Chong zhi dian hua ka

*Subtitle: refill the phone card

I had a pretty emotional morning when i tried to refill the credit of my Chinese phone number, hehehe. I bought 30Y credit of China Mobile and I was so frustrated because this card of Chine Mobile didn't have a SMS system to refill the credit. The instruction written in the card was only;

1. Dial 13800138000 and follow the voice instruction to recharge your China Mobile account
   
2. Call from China Mobile's service or any fixed-line service to recharge your local account
   
3. etc... (msi ad 3 poin lg males nulisny gw,, irrelevant tpny dgn crta da,, hehehh)
   

(troublesome card)

So i did, i dialed 13800138000 and tried to follow the instruction. Of course the intruction was given in 2 languages; Chinese in English, but... the operator spoke with a really strong accented voice. It was sound like Chinese for me >.<>

Dial 13800138000

Dial "2" for English assistance

Dial "2" to recharge your account

Dial "1" and insert the numbers written in your phone card

Dial "#" to confirm

Type "Ye" then send to 10086 to check if your credit has been added

You can buy phone cards in the magazine stalls that can be easily found in Beijing. To ask for it, you can say,
"Ni you mei you dian hua ka?" (Do you have phone card?)

This type of provider is kinda unique (read: capitalyst ;p) for me. Because, if you run out of credit, you can't even accept a short message nor a call. Totally unreachable. But they will inform you if you only have 10Y left in your credit.