Welcome to Dongying Guangrao. This is my hometown ，a 4 tier city，not large not modern but beautiful and peaceful. This is where Yellow River goes into the sea. A lot of migratory birds will visit here which is worthy to be checked out. Hope you enjoy your time here.
☺Thank you so much Jay. I have yet to tell Mike and the Miamisburg crew that I will not be in Miamisburg this summer unfortunately. I guess you are the first to find out this way. I wanted to make sure I was set up here before announcing this news. I will likely make a short post on the spintop forums to let them know in the coming days. Thanks for watching and I am liking your Miamisburg video uploads too :)
@@MarkLeithead I was going to tell the Tops crew... didn't you know that Mark is living and working in China now? lol, you are on a much bigger adventure now than trying to cross the border with the tops in tow. Take care and enjoy Mark. I look forward to your next vid
I can sense your excitement in the video, good on you mate! I lived in China between1999-2014 and can say the development the country went through I saw during that time was just out of this world. Nowadays I come to China a couple of times a year for a holiday. Around 10 years ago I knew a guy who moved to China with nearly nothing and now has his own successful consulting business, all I can say is that just hang in there, enjoy your life and grab on any opportunity you can get! Learn to speak Chinese as early as you can and accept the differences you encounter in your daily life. Don't try to change China, allow China to change you. Also, I think skateboarding on those private property and streets might be viewed as a nuisance, check with your local friends first :)
Very cool :D Yes the development seems quite significant. I am lucky to have this opportunity today. I am happy for your experience and thanks for the message :D
That was fast! already out there! I would try to make local friends with people that know english quick that would teach me the community here. China is so huge. Wait until you see a lot of the fancy buildings in China. 100+ floors up, every floor with fancy walls and glass. It makes the USA and Canada look poor. I'm glad you are experiencing this! Forget these basic jobs over here in the west.
Thanks so much man, you were the one to inspire me (and maybe convince 😅) me to go and come here. I appreciate the awesome comment and yes I will take it to heart. I met the other English teachers at the school, they are all very nice and said they are happy to meet and speak with another native English speaker as in their home country 🙂👍👍
Dude its trippy that you showed up without knowing any Chinese. Very brave of you. If you had showed up in a first tier city, then I would say, No Problem. But good luck to you. Please keep us updated.
Haha yeah true. Few people speak enough English for a conversation, and many do not speak any English at all. My phone translator app has saved me and allowed me to converse with locals at a more than superficial level :)
Hopefully, everything will go smoothly for you in China and never forget to buy adequate medical insurance while working in China! It is very important when ever working aboard!
The fact that you can hear cars honking tells you that you're in a "real" city. That as supossed to big cities like Shanghai or Shenzhen were all the cars are quiet.
Glad you are enjoying & happy to be in China. However, it maybe a good thing if you can cut down the expression of "fucking, freaking". I'm sure your students will admire their teacher from Canada & will be following you on your vlogs & thought its cool. They will probably think there is no other description for anything other than these foul words. I'll be "fucking & freaking" upset when my kids come home speaking like this & tell me they learn it from their teacher.
Hello! They require a Bachelor Degree now from a University unfortunately. This is a big barrier for many and I myself don't agree with it, but the government needed me to verify my degrees with the Apostille service. I found the job on teachaway.com and I got my TEFL from teflhero.com for $50 - $100 USD. Check out teachaway.com for jobs, maybe some will not require a Bachelor Degree from a University. Some jobs require a Teacher's College Degree too, which I do not have, but English teaching does not require this. Thanks and all the best of luck to you 🙏🙏
Sounds like a very small Chinese city, yet it looks so clean, modern and friendly. Amazing.
very small indeed, it is a county under the city of Dong Ying
Welcome to Dongying Guangrao. This is my hometown ，a 4 tier city，not large not modern but beautiful and peaceful. This is where Yellow River goes into the sea. A lot of migratory birds will visit here which is worthy to be checked out. Hope you enjoy your time here.
Very cool! Awesome place, city and people. Thanks for the message. Yes I am enjoying the place very much so far :D
Congrats Mark on being a new English Teacher in a super cool place. Enjoy :) I am sure you will
☺Thank you so much Jay. I have yet to tell Mike and the Miamisburg crew that I will not be in Miamisburg this summer unfortunately. I guess you are the first to find out this way. I wanted to make sure I was set up here before announcing this news. I will likely make a short post on the spintop forums to let them know in the coming days. Thanks for watching and I am liking your Miamisburg video uploads too :)
@@MarkLeithead I was going to tell the Tops crew... didn't you know that Mark is living and working in China now? lol, you are on a much bigger adventure now than trying to cross the border with the tops in tow. Take care and enjoy Mark.
