QA问答:哪里是你永远不想去的地方?为什么不想去那里?
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Dubai.
This place looks like the most over-rated city in the world where the most fake, materialistic, soulless people go. People who only care about one thing - money.
Shining their expensive cars and gold watches, showing the mesmerizing view from their 57 story balcony and telling you to “habibi come to Dubai”. So you can too, show of how successful you are, how much money you have made and how big of a person you are.
All of this while this city was built on secret slavery of people from Pakistan, India and other, who were tricked and lied to come to earn money for their families. Just to get their passports taken to “safety”, paying them cents and not letting them escape.
Don’t forget about high class. The famous Instagram models who come to this city to be modern day prostitutes’ called “escorts”. They sell their soul for money just to get used my old man who made their riches in various way and now wants to have fun with young and naïve women. “Porta Potty party” is a just one viral story that came out of it, but there is no doubt, there are countless stories similar, or worse, than that.
But of course, come to Dubai, they have big fountains and pretty views.

【回答】
迪拜。
这个地方看起来像是世界上最被高估的城市,充满了最虚伪、物质至上、没有灵魂的人。他们只关心一件事——金钱。
他们擦亮昂贵的汽车和金表,展示从57层阳台上看到的迷人景色,并对你说“哈比比,来迪拜吧”。这样你也可以炫耀自己的成功,展示你赚了多少钱,显示你有多伟大。
这座城市是建立在来自巴基斯坦、印度和其他国家的人们的秘密奴役之上的。这些人被骗来这里为他们的家庭赚钱,却被扣留护照以“确保安全”,只拿到微薄的工资,并且无法逃脱。
别忘了还有上流阶层。那些著名的Instagram模特来到这座城市,成为被称为“伴游”的现代妓女。她们出卖灵魂换取金钱,只是为了被那些通过各种方式致富、现在想和年轻天真的女人寻欢作乐的老男人利用。“移动厕所派对”只是其中一个广为人知的故事,但毫无疑问,还有无数类似或更糟的故事。
但当然,来迪拜吧,这里有大喷泉和美丽的景色。

There is considerable number of countries that I would rule out visiting and there is considerable list of reasons for not visiting those countries. The reasons for not visiting vary in degrees of importance.
Primary reason for avoiding countries is violence. War, political struggles and unrest, crime due to poverty, corruption, lack of control or just plain over-riding criminal mentality. Just too many countries to name there.
Second reason would be the feeling of being totally uncomfortable due to religious ideals, cultural mores or plain widespread poverty. Again, just too many countries to name there.
Cost is obviously a large factor. Why go to Switzerland when you can go to Austria. Why go to the U.S.A. when you can go to Canada.
Disinterest. There are many places that I simply have no interest in visiting. Japan and Africa fall into that category.
There countries that I would not visit again because they are changed forever and it would be a backward step. Though I travel through Singapore I have no desire to ever re-visit Singapore which used to be so interesting and culturally diverse.
Politically I do not like to contribute money towards countries that are belligerent towards Australia.

【回答】
有相当多的国家我不会去,而且不去这些国家有很多理由。这些理由的重要性各不相同。
避免去某些国家的主要原因是暴力。战争、政治斗争和动乱,因贫困、腐败、缺乏控制或纯粹的犯罪心态而导致的犯罪。这种国家实在太多,不胜枚举。
第二个原因是由于宗教信仰、文化习俗或普遍的贫困而感到极度不适。同样,这样的国家也太多了。
成本显然是一个重要因素。为什么要去瑞士而不去奥地利?为什么要去美国而不去加拿大?
不感兴趣。有很多地方我根本没有兴趣去访问。日本和非洲就属于这一类。
有些国家我不会再去,因为它们已经永久改变了,再去就是退步了。虽然我会经过新加坡,但完全没有再去的欲望,新加坡曾经是一个非常有趣且文化多样的地方。
从政治上来说,我不喜欢把钱花在对澳大利亚持敌对态度的国家。

