1) Always tell your hotel you are extending your stay, they may have booked somebody else to stay there

2) There are such things as stupid questions, NEVER ask your boss a question until you have fully searched for an answer by yourself.

3) Always bring small change, especially when you are in a country where most people do not have change for big notes

4) Never fall asleep in the Cab, the driver may not necessarily know where you want him to take you

5) Never assume that people can’t speak Mandarin.

man·da·rin (măn’dÉ™-rÄ­n)
n.

1. A member of any of the nine ranks of high public officials in the Chinese Empire.
2. A high government official or bureaucrat.
3. A member of an elite group, especially a person having influence or high status in intellectual or cultural circles.
4. Mandarin The official national standard spoken language of China, which is based on the principal dialect spoken in and around Beijing. Also called Guoyu, Putonghua.
5. A mandarin orange.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a mandarin.
2. Marked by elaborate and refined language or literary style.

[From Spanish mandarín, from Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, from Sanskrit mantrī, mantrin-, counselor, from mantraḥ, counsel.]

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