이렇게 gweilo는 공기 중국 비행에 얻었다.
그것은 나가 비행기에 유일하게 비 중국 사람이었다는 것을 보인다.
문화 충격은 거기 시작되었다. 비행 공기 중국은 비행 캐나다 항공 같이 이지 않는다. 우리는 나를 때까지 수여하는을 위한 우리의 서쪽 안락을 가지고 가고 진짜로 우리는 있는 무슨이 평가하지 않는다. 이것은 저를 위한 좋은, 점차적인 첫번째 단계 소개이었다. 우리가 여기에서 사용되는 모두를 가지고 가고 3개 노치의 아래 두드리십시오. 공간, 서비스, 질 화장실, 착석, 또는 음식. 나는 겪지 않으며, 아니라 나가 농장에 국가 사촌을 방문하기 위하여 가 도시 녀석 같이 이었다는 것을 깨달았다. 나는 개발한 사회에게서 발전 사회에게 가고 있었다. They were trying to catch up with us, and doing a great job, but…

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By Ernie Tadla

So the gweilo got on an Air China flight. It seems I was the only non-Chinese person on the plane. The culture shock began there. Flying Air China is not like flying Air Canada. We take our western comforts for granted and don’t really appreciate what we have until it’s taken away. This was a good, gradual first phase introduction for me. Take all we are used to here and knock it down three notches. Space, service, quality whether washrooms, seating, or food. I did not suffer, but realized that I was like a city guy going to visit country cousins on the farm. I was going from a developed society to a developing society. They were trying to catch up with us, and doing a great job, but were not there yet.
 
Alone with my thoughts, I wondered and worried. What was I getting myself into? The pangs of being alone were deep. It would be four months before Lovy would join me. Without her at my side, I was at the mercy of others and my own mental meanderings. Would Dan and his partners, Wu Bing and Peter, accept me? Would the Chinese staff accept me? How would I order things since I didn’t know the language? Would I succeed? How would I begin? What would I do?

Then the “what ifs” started. What if they don’t accept me? What if I don’t succeed? What if? What if?

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Hi everybody (and in particular Celina, John, Mayke, Christina, Louis-Bertrand, Denise, Hani, Rob, Benoît, Jorge, Jef, Nir, who did I miss?),

Thanks, to many of you, for sending me mail asking what the China Business Group on LinkedIn is about and what you can to do help make the group an overwhelming success! I – Michiel a.k.a. Michael – hope you will appreciate me answering some questions through this message to all members. As it will:

a) Spare me some time to answer everybody in person (copy-pasting makes it rather impersonal to me)
b) Share what this group is about with everybody

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