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View all- May 20, 2012
- Ghetto Superstar Mama: the laowai-ma hall of shame
How about not vaccinating your child and not giving him/her autism unlike what is happening to most kids back in the States?
How about breast feeding your kid and not feeding him/her baby formula which has over 50% of corn syrup so you later on are thankful and don't end up wondering why your kid is overweight like most American kids?
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View all- May 20, 2012
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Forums > Food & Drink > Milk/cheese/dairy products
I do not recommend anybody to drink milk that comes from a carton or plastic bottle since most of them are pasteurized or homogenized like in the US, meaning that the milk was boiled and then passed through a high pressure filter to remove all "bacteria". Problem is that most bacteria in milk is good for our body, and the small portion of bad bacteria does little effect to us provided your immune system is not too weak. So after they remove all the good stuff from the raw milk, they add vitamins to the finished product, but these vitamins are not in a natural form that can be absorbed by our bodies. Hence, you might as well not drink milk at all cause all these artificial "vitamins" and other minerals such as "calcium" in homogenized milk will simply pass right through your body because they are not chelated.
What you need is raw milk, though you should do your own research before drinking this since there are still some risks, albeit miniscule when compared to homogenized milk. I personally drink it raw here in Chengdu and have had no problems whatsoever. The people here still like to boil their raw milk out of tradition (the farmer selling me the milk cannot believe I drink it raw), which will probably remove 50% of its nutrients and kill all the good bacteria that your digestive system needs, but still, it is much better than milk sold in the supermarkets.
Raw milk is available in Chengdu even though its sale is illegal in many states back in the US, gee I wonder why. Usually the farmer will drive around in a electric scooter with two vats of raw milk on the back and deliver it to certain spots around the city, most of these spots are in the entrances of older apartment complexes, the little office/bedroom where the guard sits/lives. They use stainless steel containers but many feed their cows grain instead of all grass which is not good. Hence, if you find a farmer that feeds their cow all grass then you've hit a jackpot.
Raw milk cures most allergies, builds up your immune system, regulates your digestive system and much more. Do your own research though. But please, don't drink the milk sold in supermarkets!
- May 20, 2012
- April 20, 2012
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Forums > Food & Drink > Eating free in Chengdu
I guess some of you fell asleep during your economics class, "there is no such thing as a free lunch" silly rabbit.
- April 20, 2012
- April 20, 2012
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Forums > Food & Drink > Night burgers
Can you post your opening hours? Chengdu lacks 24 hr. restaurants. And no, I do not consider McDonald's or KFC as restaurants...
- April 20, 2012
- April 20, 2012
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Forums > Living in Chengdu > is there any place like radioshack in chengdu?
The place you wanna hit up is 城隍庙 (cheng2 huang2 miao4) located near the intersection of North Ren Ming Rd. and 1st Ring. It's a HUGE place so you might have to do some walking. It's a paradise for electrical engineers. They sell everything from resistors, capacitors, computer chips to refrigerators and sound systems.
- April 20, 2012
- April 5, 2012
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Forums > Living in Chengdu > Do you also willfully ignore expats you cross in the street?
Usually, when you make eye contact with somebody by accident while walking down a sidewalk, you would nod or smile, it's just acknowledging somebody's presence. The case would be different however, if the sidewalk was full with people or full of laowais. This type of "respect" is practiced in western societies and even in Central America or Thailand where people are very amiable. Chinese are also amiable, it's just that they don't yet know how to do it correctly along with MANY other things. China is the only place I don't see this happen, you make eye contact and they just look away, no smile, no "hi", no wink. I suppose only in NYC and North Korea are people this cold.
IMHO, all this stems from the chronic oppression China experienced during the 1970's that stripped their citizens away from many of their basic principles and values. It was a total police state, everyone just looked out for themselves because if you spoke out, you would probably get taken away. Like that old adage, 'the nail that sticks out gets hammered back in'. And this attitude got passed down to the next generation and it will probably take another generation or two for most Chinese to say words like "may I," "excuse me" or "thank you". As a foreigner, you probably did not understand my last sentence since Chinese folks are nice to most foreigners, but if you look Chinese, like me, they aren't usually that polite. If you understand Mandarin, just listen how locals demand (and sometimes yell) at the waitresses when they are in the restaurants.
Now going back to the subject, this is the type of "environment" you experience in China, no eye contact allowed you! Hence perhaps the foreigners whom you wished you have had eye contact with were simply unconsciously following the rules of the house. ;)
- April 5, 2012
