Jet lag again, I think. Either that or I just can’t sleep. That’s ok though, this gives me a chance to write about the day’s events. I got up at about seven this morning after not having much sleep and finally being fed up with not being able to sleep and I unpacked a bit of my stuff. I had a shower too. The shower is a little different than at home. Instead of being in a little stall or behind a curtain, it’s just there on the wall of the bathroom. There’s a drain on the floor of the bathroom and it just drains down. I can brush my teeth and shower, even poo and shower if I want because the water easily reaches the toilet! I met up with Hunter at about ten am. We hung out and talked about random stuff until Summer and Esmeralda, Eda for short, arrived from the airport with my roommate. His name’s Rolf. He’s from Norway. A student of martial arts since he was 13 (he’s 20 now) and seems like a decent guy so far. We’re probably going to swing by an internet café tomorrow and send some emails because our room internet is unavailable until the tenth. Food was the first stop after dropping off his baggage. I ordered 25 dumplings, aka jiaozi, and tried the spicy sauce. It hurt. I stuck to the other sauce. I tried my first bit of conversation with a stranger as asked for a box to take the leftovers in as my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I walked up. “Qing gei wo yi ge he.” “Mei you he” was the response I got. Luckily I only had to think about it for a few seconds until I realized he said that he had no boxes. I didn’t know what to say. No box? My plan is ruined and Plan B doesn’t exist! Oh no! I was about to panic and run away when he gave me a little baggie. I thanked him with a “xie xie” and sat back down to bag my jiaozi. I stored them in the community fridge and we started the tour. Listening to our Chinese friends talk I am happy to find out that I understand some words and phrases. Not nearly enough to engage in any good conversation but enough to leave me in high spirits for the semester. I saw a bunch of buildings where para-olympic training is happening. Neat! Library, classrooms, training hall and, best of all, cafeteria, are in short walking distance. We left the campus and walked down some nearby streets. Food everywhere, cheap goods too. I found a super comfy pair of sandals for only 6 yuan, about one buck, but sadly the biggest size they had was 45 and I’m about a 46-47… darn my gargantuan size! Rolf got a pair and they are supposedly great. Jerk. Just kidding, he’s not bad. We split the cost of a big jug of water and a manual pump to jam in the top. we watched some children’s cartoon in Chinese, which are hilarious by the way, and went to bed at about eight. Bad idea, because I’m awake. Neat thunderstorm though! I’m going to bed again, wish me luck.
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