The Pink Room

My roommate Jill in her tewobear sweatshirt bought at the market

Our room: where we keep the heater on all day and the door closed so it is a sauna. But that is literally the only warm place in China so i'm happy!

Our front room. No couches? Frost on the window? Sure.

The drains don't work so whatever goes down comes out on the floor.

And it slightly looks like chainsaw masacre....

Our washing machine- still need to try that.

I'm not kidding. The squatter. We finally found a sit down toilet 2 bus stops away that we may travel to if necessary.

The deathly showers. (notice the HP reference Jules) Ice comes out of them instead of water, so that makes for a quick way to get 7 girls showered. Supposedly there are three hot water times and we've tried them all with no success.

Our courtyard.

We have a fridge,  microwave, watercooler, and an explosion of pink.

It is such an adventure. I know it sounds bad- and it may be- but it is just making me appreciate everything even more. I learned to use chopsticks very fast once I realized that was all I could use to eat. They are amazing with them, it is unreal. Basically I sleep from 8 at night to 4 in the morning. We went to the mall, which helped us all out a bit. Everything is so cheap, i'm in heaven. And we are moving to a new apartment in a few weeks so that will be nice hopefully. The whole school is gated in like the great wall with guards, so that makes me feel safe, but somewhat unsure of why it is necessary. For my mom- we have a purified water station in our room so i'm only using clean water.

I'm happy we found:

A track

Tennis courts

&

Oreos

I know it will take so much adjusting, but I also know I am growing so much everyday.

Thanks for everything!