The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

The Good:
-We don't have pre-class bells here, they just play nice soothing music for ten minutes before every class. I'm a fan, except for when it puts you to sleep for that post-lunch, early afternoon class.
-There is more soothing background music in all the cafeterias. Last night, the song being played made me feel particularly warm and fuzzy until I realized it was a lovely instrumental version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." I told my roommate, she laughed and said no one there would know 'cause Christmas isn't big. Silly China.
-I successfully explained my family situation to my roommate the other day. This included vocab and phrases like "Dad's pregnant girlfriend," "pseudo-stepbrother," "pseudo-sister dating my brother," and "Mom's a playa." Roomie kept trying to give me the words for "wife" and "male friend," to no avail. We reached an understanding...still unsure if it was mutual or not...

The Bad
-Didn't do half my homework and cried in my two-on-one drill class today because I didn't and still don't understand what I'm supposed to be doing. Will ask my co-student as soon as I am composed enough to actually figure it out.
-I just want a freakin' spoon. A SPOON. S-P-O-O-N. Don't give me none of this funky-ass shaped "shaozi" crap, if I wanted to have to dip the WHOLE THING in my soup/oatmeal/noodles/etc and then not be able to fit it in my mouth, I'd have asked for a large, awkwardly-shaped ill-fitted silly concave tool, now wouldn't I have. Did I? No. SPOON.

The Ugly.
-Yesterday wasn't so cold! I thought it was nice...then my hair froze on the five minute walk to class.
-Today really wasn't bad though. Quite comfortable, I thought...then it started snowing.
-When you have to wear all of your clothing every day, it's impossible to create a matching outfit, let alone multiple matching outfits. Black and brown? And green? Also some yellow? Set for class.

Freshman students have to clear the roads after it snows,
China-Cat