Renting in China?

Greetings~!

I thought I should make a quick post about this since my sis & I recently moved into a new place. Our previous rent was RMB4000 per month which is ALOT for a 1 bedroom, 1 kitchen, 1 toilet & 1 living room kind of place. It wasn't exactly convenient or anything since it was nowhere near a subway station.

This new place we found is RMB2100 per month for 2 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 living room & 1 toilet. The thing is, it is faraway. Other than it being far, it's really cozy & a really awesome place to live. Everyday, I just can't wait to go home after classes. :D

How we found this place? (you may skip this next paragraph if you don't want to hear my long story :P)

Actually, I had to take a bus from my old place to my uni everyday. You just get bored looking out the window all the time right? They have this mini TV in the bus which shows advertisements. They show the same advertisements pretty much every single day to the point you actually remember the advertisements. One of the advertisements was pretty stupid, it was a girl dancing with a donkey singing ganji wang. That's how I got to know about this website. Wang means online/site. 网 is the character for wang. If you ever see this word, it means internet/online/site, anything to do with the internet.

End of my story. Now, let's proceed to how to actually use this site to rent an apartment.

I'll take you step by step:
1. Go to http://bj.ganji.com/

It should look something like this:

2. Click on the word which says "租房" which means "rent an apartment"

3. You will then be directed to a page which looks like this:

The first green button means whole of beijing. If you have a specific preference, a specific district in beijing, then select the district you want.

Second green button is of course the price range.

Third green button means how many bedrooms you want.

Fourth green button means "characteristics". This is a lil more specific, like, near the subway & stuff like that.

Well, the rest you can just browse and choose anything to your desire.

4. Open the links of the rooms you like in new tab. Then you can see more detailed information regarding each room/apartment. There's even a chat option which I find really useful. 

I actually used the chat located at the bottom right corner of the screen & spoke with a few agents. They are very helpful. You can just tell them your criteria & they will help you find the apartments you need. Though I must warn you that some of the apartments you find to your liking may have already been rented out. So, do chat with the agents and ask them.

I found a few, then set appointments with the agents, went to check the places out & decided which one I liked best. 

And that's how I found my current apartment.

If any of you readers have any questions whatsoever, feel free to email me at joubajoubawa@yahoo.com

I'll be more than willing to help. :D 

This website has been a HUGE help to me, if not for that website, I would never have found my current place and at this rent. I mean, RMB2100 per month for a 2 bedroom apartment? You can't find any apartments at this rate in Beijing.  

Stay tune to my blog for more tips and also reviews. :)

See you again!

Review: Kangskin Beauty Multi Block Cream

Greetings~!

Miss me readers? I hope so. I'm back with a review after so very long. Remember my post on the memebox? No? You can read all about it here. 

Info:

Brand: Kangskin Beauty

Name: Multi Block Crean

Product: Sunblock

Size: 50ml

SPF: 50PA+++

Claims to : Regeneration stability, wound care blemish cover

Packaging:

It comes in a box like the one you can see below:

The back part of the box with information in korean:

Side part of the box with a lil explanation, ingredients, directions, caution:

The other side of the box with the brand name, product name & so on:

Top part of the box:

It comes in a tube form:

Back part of the tube:

As usual, tube packaging which comes with the screw type cover

 Texture:

The picture above doesn't show the actual colour so I put some on a tissue to show you guys the real colour.

Here it is:

From the pictures above, you can see that it is creamy, like any bb creams. If you were wondering, it's more like a watery bb cream. Even the colour is like that of a bb cream. 

Scent:

I don't know how to describe the scent but I hate it. I've never smelled this scent before, so it's really hard to describe. 

My experience:

I must say I really didn't like this sunblock at all. It makes you look white, like ghostly white. It doesn't even have anything to do with blending. it's just so hard to blend the sunblock. It's really obvious that you put something on. Not natural at all. My face felt oily, I don't know why. 

Pros:

High spf? but personally, I think most sunblocks are like that now.
Good coverage. but instead of the natural coverage, it just whitens your skin so much.

Cons:

Expensive

Gives you a ghostly white look

Difficult to apply/blend
Feels oily

Smelly

Conclusion:

More like those whitening creams rather than a sunblock. So disappointed. 

