Life should be enjoyable and your experience could save other people a lot of time. Please share with us your valuable information in the following topics or suggest a new topic. Your articles about personal experience, comments, suggestions, interesting stories about your friends, etc are all welcomed. This is not limited to Gainesville only. For example, recommending a nice Chinese restaraunt in Orlando or a shopping mall in Miami is a good topic.
Immigration Status | Insurance | Transportation & Travel | Housing | Shopping | Dining | Entertainment | Banks and Credit Cards | Communication
Please send us your stories of status changes, such as F2 to F1, H1B, Green Card application, travelling back to China, travelling to other countries, etc, especially those who has visa experience in Mexico.
Please tell us the relevant websites to prepare paper work and address to submit the documents about status changes.
Chinese
Embassy in Washington DC |
Chinese
Consulate General in Houston, TX
(Map) |
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Visa Services of US Department of State The Bureau of Consular Affairs
Tell us where you prefer or dislike to buy insurance for health and automobile, and your experience of claiming, etc.
Health Insurance
Article: About ICS' s insurance
Auto Insurance
Regional Transit System (RTS) Bus Routes and Schedules | Greyhound
Parking
Where to Buy
Any good dealer to recommend?
Gainesville Sun Classicfieds | Alligator Classicfieds
Edmund for Car | Kelly Blue Book | MSN Auto | Yahoo Auto
Maintenance
Any Recommendation on good mechanicans?
Maps
Yahoo Map | CyberRouter |Etake Map | MapBlast | MapQuest
License & Tests
| Driver License Office
(Map) 5830 NW 34th St Gainesville, FL 32653 (352) 955-2110 Appointments: (352) 955-2111 Office Hour: Tues-Fri 7:30am-6pm |
Driver Handbook | Printer-friendly version Paper Test preparation (126kb, html) |
Alcohol Test |
United Airlines | American Airlines | US Airways | Delta | Continental | Northwest | Southwest | America West Airlines | ATA
Air China | China Southern Airlines | China Eastern Airlines | China Southwest Airlines | Shanghai Airlines
Cathay Pacific (HK) | Dragonair (HK) | China Airlines (TW)
Orlando (MCO) | Jacksonville | Tampa | Gainesville
Expedia | PriceLine | BestFair | Travelocity | CheapTickets | Travelsmart
Please tell us your travelling stories in the following places or suggest a good place.
St. Augestin | Cedar Key | Miami | Orlando | Tempa | Clear Water Bay | Key West | Silver Spring | High Spring
Atlanta | Smoky Mountain | Chimy Rock Hill
Washington | New York | San Francisco | Los Angles | Las Vigas
Have fun in town or travelling outside Gainsville? Why not share your happy exprience by sending us your photos?
Corry | Diamond | UVS | Maguire | Tangle Wood
Where do you live / have lived? How is the living conditions? Do you recommend new comers to live there? Any comment about your landlord? Tell us now!
Arbor Park | Frederick Gardens | French Qtr. & Village Pk. | Palm Bay | Park 16th Townhouses | Sun Bay
Off Campus Housing List | Gainesville Rent | Apartment Hunters | Alligator Rental Ads | Spring Street
| Villager Lodge 1900 SW 13TH STREET - Gainesville, FL, US 32608 |
Extended Stay Gainesville I-75 3600 SW 42nd St. Gainesville, FL 32608 US |
| Baymont Inn & Suites 3905 SW 43rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32608 US |
Residence Inn Gainesville 4001 Southwest 13th Street Gainesville, FL 32608 US |
| Biz Stay | |
Baymont Inn & Suites |
Best Western Gateway Grand 4200 NW 97TH BLVD. GAINESVILLE, FL 32606 |
| Holiday Inn
Gainesville-University Ctr,FL 1250 W. University Ave. GAINESVILLE, FL 32601 Toll-Free: 8002492018 Tel: 1-352-3761661 |
Holiday Inn West 7417 NEWBERRY ROAD GAINESVILLE, FL 32605 |
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La Quinta Inn Gainesville |
Sheraton
Gainesville Hotel 2900 SW 13th Street, GAINESVILLE, FL 32608 |
University Centre Hotel |
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| Hotels.com | Hotels Guaranteed |
Dealsea | Ableshoppers | Fatwallet | Findsavings
Oriental Foods
Ward's Suppermarket |
Chun Ching Oriental Food 2222 N.W. 6th St. Gainesville, FL 32609 |
| New Asia Oriental Market 1202 N.W. 23rd Ave. Gainesville,FL 32609 |
88oriental |
Supper Markets
Walmart | Sam's Club | Alberson | Publix | Target | Winn Dixie
Shopping Malls
Oaks Mall | Gainesville Mall
Office Supply & Book Stores
Amazon | Book Area | Bookpool | Dragonsource Chinese | Books Macmillan (link to InformIT)
Others
Sports Authority | Badminton Vendors
Cameraworld | Xoom Camera | BUYCOMP | Computer Auction | MCGLEN | Pricewatch
Download (290kb) around 300 recipes of Chinese and other flavor home-made food. Most recipes are written in Chinese and a few in English.
Chinese Newspapers | People's Daily | Nanfang Daily | China Youth Daily | GuangzhouDaily | Xinhua News Agency | Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sina News | Creaders | DuoWei News | Wenxue City
HK Commercial Daily | SingTao Daily | Apple Daily | MingPao Group | Dongfang Daily | LianHe ZaoBao
American Journalism Review | CNN | New York Times | PBS | Washington Post | Gainesville Sun | Alligator
CCTV-9 | CCTV-4 | CCTV News Live | CCTV News Broadcast | Chinese TV (TW)
BBC 100k 300k | Bloomberg 100k 300k | MSNBC TV
China Radio International | China Central People Broadcast
HK Radio Channel 1 (Catonese) | HK Radio Channel 2 (Catonese) | HK Radio Channel 3 (English) | HK Radio Channel 4 (English) | HK Radio Channel 5 (Catonese) | HK Radio Channel 6 (Madarin) | Shenzhen Music Radio
NOW 100k 300k | VOA Live Radio | Hownew.com | CSPAN
Movie show time | Yahoo Movies
| Florida
Museum of Natural History SW 34th St. & Hull Rd, 32611 (352) 846 2000 |
Harn Museum
of Art SW 34th St & Hull Rd, 32611 (352) 392 9826 |
| University Gallery University of Florida SW 13th St & 4th Ave 32611 (352) 392 0201 |
CardBenefit Bank of America | Campus USA Credit Union | Compass Bank
American Express | DiscoverCard | Chase | CitiBank
Sprint | T-mobile | Verizon | Cingular | Nextel | US Cellular
168 Talk | Phonecard On Sale | First Phonecard | Cyber Calling | One Suite | AAA Calling | e Call World | Union Tele Card
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