Well, it was a long flight but we're finally here. Beautiful China. Where the temperature is perfect and the sky is a near-permanent shade of gray reminiscent of the Mars scenes from Total Recall. Either way, I'm loving it here so far (so far meaning I've had one meal, slept for 8 hours, and haven't started classes yet). Since I was the only one who'd broken up the 100 Yuan bills we got at the money exchange, I ended up covering 4 people's tab last night at dinner, and I swear it still only cost 7 dollars.
Our hotel is actually surprisingly nice. It has beds and even a TV. The shower was a little odd this morning, but if it's a Chinese custom to stand shivering and crying while a trickle of water pours out of the wall as you attempt to wash shampoo out of your eyes, then call me Ping Pong.
Don't know what else to say without boring you with my plans for the day. I'm going to go have breakfast... Oh, figuring out what time it is here is really simple for anyone living in Eastern Standard, you just switch AM for PM and vice versa. As soon as I figure out how exactly (and actually take some worth posting) I'll try go get some photos up here.
Zai jian!
2 comments:
Dear pookie,
you seem to be very emotional on this journey of yours. its still beyond me why you had to travel half way around the world JUST to learn chinese, but i mean, whatever floats ur boat. since u left me, ive been spending my time reading old Popular Science magazines. but that just makes me miss u more. because im pretty sure all the modern and expensive technology they write about is available from vending machines there.
Dude,
Be a man, and stop whining about the shower. I swear, I thought I was reading a 12 year old girls blog, and that's without any mention of ponies or unicorns.
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