Day to day living

(A picture of a meal from the student cafeteria - don't ask me what it was, because I still don't know!)

Since my google page cannot be updated from China and I cannot access facebook, I will be hosting my pictures from China on a new website once I finish updating my account. I will put the link up once it is ready!

My McDonald’s adventure was pretty interesting. My meal, which cost 20 kuai (about $3), included a small (kid size!) Coca Cola, a thing of five chicken McNuggets, and a medium sized fry. All of this was beyond my control – I didn’t even get to choose my drink! And getting it to go meant they put everything in separate bags for me to carry, including the drink! It made me definitely miss our ridiculously over-sized American meals to only have five McNuggets for my adult meal, but then, the small portions here are great for someone small like me. I can’t complain since I don’t have a refrigerator to keep leftovers, anyway!

As for other mundane things I have done this weekend (besides guiltily play videogames!), I had the adventure of doing laundry again today. In China, or at least in this university, there are no dryers. Every where you look there are clotheslines and clothes being hung in pretty creative ways. On the end of our dorm is a balcony and that is where I hang my clothes, personally. It is so different to deal with! It makes me nervous having my clothes out for everyone to see and anyone to steal, but since all of the clothes I brought I plan on leaving behind (my wardrobe at home is getting too large, and I have a lot of old clothes!), I am not too concerned. It is interesting to think about, though – small things like not having a dryer and having to hang clothes out to dry! I really am quite spoiled! :)