I should have taken BEFORE pictures, but I am sure I will be able to take some of Ricky’s “Normal Room” in a couple of days so you can see how it usually looks. Then it will be obvious why we never hold any of our Chinese Classes in his room and why the “cleaning of his rooms” actually deserved this bandwidth of a blog and pictures. I must note that his room is generally just ‘really messy’ and not deserving of any health department warning. He really did a good job on the bathroom….. hummm…. I wonder if I can trade a bathroom cleaning for teaching one of his classes.
There always seems to be a lot of dust coming in the rooms, which is probably due to the large amount of construction that is constantly taking place. I think someone said that Xiasha, where our campus is located, translates to “sand place”. It is also very windy here. I am not sure if it is seasonal or year round. The hallway outside my apartment is covered but open to the outside dust, dirt and breezes.
I asked a student that was visiting my apartment if students have clothes washers in their room and he replied that all they had were “lights”. They hand wash all their clothes and hang them outside on the balcony to dry. As freshmen they are not allowed to have a Computer, TV or DVD player in their rooms. Another student actually commented on how soft the floor was because I had carpet in my bedroom. I have been promised a visit to a student dormitory in the future and even without the frills I betchca it will look a little like the dorms at UGA or College of Charleston.
