Welcome to my Crib: "Whoever said that you shoudn't pee in the shower obviously never lived in China"

I moved into my apartment Friday night August 17th, reason being that I am just telling you this now is that I haven't recieved internet access untill recently. The picture here is of my living room which overlooks a great view of a tree. I also have a couch, a coffee table, a desk, and chinese cable TV in here...

To the left is my Kitchen which if you follow the door in the picture will take you to the bathroom. On the left, the little white box is, my washing machine: you hook up one hose to a faucet in the shower and another hose drains the water into the shower then turn a few nobs add a little detergant and you have clean clothes! Then to the right is my dryer. Below is the other side of my kitchen where my water machine is, my counter as well as cleaning supplies and my stove which consists of two burners hooked up to a propane tank.

This is my 厕所 （ce suo）or bathroom. On the right is my shower and to the left is my shower floor with squatty potty. Who ever said, "You shouldn't pee in the shower" obviously never lived in China.



To the left is my Dinning room with table, chairs and fridge... And for now, no cock roaches...hopefully we can keep it that way! On the right is my bedroom...

I have been able to make a few additions to the room since these pictures were taken thanks to WALMART! I now have a rice cooker, food, Cha (tea), a coffee maker, and some other miscelaneous items...

To the left is my pantry stocked up with snacks, in the center is my updated kitchen, and on the right is my favorite Hong cha or red iced tea.


Finally, Here is my ride around Yu xi... By jumping on the back of one of these motocycles that conviently camp out right in front of the gate to the school I can get a ride to walmart for about 3 yuan, which is about 40 cents in USD.

The Journey Begins

This would be the last thing I saw in the states in the year 2007...

I was on this plane for 17 hours flying over Santa Clause's house all the way to Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok, Thailand. In Bangkok I had a 12 hour layover from 10pm to 10am... However, the huge and tremendously diverse airport hosted a very interesting night. Not exactly sure what I was going to do for 12 hours in an airport I began walking around to see what exactly Bangkok international had to offer. Several things caught my eye including some interesting temple like buildings, as well as a muslim prayer room and different art...

After wandering around for a few hours I ended up at the Economy lounge where I spent the majority of my time. There I met a man from Austria who had been stuck there at the airport for the past 4 days. I also met a women from Taiwan whom I spent most of the time talking with. She was able to teach me a few chinese phrases and some characters. She was on her way home to Taiwan from a Scouts meeting that was in England. Nearly the entire time she was saying scouts I thought she was saying "Scotts" that mis representation along with her Scotish dress with the kilt and knee highs left me somewhat confused for a while. However, I found she had gone to a Jamboriee in England and had been there for 30 days and was now returning home.

(On the left is my friend from Taiwan, On the right is the Economy Lounge Where I speng most of the time)

After the 12 hours I finally had only one more 2 hour flight and an hour drive by rented mini van before I reached the final destination.