Well I am finally
in my new apartment! It was crazy I moved into the apartment in the middle of
the day. They cancelled all our classes because Thursday and Friday were field
days (also no classes!). So I moved in at like 9:30am, but you have to
understand China is filthy…no really. My apartment was a mess, so I cleaned my
bathroom first as a matter of necessity. I went to our IGA across the road and
picked up the basics to get me through till the weekend (well until Friday). I
still had to teach English Corner from 6:30pm till 8pm so I couldn’t just focus
on cleaning and settling. I went to dinner to find my favorite thing…ok not so
much it was chicken feet night (this is why I normal eat dinner out or make it
at home). I was so exhausted from
everything (I have been fighting a cold this week) that I just boiled some
water (for the 2nd time, 2 times boiled= safe water to drink) and
put it in my pitcher in my fridge so it would be cold by morning. I did my
devotions and went to bed, I have to say the morning was much brighter.
I woke up and
cleaned my kitchen (full of dirt and mold, eww) and then I could actually make
myself breakfast. I realized after putting the eggs in the pan I had forgot to
buy a spatula so I used chopsticks and they worked pretty well. I also found out that my pan I brought
from home for making brownies is too wide, so I need to go and buy a new
brownie pan. I knows this sounds crazy but that was one of the only things we
found that was actually made in the USA, my flag I brought wasn’t even USA made
and its our flag!! After breakfast I left for the office to skype with my mom
and let my kitchen air out the cleaner was pretty strong. Then after I came
back and tried out my new washing machine; I have learned that you should just
use the quick wash twice and your clothes are clean. If you use the cotton
setting it takes 2 hours and the spin cycle sounds like a plane taking off not
to mention it almost broke the frame at the bottom of the cupboard its
in…lesson learned. I also swiffered my floors in the bedroom and living room,
now you can walk in your socks and they don’t turn back as coal. If they do my
washer is very handy at getting them clean.
Tonight
will be a quiet night of noodles and peppermint tea and early bedtime. I have a
lot of Wal-marting to do tomorrow…O the RMB that needs to be spent makes me
shutter just a little. Not to mention the bus ride back however short it may be
can be interesting (stuffed bus arms full of goods=TIC moments). Then there is Saturday which will e (hopefully) spent with
Inga, Amber, and maybe Charlene as we go to the fabric market to get coats made
for winter! I wish I could video blog a day of living in China, like a weekend
and you could get a feel for life here…except you are still breathing cleaner
air then I am so I am jealous. When I come home next summer I look forward to
clean air to breath even for a short time.
I
know some of you have been ‘thinking’ on my teaching. Thanks first of all for
all of your ‘thoughts’ even when it is the middle of the night for you, it’s
the middle of my day and I really appreciate it! This week has been the best
week of teaching so far; the teachers have been so much more helpful and Amy
(our other wiaban) helped me with how the Chinese teachers structure their
classes so I know what the kids are used to. They also provided me with stories
to teach the kids so between that and Amber helping me come up with some
activities to re-enforce the story it has gone much better. I know I will
continue to improve with time this is my first year teaching and some of the
others that came this year were teachers back home so they had some experience
on me. The Friend has been helping me with so many things I really don’t know
how people live life without Him…I would be a mess and would have not made it
to China nevertheless made it this long in China. Can you believe we are almost
to November?! I will be there a few hours before you so I will let you know how
the month starts since I am 12 hours ahead. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this
update and the pictures of my apartment!
This view is very beautiful at night.
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