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By: Juan

Juan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:32:18 +0000

There are people in Spain following him too. Tell him that he can’t let us down

By: Laowei

Laowei — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:36:24 +0000

Hi Folks
This is truly a great site,and this guy here is really a MAN. I hope somebody will tell him that his writing has to be continued as we in Norway will follow him during his trips around Great China..stay cool,man!

By: 笑梅

笑梅 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:54:35 +0000

Thank you for posting this entry. Life, in all of its diverse forms, is fascinating, and this guy has helped to answer some of the questions that are pondered every time I pass by a construction site here in China. EVERYONE has a story.

By: Key

Key — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:50:58 +0000

haha very observant, it made me laugh too when I first saw it.

By: Kaiwen

Kaiwen — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:25:47 +0000

Interesting look at migrant worker life. Sanya is a nice place, too. The “求精” made me laugh.

By: Orientix

Orientix — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:55:26 +0000

This is really a good and heartwarming story. We all see these huge constructions going on, and forget that humans are building them. I wish lots of happiness and good future to the writer. I hope that he and his fellow workers soon will see their families. And that he continues writing his blog. His leader should understand that what he is doing is a good thing.

By: Juan

Juan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:12:21 +0000

Really interesting. I’ll follow this post. Thanks for translating it!

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By: Key

Key — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:59:47 +0000

How I see this is an internet phenomenon. Sure Chinese people don’t really talk about their masturbation and sick jj freely normally. I think this is true even for a lot of other countries. But somehow people are willing to talk about more things that they normally would not on the internet. This phenomenon is universal and comes out in different ways in different cultures and societies. What I have been noticing on the Chinese internet is that the Chinese people often viewed as reserved and don’t like to talk about their feelings are much more vocal on the discussion forms. Maybe they feel safe, or safer to speak out what they really think on the internet. The polymorphic Internet gives people the ability to hide behind a mask and speak anonymously, at least they think it’s anonymous.

By: bert

bert — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:58:19 +0000

I see. Thanks.

By: Uln

Uln — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:37:13 +0000

Probably the guy added those details calculating (rightly) that he would get more chances of success in mopu BBS. But this doesn’t mean the story is fake.

There is loads of personal info in the article, if it was fake the guy could be human-searched and exposed in a matter of hours!

By: bert

bert — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:18:31 +0000

Do Chinese really talk about their mastrubation and sick jj so freely? This makes me question the authenticity of the article.

By: Tripe

Tripe — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:33:33 +0000

we need more of these unflourished first person experience writings, especially if it is as frankly expressed as these migrant worker accounts.

By: Yang

Yang — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:12:47 +0000

Very insightful post! I never really gave much thought into the process of constructing together a building and how much hard work and labour is involved. I hope the writer continues with the posting and I hope you guys get to keep translating =]

By: Key

Key — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:49:49 +0000

Thanks xyz, you are right, “潜水” means lurking, it means someone who reads forum posts but never replies, never expresses their views. It is like underwater diving, never pop their heads out of the water. I am going to keep the original translation of diving, and add the meaning of the word.

By: PH

PH — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:35:01 +0000

他们都是可爱的人。

By: xyz

xyz — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:22:58 +0000

“I am a diving migrant worker”

“潜水“ means “lurking”, not “diving.”

By: Uln

Uln — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:11:56 +0000

Beautiful, thanks for translating , this site is getting better and better.

There are so many fake stories and so many idiots trying to call peoples attention in the Chinese BBS, for a long time I stopped checking those sites. But here is finally an authentic story, and a guy with some talent. Good choice of post!

“I don’t understand how many reinforcement metals the person needs to make to afford a home?” Respect to the migrant workers.

By: Densha Otoko

Densha Otoko — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:23:47 +0000

What an interesting story . I never even viewed that a Simple Migrant Worker can have a Good Life .

What , i know is that Everyone weather businessman or Migrant Worker has dreams . They are all human like us . I wish this man would right more of his adventures .

His words actually motivated me to work harder and help the poor and needy .