Star Control Discussion Board

You should be safe.

So can you drink beer again now?

Other than that, food and drink is crazy cheap, which is sweet, but the air not so much. Has your diet changed much? What kinds of food are good there? Have you tried anything new that was super gross? Sorry for the questionnaire, I'm just very fond of trying new food, and I wonder what the local c...

2005 huh. I was a late addition. But 600 posts - how prolific!

Happy New Year, you drunk lecherous oversharing arseholes. I've just recovered from my hangover. At first it's really nice, you talk easier, move easier, feel more self confident but we don't call that phase 'drunk' yet. when you're drunk you have way more trouble walking straight, way more trouble ...

What's the consensus? any highlights?

It certainly must be! Don't hesitate to share stories..Always interesting to hear about how it is to be a foreigner in a country. The language barrier is massive. People at work have decent English, but outside not so much; and Chinese ain't such an easy language to learn. Especially if you're a la...

I totally agree. Sugar is not a health food by any means, but high-fructose corn syrup and artificial sweetners are both so bad for you! I don't really buy into the negative health hype. HFCS is functionally very close to sugar in almost all respects - except taste. The problem is, it's in everythi...

Never really got addicted to soft drinks for some reason, even though I really like sweet stuff. I'd usually take Coke over Pepsi though, if pushed. But in all cases it's gotta be full of real sugar; HFCS is definitely inferior and all the artificial sweeteners are totally gross.

I'm in Tianjin, of all places, working at one of the Universities. Talk about culture shock!