This city is absolutely beautiful! it's about 70ºF, and there is trees and shrubberies everywhere. (isn't shrubbery a monty python word?). The people are very friendly and really don't speak english, but i'm not overly worried, and i seem to be getting around alright. I have to admit that i loved the fact that nobody in customs spoke english, it was the least painful experience of my life, he looked at me, waved me through, i grabbed my luggage, and now, an hour and a half after landing, i'm already in my hotel. the hotel is gorgeous, and has a view that is absolutely amazing. apparently, on the top floor is a restaurant, bar, and the pool, and has a 360 degree view of luohu district. we drove past futian, where i want to live, and every building looked to be a minimum of 40 floors, and almost all apartments. there's also a lot of parks, from what i could see from the car. i'm going to go and explore but wanted to write you first, and i also need to seriously take a shower. i wish i had had the foresight to get a power adapter before coming here, so far, i have gotten a power bar, and 4 apples. i'm not sure that it's really effective to keep showing people what i need, but the contributions keep getting interesting, and the apples are fantastic....i don't think that they're actually apples though, and they're not pears, but they are delicious, and i think, far better than a power adapter. i will write more when i actually go out and do something, i met a lot of people on the airplane who want to network from singapore, they're trying to do business in shenzhen but the language barrier is a little frustrating, so, i suppose, that's a good thing. oddly enough, i feel kind of at home here...i suspect that's pure jet lag though, i didn't sleep well on the airplane, and i'm going to go out and explore before finally passing out. i do think that you're going to enjoy visiting here though. i thought it was going to be a bit like san diego, and it is in that it's right on the ocean....but the mountains don't look anything like california, they're green and covered in plants that i don't recognize. there's beautiful flowers hanging from all of the streetlights on the freeways, and it's actually really, really nice out, whereas it always seems to be raining or kinda chilly when i'm in san diego. =================== turns out that i am jet lagged and absent minded. i went for a walk, it was fun, but truth is, i don't have a clue what people are saying to me, but at least they have the same issue. i'm looking forward to exploring when i get up tomorrow. i contacted the school, the president of the school has offered to come pick me up on monday at 11, and we're going to tour the schools, see which one i want to attend, then i'll contact the rental guys and find an apartment. i'm going to check into getting a sim card for my phone as well, and i'll get the number for all of you too, if you ever need to call me. i have to ask....why do they insist on leaving the skin on everything here? i had some chicken for lunch, it was good, but different. apparently i need to look into learning how to use chinese chopsticks... they're different from japanese and korean, and actually, for some reason, harder for me to use. the tea is absolutely incredible, i've never had anything like it, it's very good but extremely different from anything that i've had, tea-wise. i was complimenting the staff on their city, and how friendly they all are, etc, and they really appreciate it, they've told me that it's a pure pleasure to serve me....i wish others would see that as a fact, and i can work on building a cult following. facebook and youtube are very much blocked in china. i don't care about facebook, but i use youtube a lot for learning things, i'm going to have to figure out the chinese version. i don't have anything else to really add.
i'm going to go pass out for a day or two!
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