Pretty good Chinesing but the question is WHY? I've been here for getting on 5 years. After the initial timfatuation I decided making efforts to integrate, including learning the language, were futile since I was only going to be here a few years. I decided the best thing I could possibly do for myself was earn and save money. So I did this: |Month (END)|Net worth GBP|Portfolio value| :--|--:|:--| |August (2016)|38,161|| |September|41,343|| |October|46,606|| |November|51,245|| |December|56,277|| |January (2017)|59,391|| |February|62,437|| |March|66,006|64789| |April|69,695|63987| |May|74,333|65186| |June|80,416|64573| |July|87,113|83240| |August|92,145|85089| |September|99,238|83342| |October|100,365|86420| |November|107,676|85287| |December|109,076|98942| |January (2018)|111,960|97061| |Febuary|111,688|101082| |March|111,919|99519| |April|117,252|102277| |May|120,939|99519| |June|123,855|112433| |July|130,465|115242| |August|136,965|116670.24| |September|136,115|123064| |October|133,519|120390| |November|137,672|121105| |December|134,278|115456| |January (2019)|141,192|132892| HSK level WINNER 888888888888888888888888888888888888 In all seriousness, I just want to say a big fuck you to real China and that Chinese people are disgusting. I'm out in 4 months to do a teacher training course in the UK (the China GI bill!). In 3 years time I'll be parking my used Skoda up outside my flat in Wakefield, both I which I have bought outright using my China money, and a wave of profound contentment will wash over me knowing that I GOT YOUR SHIT CHINA and used it to make myself a nice middle class life. I'll never tell people I was in China for 6 years and in a decade all this will be distance memory. China is my world war 2. FUCK CHINA!