back to classes

so classes started again. and i really have no time. i usually have a media studies class right now at the main campus, but luckily we don't have class today... yay! so i'm here at the internet cafe.

so apparently my host family is the only host family that doesn't have a western toilet. my host family's apartment is the only one without an elevator. and i think we're the only ones without a washing machine too. i feel special. chris says i'm going to have strong thigh muscles from squatting and strong calves going up and down the stairs (we're on the very top floor, the 6th). all our host families know each other and it's funny because there are things like "my host mom doesn't like your host mom" or "does your host family have a car? mine does. we went for a ride yesterday." i was the only one who came back a week early to live with them, so all the families knew about that... when i meet them, they're like "oh, you're the one who came back early." and i have to explain how i'm saving money to go to shanghai for tennis. one host dad thought i was going to BE IN A TENNIS MATCH and i was like "no..."

oh yeah, and my host dad knows stuff about sports too. and we'd talk about sports sometimes and he'll tell me the chinese version of certain sports players name and stuff like that. awesome.

so yeah, i really miss having a normal american shower. i need to post pictures up so people know what i'm talking about. like imagine taking a shower just on the bathroom floor... no bathtub or anything. in my bathroom, the water drains into the squatting toilet because the shower head is right over that. i also miss using a nice washing machine... we used some of the crappy washing machines and dryer at school and they suck... like majorly suck.

dude, my first meal back in the u.s. is going to be at ihop or denny's. i get back around 11 am so it'll be awesome. i miss pancakes, scrambled eggs, omletes, hashbrowns, sausages, etc. dude, the sausages in china are so nasty... i can't describe it, but just thinking about them wants to make me gag and throw up. ugh.

THE ANGELS BEAT THE YANKEES!!!!! that is all.