From a bitter experience, my definite answer is Singapore.
I know, some of you may disagree with me.
My daughter is a post graduate in physics from a national Institute of India. Most of the students after the same course, join for PhD at universities like Oxford, MIT, Stanford, CalTech, Princeton, Cambridge, Harvard etc….
As there was a gap of some eight months left before joining her PhD program, she applied for the temporary post (for six months) of Research assistant in a reputed university of Singapore. After an interview through video conferencing, she got sexted for the post. Since it was her maiden travel abroad, and the university doesn't provide hostel facility, I had to accompany her, mainly to find her a suitable accommodation near the university campus.
After confirmation of her sextion through email, the university liaison officer sent her online forms to be filled up and submitted, along with her photo (according to their Singapore specifications!) and signature in digital format. These were the documents required to apply for the work pass, which would be forwarded by the university to the government. The university was satisfied with everything like her performance at the interview, her CV and other documents including passport and asked my daughter to wait till the work pass (no separate visa required) was ready from the government of Singapore .
But to accompany my daughter , I need to posses a prior tourist visa (sanctioned for 30 days) before landing in Singapore . Indians come under assessment level 1 of those requiring a prior visa (no ‘visa on arrival' facility for Indians!). There are level 2 countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc as well.
People from the European unx, Australia, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United States can visit and stay in Singapore for 90 days without any visa. Mind you, Singapore is not an European country, but a tiny Asian country (just the size of one of our districts in India)!

【回答】
根据痛苦的经历,我的明确回答是新加坡。
我知道,有些人可能不同意我的看法。
我的女儿是印度一所国家级研究所的物理学研究生。大多数完成同样课程的学生会在牛津、麻省理工、斯坦福、加州理工、普林斯顿、剑桥、哈佛等大学攻读博士学位。
由于在她开始博士课程前有大约八个月的空档期,她申请了新加坡一所知名大学的临时研究助理职位(为期六个月)。通过视频会议面试后,她被选中担任该职位。由于这是她首次出国旅行,而且大学不提供宿舍,我必须陪同她,主要是为了在大学校园附近找到合适的住宿。
通过电子邮件确认她被录取后,大学联络官向她发送了在线表格,要求她填写并提交,并附上她的照片(按照新加坡的规定!)和电子格式的签名。这些是申请工作通行证所需的文件,大学会将这些文件转交给政府。大学对她的面试表现、简历和其他文件(包括护照)感到很满意,并要求我女儿等待新加坡政府准备好工作通行证(不需要单独的签证)。
但要陪同我女儿,我需要提前获得旅游签证(批准30天)才能进入新加坡。印度人属于需要提前签证的一级评估国家(印度人没有“落地签证”的设施!)。还有二级评估国家,如巴基斯坦、孟加拉国、阿富汗等。
来自欧盟、澳大利亚、挪威、韩国、瑞士和美国的人可以在没有签证的情况下访问和停留新加坡90天。请注意,新加坡不是一个欧洲国家,而是一个亚洲小国(仅相当于印度的一个地区的大小)!

Searching their website for visa, I could locate a travel agency in Thiruvananthapuram authorized to forward my visa application. They gave me a list of documents including my current passport, prior passport (at that point of time I couldn’t question why my prior passport was required for applying for a visit visa for 30 days?), my professional degree certificate etc.. along with a fees of ₹ 2750/-. But the executive dealing with Singapore visa at the travel agency reminded me of occasions of visa rejections from Indian applicants.
As I couldn't afford to take a chance, I asked my daughter to send mail to the university asking for a letter from them to support my visa application. They promptly sent an offer letter, specifying the post for which my daughter was sexted, monthly salary, date on which she was supposed to join etc.. Receiving the offer letter (confirmation of the appointment), my daughter was ecstatic, because she was about to go to a foreign country (a dream come true for her), going to earn her first remuneration, a chance to come across so many scientists etc..!!
My visa was ready after 15 days of submission of application, and my daughter’s work pass would be ready within two weeks for sure, according to the university official. Everythig on track, it’s time for us to enter into the second phase of our preparations for the journey.
First priority went to booking our flight tickets, as ticket details are mandatory for booking a hotel room. Comparing the rates, timing and different connection flights from different websites, I booked our tickets and of course, my return ticket as well.
After searching on different websites we finally booked hotel room for seven days near the university.
Then we went on a shopping spree for three full days to collect each and everything from toiletries, dresses etc..etc.. for six months to trolley bags.
The next day my daughter received a mail from the university apologizing for the delay in getting the work pass, citing the reason that the application was initially rejected (not an unusual procedure) by the department of manpower , but they have appealed against the decision and they are expected to receive the WP shortly. Since the university was the applicant, we have no role to play.

