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I Feel left out


I Feel left out
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Copyright: Matthew Stefels (eslmatt) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 27 W: 25 N: 42] (123)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-10
Categories: Decisive Moment
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/80 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-10 5:22
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Points: 4
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Life in Yanji, as a foreigner is odd, at the best of times. As a unilingual person, it life can often be humbling, which is a stark contrast to attention I get. Unless I am working with someone who wants to help me I will go hungry, or without the cool new gadget. Most stores have at least a little English here and there. But not this store Chinese, Korean, and Russian are the only languages the advertise their services in. A quick looks shows that it is a hardware store. This city is nestled in the north eastern corner of China. Near North Korea and Russia.
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To colinbrenchley: not that strangeeslmatt 1 02-10 06:32
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Matthew
A strange combination of languages indeed. Chinese and Russian is a weird combination. Although I must admit that English whilst fairly non-existant in China will surely become spoken more widely with the coming on the Olympics
Regards Colin

Matthew,
Thanks for the note, I like daily life photos like these! I remember when I was in China, I would have the same trouble as you. In the hotel I asked the people to write down some sentences, because otherwise I couldn't get anywhere!

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