Nothing too eventful has happened recently. Just more teaching. I need to take some more photos. Perhaps I will have someone take photos during class today or sometime. I’ll throw a picture in here of my roommate and I are a huge water fight with some kids on Saturday. The game?

Get the foreigners wet.

Other things: I don’t seem to be able to eat much here. I don’t know if it is the heat, but I eat a small amount and I am full. It’s strange, but I’m satisfied with meals, so it’s not bad.

I’m still getting eaten alive in my sleep. Some look like mosquitoes or spiders, others look like bed bugs. Oh well.

I’ll take the rest of this to clarify some of my list:

Times I’ve been swindled: I took a “tourist” taxi from the airport to the hotel. I was tired and wanted to get there, so I took the first thing I got. Yea, it was stupid over and over again and cost me about 10 times as much. First and last time.

For those who don’t know, a “squatty potty” is the most common “toilet” over here. They have western toilets, but in most public areas, there is just a hole in the ground. And you have to squat. It’s really interesting. I’m still perfecting my technique.

As for the clothes: I have about 5 shirts I use for teaching, but I’ve only worn four. I rotate through them and I’ve only done laundry once. I either do it by hand or wait until one of the permanent team goes home and beg them to do it. My roommate did use the laundry service here in our building and it didn’t take too long. I may use that. Anyway, the point of it all is: laundry takes a while (no dryers), so we all wear the same clothes in a rotating fashion.

And no, Brian Baker, I have never said YES to wanting a Chinese girlfriend. That’d be trouble waiting to happen.

The photo one and the thinking fast one also have increased in number.