在他们的网站上搜索签证信息时,我找到了一家位于特里凡得琅的旅行社,该旅行社被授权转交我的签证申请。他们给了我一份文件清单,包括我当前的护照、之前的护照(那时我还不明白为什么申请30天的旅游签证需要之前的护照?)、我的专业学位证书等,外加2750卢比的费用。但旅行社负责新加坡签证的人员提醒我,印度申请者曾有签证被拒的情况。
因为我不敢冒险,我让女儿给大学发邮件,要求他们提供一封支持我签证申请的信。他们很快就发来了录取通知书,详细说明了我女儿被选中的职位、月薪、她应该加入的日期等。收到录取通知书(录用确认)后,我女儿欣喜若狂,因为她即将前往一个外国(梦想成真),即将赚取她的第一笔薪水,有机会接触到许多科学家等等!
在提交申请15天后,我的签证准备好了,而根据大学官员的说法,我女儿的工作通行证将在两周内准备好。一切都在正轨,是时候进入我们旅行准备的第二阶段了。
首要任务是预订机票,因为订酒店房间时需要提供机票信息。比较了不同网站上的价格、时间和不同的中转航班后,我预订了我们的机票,当然还有我的回程票。
在不同网站上搜索后,我们终于预订了一间大学附近的酒店房间,住七天。
然后我们进行了三天的疯狂购物,买了每样东西,从洗漱用品、衣物等,为期六个月,还买了旅行箱。
第二天,我女儿收到大学的邮件,因申请最初被人力部拒绝(这不罕见),为工作通行证的延迟道歉,但他们已对此决定提出上诉,预计很快会收到工作通行证。由于大学是申请人,我们无能为力。

Our journey day was nearing!
Five more days left. No positive feedback.
Four more days left.Reminder sent to the university .
Three more days left. Nothing happened.
Two more days left.Reminder sent to the university again . They conveyed their helplessness in their reply.
One more day left. We were in dilemma. We were unable to cancel the tickets either. We decided to hopefully wait till the last day.
On the final day all the bags packed, dressed up we were still waiting for the final message any time, that my daughter’s WP was ready.
As visit visa was obtained for me alone, we were unable to proceed with the journey without the work pass! We considered several options but nothing would work out. The experience after our scheduled journey time was utterly horrible. My daughter lay totally disappointed and dejected. I had no words to console her. After being sexted by this university, there were offers from top ranking Institutes from India for similar assignments, but eyeing the offer from this Singapore university, she avoided them.
The next day a message came from the university that the second apeal also was rejected!! They apologized for the inconvenience caused to my daughter. My daughter wanted to know why her application was rejected. The strange reply was that the government was doubtful about the qualifications!! Stupid fellows? Do they think that this university rank above Oxford, MIT, Stanford etc?? If they have any doubts about the degree or PG, they could have sought clarification from the university who sexted her.
It's either arrogance or ignorance. Dear readers, please judge and comment.
In the process, a financial loss of nearly ₹200000/- from my pocket (cost if flight tickets, insurance, rent for hotel room for seven days, visa charges, foreign exchange commission etc..), wastage of precious six months from the career of my daughter, mental agony, utter disappointment plus a loss of ₹ 900000/- by way of lost salary were caused for none of our mistakes.

我们的出发日临近了!
还剩五天。没有积极的反馈。
还剩四天。向大学发送了提醒。
还剩三天。没有任何进展。
还剩两天。再次向大学发送了提醒。他们在回复中表示无能为力。
还剩一天。我们陷入困境。我们也无法取消机票。决定抱着希望等到最后一天。
最后一天,所有的行李都打包好了,穿戴整齐,我们仍在等待随时可能到来的消息,确认我女儿的工作通行证准备好了。
由于只有我获得了旅游签证,我们无法在没有工作通行证的情况下旅行!我们考虑了几种选择,但都行不通。错过预定的旅行时间后的经历简直是糟透了。我女儿完全失望和沮丧地躺着。我无法用语言安慰她。在被这所大学录取后,印度一些顶尖研究机构也有类似的职位提供给她,但她看中了新加坡这所大学的机会,拒绝了其他机会。
第二天,大学发来消息称第二次上诉也被拒绝了!他们对给我女儿带来的不便表示歉意。我女儿想知道为什么她的申请被拒绝。奇怪的回复是,政府怀疑她的资质!愚蠢的家伙们?难道他们认为这所大学排名高于牛津、麻省理工、斯坦福等吗?如果他们对学位或研究生学历有任何疑问,可以向录取她的大学寻求澄清。
这是傲慢还是无知。亲爱的读者们,请评判并评论。
在此过程中,我损失了大约二十万卢比(机票费用、保险、预订七天的酒店房间费用、签证费用、外汇手续费等),我女儿宝贵的六个月职业生涯被浪费,心理上的痛苦、极度失望,再加上九十万卢比的工资损失,这些都不是我们的错误造成的。

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