Got a room at Fudan!
so i had a sneaky suspicion that being told there weren't rooms left didn't necessarily mean there weren't rooms left. it was all a bit dodg. So, I went back today, and managed to get a room no problem. North facing though, which I'm told will be cold. But I managed to choose a high floor, which means that it'll have less noise from the road (hooting culture).
not sure about the pricing - just paid a deposit so far. they wanted 12150 rmb (600 pounds) for the 3.5 months. That doesn't seem right - by my maths I want about 100 days at 90 rmb a night, which should come to much less. I shall try to enquire again tomorrow.
so far every dealing with fudan has been difficult - they speak hardly any english, and no cantonese. so I am pretty much incapable of communication. I think it's easy to get ripped off.
posted by Kai @ 11:00 PM
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Hey - this is Tek. We met at the Blogger Meetup yesterday. I didn't really get a chance to talk to you at the time, and didn't get your email address, so I'll try and contact you this way. I'm not sure how big the room you got at Fudan is, or if you're required to use their housing, but the price sounds insane. I'm living a twenty-minute walk from Fudan University, paying 1400RMB/month for a two-bedroom flat, not including utilities. If you want to contact me, you can at tek314159 (at) gmail.com.
Hey, KB here
Sounds tough man, I hope your mandarin is holding up. When I was in china I found it very odd that I could only communicate with people in english, and not cantonese.
Chinese writing to me all looks the same. Student accomodation paperwork in Chinese sounds like a nightmare.
Look forward to some photos!
KB
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