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Tuesday, July 18th:This morning, my mom made me breakfast! I was a little surprised because I was expecting to have to buy my own breakfast that morning (when I asked the sister the night before, she told me to buy it the next morning). But, the mom came in the apartment about 5 minutes before I was going to leave and gave me some food. I had some raisin bread, 豆浆 (tofu drink thing), and a fried egg. I think I mentioned this in a post before, but my parents don't live with us, so they are often not in the house. After breakfast, I rode a bike with my little sister to the subway (she dropped me off). I was getting off my last subway line and walking up to the escalator when I heard someone yell my name. It was Anushka! We both live in the same neighborhood so we were surprised that we didn’t run into each other earlier; we probably rode the same trains too. We also ran into Josie and Justin as we were riding the escalator. For the listening part of class, we introduced our idioms, and for the speaking part of class, we worked in the textbook. The best thing is that I got no homework!!! At lunch, Alexandra and I got some more 水饺,and I was hungry so I got a fruit bar. After lunch, we went on a cultural excursion as a group to 老门东 which is this old street in Nanjing. Along 老门东 are a bunch of beautiful buildings and alleyways, so it was a lot of fun to go exploring around and to take cool photos. The architecture was super interesting; there was a lot of curved roofs and stone walls. Because we went during the afternoon when Nanjing is hottest, there weren’t a lot of people touring around. In fact, we were probably the biggest group there. So, we went along the empty shops and the small stalls of food. I bought this 15 yuan coffee ice cream which was really amazing, and we bought some 烧饼 from the street food stalls. After an hour and a half, we met back at the bus and drove back to the school. We arrived back at about 4:30 so Alexandra and I decided to fit in a fast mile on the track. It was extremely hot, so I was happy with my time. We got on the subway at about 5 where we bumped into Hayley and Justin. The subway came a few minutes later so we parted ways. I realized, on the subway back, that I had to buy a subway card because with a subway card every time I ride the subway the fare is only 1.80 yuan instead of 2 yuan. Because the subway is my main source of transportation I thought this would be a good idea. But, now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t think it saved me money because a subway card itself costs 35 yuan (which I didn’t know about before). So, I might’ve wasted money. Anyways, I was kind of struggling when talking to the customer service man because I thought the cards were free and then I could add money. So, at one point he switched to broken English that I really didn’t understand. Eventually, I just paid the man 85 yuan because he wasn’t understanding what I was saying and I think I knew what I was doing. 35 for the card, 50 for transport. Leaving the subway station, I luckily found an unlocked bike. The bikes here are free to use, but you need an app and a deposit to unlock them. After you unlock the bike with the app, you lock it back up and get your deposit back. Because I don’t have money on the app, I just look for unlocked bikes on the street to use. The bike ride saves me around 15 minutes in the heat so I am thankful when I find one. I came home a little late, around 6:05 which I felt bad about, because they normally eat dinner a little before 6. My little sister and my dad were both sleeping when I came home, and the dad only started making dinner when I came home. Also awkward moment: my dad during dinner said “Oh, you two should go out walking tonight!”. Simultaneously, I said “Yeah!” and my sister said “Uh uh”. We didn’t end up going out that night. Mid-dinner, the dad left to go drop off food to my mom at her store. After, my sister and I started talking some more, then just relaxed in our room together.
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