the way. How will she manage to obey the red and green man on traffic lights. Will she always remember that cars are going the opposite way than in China - thats a rubbish point Willy you know bloody well they drive whichever way they want in China.
Will she argue with every shop keeper over prices? - cannot see that working in Marks and Spencers or Harrods? Will she spit the remains of food on the table cloth in the Savoy Grill?
I have warned her not to shop in the normal Chinese way and that is paying for your purchase by throwing screwed up notes over the cash point.
I told her that there is a law against peeing, spitting and gobbing in the street and public places. But I also told her I will try to remember not to do any of these things.
We leave Hong Kong on Friday so if anyone has any other last minute advice then let me know.
Willy
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if someone asks her teach her this line------ im the caretaker----- :o
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Willy...a few minor points of protocol for you to consider on your pending visit to the Old Dart.....
* Waiting patiently in a queue is normal, using teeth, elbows, knees, fists and feet to bludgeon your way to the front is likely to be frowned upon
* Holding a shouted conversation at the top of your voice with a friend/aquaintance at the opposite side of a crowded restaraunt is likely to result in ejection from said restaraunt
* Offering a Policeman 10 bob to "forget" a traffic offense will result in arrest
* Eating pumpkin seeds all day and spitting the shells wherever you wish, including the face of passers-by is likely to result in violence or arrest...or both
* Staring fixedly at strangers in the street who look different / interesting is likely to result in violence or arrest...or both
* You only get one tissue/napkin with a meal...not 3 whole packets
* Swilling restaraunt crockery with tea to sterilise them before eating will upset hotel and restaraunt management
* Having a Beautiful Chinese wife will attract so much envy from everyone who sees you....priceless
David E
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David absolutely priceless....LOLOLOLOL ;D ;D
Wily remember and take her to see the tower, see if she can get the jewels on loan for a day...hahahaha
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having been with Willy's wife several times she will not be the problem in london.
she is a very calm, respectful lady, who goes out of here way to be courteous to people
so she will be well recieved there and looked upon with mutual respect.
now as far as her husband :-\ :-\ :-\ ::) ::) ::)
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having been with Willy's wife several times she will not be the problem in london.
now as far as her husband :-\ :-\ :-\ ::) ::) ::)
Ted I'm intrigued, do tell !!...hahaha ;D
I know what you mean about willy, is this the reason he cameto china in the first place...?.... :o ??? ::) ;D
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Just to set the record straight a British Citizen cannot be deported from th UK.
Liked David E's remarks and will take full note of them. Its gonna be fun in Tesco's on a Saturday morning.
Not sure about Ted's Comment ' having been with Willy's wife several times' better tell me more Mr Ambassador.
And Rob why do I need to see the Crown Jewel when I already have the biggest Diamond on my arm.
Willy
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In reference to your original thread.
This happened to me three times when I lived in Shenzhen. It was not the shenzhen police but the local neighborhood police called the urban management officials (Chengguan). It is their job to make sure the neighborhood is "safe and under control". I lived in an apartment far away from the hotel distric and they thought it was strange to see an American living and shopping in a Chinese only neighborhood. They came by twice when I was alone. They spoke in Chinese and I spoke in English and after about half an hour they left disgusted. The third time they came they brought my landlord who could speak broken english. It was enough to let me know what they wanted. They pulled out some neighborhood registration documents. I wrote my name and passport number in their book and they left very happy and I they never came again. I would see them occasionally while walking home and they would just wave and smile. After a few months the whole neighborhood got used to me and paid me no attention.
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This also happened to me twice when i first got here. i also thought they were the police until we had a
major battle with the neighbor downstairs over him moving his air conditioner from below our window so
we could put up our new one for the bedroom.
my wife took me to an office right down the street and i saw their the 2 people who had visited me. they are
also similar to this in that they our like a go between before you get the police involved. and they help the
people in the assigned blocks they have if they need any help.
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Well I went to the local police dept to register and give them the info about where I would be staying. They KNEW absolutely NOTHING about this, they phoned Sophie to come from work to collect me, they thought I was lost !!!!
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thats strange they would not know what to do. what type of city you staying in? is it very small
and they dont get western people there often or ever??
you better be careful they might give Sophie a ticket for you always getting lost hahaha
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Ha , Ha , Rob , now be honest you just wanted to check out the local police women , they rejected you and asked for Sophie to collect , so now you can wait for the knock at the door , any time soon , regards Sujuan and Robert .
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Rob, you should always follow the example on this site. Wait for them to come to you. They knock, you let them in, they ask you in Chinese, you reply in broken Spanish. It is easy. Would you like some el green tea o? It will provide amusement on both sides and create more conversation later down the road. ;D
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Mike, the funny thing is when Peggy and I are talking and she does not understand after several tries I break into Spanish. I have a pretty decent vocabulary. I mean I know all of the cuss words. :o No really you should see the look on Peggy's face. It cracks me up.
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The knock at the door has happened only once here so far.
It was census takers.
So I guess I have been counted in 2 countries now.
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also. tax collectors, county building inspectors, health inspectors, angry husbands, the electric company, gas company, water company (if there is such a thing)
golly the list goes on and on, or your syster in law with more eggs.... :o ;D