I look forward to your next vid
Thanks for watching 😊
I can sense your excitement in the video, good on you mate! I lived in China between1999-2014 and can say the development the country went through I saw during that time was just out of this world. Nowadays I come to China a couple of times a year for a holiday. Around 10 years ago I knew a guy who moved to China with nearly nothing and now has his own successful consulting business, all I can say is that just hang in there, enjoy your life and grab on any opportunity you can get! Learn to speak Chinese as early as you can and accept the differences you encounter in your daily life. Don't try to change China, allow China to change you. Also, I think skateboarding on those private property and streets might be viewed as a nuisance, check with your local friends first :)
Very cool :D Yes the development seems quite significant. I am lucky to have this opportunity today. I am happy for your experience and thanks for the message :D
That was fast! already out there! I would try to make local friends with people that know english quick that would teach me the community here. China is so huge. Wait until you see a lot of the fancy buildings in China. 100+ floors up, every floor with fancy walls and glass. It makes the USA and Canada look poor. I'm glad you are experiencing this! Forget these basic jobs over here in the west.
Thanks so much man, you were the one to inspire me (and maybe convince 😅) me to go and come here. I appreciate the awesome comment and yes I will take it to heart. I met the other English teachers at the school, they are all very nice and said they are happy to meet and speak with another native English speaker as in their home country 🙂👍👍
Have a wonderful ride in China! Greetings from Amsterdam@@MarkLeithead
Dude its trippy that you showed up without knowing any Chinese. Very brave of you. If you had showed up in a first tier city, then I would say, No Problem. But good luck to you. Please keep us updated.
Haha yeah true. Few people speak enough English for a conversation, and many do not speak any English at all. My phone translator app has saved me and allowed me to converse with locals at a more than superficial level :)
Hopefully, everything will go smoothly for you in China and never forget to buy adequate medical insurance while working in China! It is very important when ever working aboard!
Good idea and good point. I will look into it for sure :) :D Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Looks tidy, clean, properly, and peaceful.
Yeah pretty wild, I lucked out big time considering I had no idea about this place beforehand :)
The fact that you can hear cars honking tells you that you're in a "real" city. That as supossed to big cities like Shanghai or Shenzhen were all the cars are quiet.
Interesting stuff. Yes the drivers here are not shy to use their horns 😅
Shandong, my ancestors' home 🎉🎉🎉
Cool! It's an awesome province 😁😁
I am so happy for you!
Thank you brother!!! I made this video thinking of you dude. Did you see the granite lions?! Fucking modern day granite Sphynxes lol
@@MarkLeithead Really amazing, and really looking forward to any updates! I knew you were going to China but I didnt realize how soon lol.
I like how people's wishes not to be in a video are respected there even though it's a public place
I try to read their preference in the moment I guess. Quite the spectrum in preferences to being filmed for sure :)
Glad you are enjoying & happy to be in China. However, it maybe a good thing if you can cut down the expression of "fucking, freaking". I'm sure your students will admire their teacher from Canada & will be following you on your vlogs & thought its cool. They will probably think there is no other description for anything other than these foul words. I'll be "fucking & freaking" upset when my kids come home speaking like this & tell me they learn it from their teacher.
😁😁
How much did you pay for that Li Ning basketball? Did you have to haggle?
I paid 180 rmb, pretty expensive but it's good quality. They gave me a discount of 20 rmb which I was not expecting 🙂
中国人最喜欢拍视频，最喜欢上镜，99%的地方你随便拍🎉
Haha thanks. Sure maybe I will try that in the future then :D
How did you get an English teaching job? Qualifications?
Hello! They require a Bachelor Degree now from a University unfortunately. This is a big barrier for many and I myself don't agree with it, but the government needed me to verify my degrees with the Apostille service. I found the job on teachaway.com and I got my TEFL from teflhero.com for $50 - $100 USD. Check out teachaway.com for jobs, maybe some will not require a Bachelor Degree from a University. Some jobs require a Teacher's College Degree too, which I do not have, but English teaching does not require this. Thanks and all the best of luck to you 🙏🙏
"This is f*cking awesome" is probably a good phrase you can teach your students.
hi, hater, got you again! your tearcher taught you well, you were a good student, take this piece of melon for reward
Haha! That one is off my list, but I will certainly be keeping it real with them for sure :)
I've never heard of this city, but it looks pretty good. Welcome to China
山东省东营市广饶县
good luck Mark
Thank you Tony! That is very kind of you :) I appreciate it very much
东营市下面的广饶县？small town🎉
Exactly! Yes about 500,000 people Google says. Quite a nice and blessed place
You are just few kms from me, I'm from Lin Zi district, Zi Bo CityGuang Rao shares the same dialect with us
Very cool! The people and the place is amazing 😊