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July 26th: I woke up in the store from an alarm that my mom set for 6 am and walked back to take a cold shower at the house. As we were walking back to the house to grab my backpack and wash up, my mom bought me this very very delicious street food. It was rice with a layer of sugar coated on it, wrapped over a youtiao. It was one of the most amazing things I’ve eaten. It was delicious and only 3 yuan (.4 USD). I left the house at 7, and waited for Justin for 7 minutes. He wasn’t answering his phone, so I just left. I was walking next to the bus stop when a motorcycle stopped next to me, and there was Justin and his brother. Justin got off and we walked together to the subway! Surprisingly, we were on time. For cultural class today, we had our last calligraphy class! We made our final piece and it was a little sad that this was our last class. I enjoyed calligraphy class. My end piece was not very good, I messed up on my first stroke. It hit me and my friends at that point how fast this Summer has gone. I still remember our bus ride to catch our Chicago flight like it was yesterday. Ahhh. Anyways, after class, I went shopping with Ines, Helena, Josie and Emma at the Nanjing University Store. We realized that we need to spend a lot more money. Every student is given 900 yuan on their student card, and we can use that 900 yuan not just on food, but on souvenirs and snacks at the market connected to the University. The cards were technically supposed to be just for food, but we can scan them at so many other places. Of course, I’m not going to use all of that 900 yuan on food (one meal is about 10 yuan), so I am spending it all on sweatshirts and shirts from the University. I bought a baseball cap and a Nanjing University shirt for myself that totaled to about 80 yuan, or a little more than 10 dollars USD. CHEAP!! After shopping, I came home early because my sister and I were planning to watch a movie that night. At the apartment, I knocked on the door, but no one answered. I kept knocking and ringing the doorbell but no one was answering, so I called my sister who was at Xinjiekou shopping. Turns out that the air conditioning was still broken, so we were going to sleep in the shop again. My dad came by and opened the door for me so I could grab my stuff to bring to the store. After I grabbed my laptop and brushed my teeth, we went downstairs where I expected us to walk back to the store. But, my dad hopped on a scooter motorcycle and said hop on! So, we rode about 1.5 minutes to the store on a motorcycle. I had a lot of fun in the 1.5 minutes probably because that was my first time on a motorcycle. Also, it’s a little dangerous because no one wears helmets here in China when they ride bikes or motorcycles, so I was glad that it was a short ride. Anyway, once I got to the shop I skyped my family in America and worked on my IOPP that was going to be the next day. We were planning on watching a movie that night but something happened with the tickets (my mom was yelling at my little sister on the phone), so we couldn’t go. My sister told me that we would go tomorrow to see Despicable Me 3. We relaxed for a bit and ate dinner in the shop. A little later, my friend messaged me and told me that the moon was supposed to be red that night, so my sister and I went walking to a nearby palace to check out the moon. I saw it on the way to the palace and it was tinted a little bit red. My sister couldn’t see it though because she forgot to bring her glasses. At the palace, we couldn’t see the moon, but we still walked around a bit in the dark. I was craving boba, so we stopped at Coco where I had just enough money. I really need to exchange my money, I have 2 mao left. After coming back to the shop, my mom asked if I wanted to get a haircut. I mentioned it a couple times before when I was doing my hair before leaving for school because it was getting really long. So, I agreed and we walked out of the store and went next door to get a haircut. I’m not sure how much it cost, but I think it was around 15 yuan? (2 USD) The lady cutting my hair was nice, and we had some good conversation. Later that night, I kept practicing for my IOPP the next day. I was a little nervous and was having trouble memorizing my presentation, but I eventually finished up and went to bed at around 11:30.
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Andrea 施安雅17-year-old XC runner and boba tea lover living in Seattle but studying abroad in China. Also, I have a cat! Archives
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