Day One in China:

We got out of the airport around 10 and we were home by 2. The flight was especially boring. It was 14hours and 10 minutes long. Well, except for the 2 hour delay.There was a half hour delay in the airport, and when we got on the airplane, we had to wait two hours! I fell asleep for an hour so I didn’t even realize it was that long, thankfully. It was one of the worst days, because it was raining. Finally after a three hour drive, we got “home”. Jasmine and I ate some food, and went to bed. We really weren’t that tired, but we did manage to sleep.

The next day, we had many tasks to get done. First, to get our hair cut (our hair is long… I felt sad to see it get cut, but I was beginning to get bored of it, and I wanted it to change… in a good way, of course). So Jasmine, my aunt, and I went to a friend of my aunt’s who cut hair. The hilarious thing? The salon was called “Beaver Professionals”!! Seriously!! But they were really good. I got layers, where the front is short, but the back is longer. It isn’t too short; when I put it into a ponytail, it looks cute. At the end, there was a huge pile of hair on the ground! It was probably as much as the hair on my head! I like my new hair, definitely, and so did Jasmine!!

 

Later that day, we went to check out the “piano houses”. They were pretty much piano houses where you rented a piano for a period of time. The first one was alright I guess. But the parking was really bad, and there was no AC. How does someone live without AC in China?! I didn’t mean that literally, because plenty of people do, although I can’t. SO that one was immediately crossed off my list. The next one was much better. There was a better parking spot, and air-conditioning. The pianos were…eh, okay. There weren’t any “good” ones. There were two Strauss, a Goldstein, and a Forrest (did I spell that right? It might be Forest). The best were probably the Strauss pianos.

But before all the fussing around, we stayed home. We actually went shopping. The place where my aunt lives is an apartment like building. We live on the second floor. It seemed small at first glance, but actually after a while it didn’t seem small at all. It is a gated neighborhood with only apartments. Actually, never mind, not only apartments. Because that day, we went to buy watermelon! Yes, buying watermelon was one of our tasks, the one I created myself (I love watermelon). And the day was done!!

At night in China, it is warm. Really warm, especially with a blanket. But I guess it’s the same in the day. Still, I had no trouble sleeping (did I mention that I come from a family of pigs? Or maybe it’s just me?). And I definitely needed that sleep to get through my next day!!