Bad news: I am going to come home with SO MANY silly possessions. I went into the school store today to buy a single notebook and came out with four, because they are so hilarious. I am totally getting into this aesthetic.
Good news: Today is national day and we have a week-long break.
Bad news: I bought this beverage in juicebox form thinking it was this kind of wheat tea I like (sounds weird, but good) but it turned out to be this thick, bready stuff, like bread batter in a juicebox. Who wants that?
Good news: We had a party last night with a bunch of Chinese students and some other international folks and it was the most good, clean fun I've had since, like, elementary school. We played ice breakers, and sang a lot of songs, and drank soda and ate bananas and chips and cherry tomatoes. And banana chips, and tomato-flavored chips. Oh, and everybody had to wear red in celebration of the holiday so it was really cute. Cheikh came over and I was trying to explain in advance to him that there was a party going on, but I don't think he understood because when we got there he was totally surprised. But then I think he had fun. All the Chinese students were really confused about having to speak to him in Chinese instead of English but then they all wanted pictures with him.
Bad news: I feel like I am not speaking any more Chinese than when I came three weeks ago.
Good news: I had a lesson with my tutor today and she taught me how to write some characters, so now I recognize like 6 characters instead of none.
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