Culture shock is now in full swing. I feel like I am ready to catch the next plane home from Chengdu. There is just a lot of adjusting and trying to figure stuff out. China is just such a different world completely and absolutely no one, except some of the students, speaks English which makes everything extremely difficult - not even the international students office speaks English which makes no sense at all. Their concept of cleanliness is completely different along with everything else except for how they dress. Everyone dresses very Westernized and the girls all wear heels and dresses everywhere which is just crazy!
I know I will settle in soon enough but I just don't think I mentally prepared myself well enough for this. It is nothing like I expected. There are very modern portions and then there are portions that are full on 3rd world that I wonder how people live like that. It makes me think twice about the way we live with people complaining about walking or working too much. People here work 6AM - 10PM and make about $200 a month if that, so no one in the states has any room to complain.
I know China has a lot in store for me but right now it is just a little overwhelming and a lot to take in. Who knows how the rest of the trip will go but for now I am just trying to make it through the next few days.
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