Day 4

Let me just start off by saying that I've had no caffeine since I left Atlanta. That was 7:30 am last Wednesday. That's 132 hours without caffeine. I'm pretty sure this is a record for me.

Yesterday, I had to pay my housing bill. Which I didn't have one of the forms for because the guy who checked me in spoke no English. It's ok though, they just gave me a new one. I also got my student ID card, which is good. We tried to go get student octopus cards (kind of like debit cards that you can pay for the metro, convenience stores, groceries, etc.), which get you 1/2 price on everything, but the lady sent us to an empty room. So we're going to try that again with someone who speaks Cantonese today.

Anastassia and I also tried to figure out how the canteen here works. We walked around for awhile looking confused, and eventually wound up eating at the Mcdonalds where people spoke English. Which was fine. I really wanted french fries anyway. We also ended up finding the supermarket on campus, which was not on the floor the sign said it was on.

I'm working on the post card thing. I just have to find some. And some stamps. I'm not really sure where to find them yet.

Thanks for all of the comments so far! I really love hearing from everyone. I hope everyone had a great MLK break! Talk to you soon!