Wow, I had to navigate blogger by guessing what the Chinese characters meant. So amazing. Anyway, here is a quick summary of what's happened so far.

1.) Planeride

super smooth (hen shunli!)
was excited and scared, missing friends, but Dad kept telling me not to be afraid - that he will never leave us or forsake us!

also thought about traveling makes me
wet and dry in the wrong places
static, crackly hair
scaly hands
shiny face
and
wet armpits
=P

got to write some letters as well
- if you want post cards, send me your addy!

2.) Arrival
Customs was quick
no one stole my luggage =)
driver with my name with placard picked me up right away.

3.) Apt
The woman I'm staying with - I call her Aiyi (auntie) is very kind and extremely clean so I think I'll have to learn to be clean too. She showed me in detail how to take the bus to work (all in Chinese!) It's interesting how something simple as taking the bus is an adventure here! And it is amazing how much Aiyi can convey and how much I can understand by necessity. She also bought me these cool tiny carmelized apple shish kabobs. They're not really apples -they are actually called "red fruit", but that's the best way I can describe them.

4.) This morning
So I met Aiyi's niece this morning, who is staying for at the apt until she gets on her feet. She's 19. She can understand a bit of English, but I need to speak to her mostly in Chinese. I hope to get to know her more. She was really kind in making sure I got on the bus safely. Chinese hospitality =)

I arrived at workat around 10, but only stayed half an hour because basically there wasn't anything for me to do, and all I did was talk to the editor about duties and asked him some questions. I'm really excited to work there though, and meet everyone tomorrow.

After, I wandered around the streets, went to this amazing supermarket, admired the yummy yummy cheap food, and found this internet cafe!

I will post pics of food once I get internet at home.

For now, time to eat!