First of all, I'm definitely past the honeymoon phase, as I'm sure you can tell by the last post. Buut things are getting better and I'm starting to learn how to function like a real person. Today I even went to the post office and sent a letter! Maybe it'll get there, maybe it won't. It took 3 full weeks for a package my parents sent to get here but heyy at least it made it! Apparently if you send it FedEx or something like that it takes even LONGER b/c it sits in customs for a while. One day they'll come up with some magical electronic mail device. Oh wait...
In other news, I am officially old. Though turning 21 in a country where the legal drinking age is 18 is slightly anticlimactic, but hey, I'm actually steering clear of the alcohol (or at least minimizing my intake) for a while. Not gonna lie, Chinese alcohol sucks. But still, the looming prospect of those big terrors (caps of course): the FUTURE, my CAREER, and the REAL WORLD is starting to become less of a distant myth and more of a frightening actuality. But hey, I guess that's back in the states, 12,000 km away (yeah I looked it up) so let's not worry just yet.
The birthday celebration was nice and lowkey, as much of a party as you can have on a Tuesday night. It was also Rosie's bday too so about 8 of us from the dorm went to this Sichuan style hotpot place. It was really nice to just sit around in a big group again and eat and talk. Back at the dorm, Steph and Kate gave us each a piece of cake and chocolate ice cream - so sweet of them. I've actually really been craving Pinkberry etc since being here. And dairy in general. The milk here is not my favorite.
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