Will I repurchase? :

Definitely no! 

News: Wishtrend January Promotion

Greetings~!

So sorry for not posting any news, updates or reviews. I'm currently having my finals right now. So, here we are with the monthly promotion from Wishtrend.

1. The 10% Discount Coupon for January

• Coupon Code: WISHJAN2015
• Requirement 1: Shopping cart order must be  $55 USD and over to be able to use the 10% off coupon
• Requirement 2: Coupon code cannot be combined with any other discount or voucher code.
• Only valid until the end of January 2015

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Food: ways to fry bananas and the result (no pic)

Greetings~!

I'm finally able to blog again after all those freakishly horrible midterms. I think I screwed this semester real bad. XP  

This post is really random but I've been experimenting on how to cook/fry bananas since I had to use up all the bananas but was too lazy to bake or anything related to baking actually. Honestly, do you like baking? I don't actually. It takes so much time, and not to mention, ingredients. So frying is a lot easier even though it's the least healthy option.

Methods I used & outcome:

1. Mash the bananas & mix them with sweet potato starch

- I didn't have any normal flour and I remembered the recipe I used for the sweet potato pancake was somewhat similar so i tried replacing the sweet potato with banana and the outcome was delicious! It kinda taste like a local snack found in Malaysia. It's an indian snack if I'm not mistaken but I don't remember the name. The texture is chewy and sweetness from the banana is just so good you dont need to add sugar or any sort of sweetener.

2. Mash the bananas & mix them with oatmeal then fry them like pancakes

- epic fail. LOL! they didn't stick and well obviously didn't turn out like pancakes. 

tried adding egg to see if it'll help to get the mixture to stick. FAIL!

3. Slice the bananas and just fry them

- omg, so oily! and the bananas just became mushy. 

4. Slice the bananas and coat them with sweet potato starch

- Didn't seem right. I mean, it was ok but not delicious or anything.

5. Slice the bananas and coat them with rice flour+water mixture

- Tasted good! :) Crispy yet chewy coating with sweet banana inside. 

So, I've been eating bananas nonstop for the past week, but with different methods. 

In case you were wondering the price of bananas in China, I stay in Shahe,Beijing where they sell things cheaper than most parts of Beijing. So, price may differ according to different regions but in Shahe, you can get bananas at the price of RMB1.50 per 500g. Looks cheap but bananas are actually really heavy. So yea. 

Should I start a post on prices in Beijing? 

News: 25% off code for Wishtrend (3 days only!)

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I bet you came here after searching "promo codes for wishtrend" or maybe "voucher code for wishtrend". Well, you came to the right place! 

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News: Wishtrend December Promotion

Greetings~!

Did you read my previous post on Wishtrend's Cyber Monday Sales?

Do check that out as that is a much better deal than what you are about to read. :)

1. The 10% Discount Coupon for December

Use this coupon code when you shop at Wishtrend 

• Coupon Code: WISHDEC2014
• Requirement 1: Shopping cart order must be  $55 USD and over to be able to use the 10% off coupon
• Requirement 2: Coupon code cannot be combined with any other discount or voucher code.
• Only valid until the end of December 2014

2. Special Gift Voucher for any order at Wishtrend.com!

As you all know, every month there's a special free gift. This month is no different. You can receive a free gift with any purchase $55+ this month by using the voucher coupon below! The Free Gift Voucher is valid on ANY ORDER $55+  at Wishtrend! You will receive 1 Free Eco Bag on orders $55+!

• Voucher Code:WISHGIFTDEC2014
• Orderes $55+!
• Until the end of December 2014

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If you register at Wishtrend.com by this invitation code, you will receive  a $5 USD cash voucher immediately that can be used towards your first purchase! 

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stay tune to my blog for more promos, sales and whatnot. :P

News: Wishtrend Cyber Monday Sales

Greetings~!

I haven't been updating you guys about the promotions for October & November so I thought I'll compensate with this extra special sales!

I hope you guys see this before the sales end.

Also, if you are new to wishtrend & have not registered, go to:

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Do check this out before the sales end. 

If there's a better promo, I'll be sure to tell you guys! :D