We arrive to our apartments at around 11pm. We are all so exhausted from the long journey. Season takes us to our rooms (on the 6th floor, no elevators) and tells us to pick roommates hahaha. It was so disorderly and shocking. But that is China for you! Paul and I decided to room together, probably because we are both fairly organized and not messy when it comes to living spaces. We get inside the rooms and its hot as hell, the air-conditioning had not been turned on and its like 90 percent humidity outside and about 90 degrees.
In the morning, Paul and I discovered that our electricity was turned off for some reason. So we went down to the landlady and tried to explain what had happened. But she did not speak any English, and our miming was not good enough. So she called someone who spoke English and gave the phone to us. She eventually understood what we wanted and all she had to do was replace the electricity card in the slot for us, and we had electricity again just like that!
-There was no toilet paper when we arrived. It was not a very nice feeling knowing that if we needed it, it was not there. Luckily none of us needed it that first night or first thing in the morning. So we immediately in the morning went out to get some. We ended up getting a lot of Beer and toilet paper. The locals must have thought we were very strange carrying both of those items down the street at the same time. We were laughing at ourselves.
Julia, Erik, Paul, Cyrus and I also went to lunch. It was our first time eating out in China! We went into a restaurant that looked decent, and we also chose it because there were pictures of what you could order on the wall. I had a rice and meat dish that was very yummy! We realized that it was a Muslim-Chinese restaurant. Apparently there is a large population of Muslims in this area. The women at the restaurant were wearing headscarves. It was very interesting; I had no idea about this cultural dynamic in China!
On this day we also had our welcome Lunch with the company. It was at the Univeristy in this large room with the largest round table and largest lazy susan I had ever seen in my life! Haha. It was a delicious lunch and there was so much beer there. It is customary that everytime there is a toast that you finish everything in your glasss! Bottoms up!! Haha. Needless to say it was a fun lunch! ☺
Another interesting thing about China is crossing the roads. You just have to go for it. Its like Frogger, nothing yields for you at any time. Its all up to your judgment and how fast you think traffic is moving. I have not messed up yet! Hahaha.
We also had to go register at the local Police station in order to get our identity cards, those should arrive in a few weeks.
We arrive to our apartments at around 11pm. We are all so exhausted from the long journey. Season takes us to our rooms (on the 6th floor, no elevators) and tells us to pick roommates hahaha. It was so disorderly and shocking. But that is China for you! Paul and I decided to room together, probably because we are both fairly organized and not messy when it comes to living spaces. We get inside the rooms and its hot as hell, the air-conditioning had not been turned on and its like 90 percent humidity outside and about 90 degrees.
In the morning, Paul and I discovered that our electricity was turned off for some reason. So we went down to the landlady and tried to explain what had happened. But she did not speak any English, and our miming was not good enough. So she called someone who spoke English and gave the phone to us. She eventually understood what we wanted and all she had to do was replace the electricity card in the slot for us, and we had electricity again just like that!
-There was no toilet paper when we arrived. It was not a very nice feeling knowing that if we needed it, it was not there. Luckily none of us needed it that first night or first thing in the morning. So we immediately in the morning went out to get some. We ended up getting a lot of Beer and toilet paper. The locals must have thought we were very strange carrying both of those items down the street at the same time. We were laughing at ourselves.
Julia, Erik, Paul, Cyrus and I also went to lunch. It was our first time eating out in China! We went into a restaurant that looked decent, and we also chose it because there were pictures of what you could order on the wall. I had a rice and meat dish that was very yummy! We realized that it was a Muslim-Chinese restaurant. Apparently there is a large population of Muslims in this area. The women at the restaurant were wearing headscarves. It was very interesting; I had no idea about this cultural dynamic in China!
On this day we also had our welcome Lunch with the company. It was at the Univeristy in this large room with the largest round table and largest lazy susan I had ever seen in my life! Haha. It was a delicious lunch and there was so much beer there. It is customary that everytime there is a toast that you finish everything in your glasss! Bottoms up!! Haha. Needless to say it was a fun lunch! ☺
Another interesting thing about China is crossing the roads. You just have to go for it. Its like Frogger, nothing yields for you at any time. Its all up to your judgment and how fast you think traffic is moving. I have not messed up yet! Hahaha.
We also had to go register at the local Police station in order to get our identity cards, those should arrive in a few weeks.
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