untitled

• I keep forgetting that dishwashers exist and do all my dishes by hand. 
• I randomly burst out into bits of Chinese and expect people to understand me. A couple of times, I haven't even realized that I was doing it. 
• When people talk about temperatures, I assume that they are talking in Celsius. 
• I do a double take when someone says a Chinese place name incorrectly, because it's sure to be a "foreigner". 

culture shock

Culture Shock. I have the beginnings of it, because for the first time in my life since I was five, I'm looking at America with the thought of living here. 

Here is the start of a new label, and probably a new ongoing theme. 

Day 1: 

Things are often too sweet or too salty. It makes me wonder what else is in the food. 

I feel tiny. As someone who is 5'8" and 108 pounds, in China I'm usually one of the tallest people in a group, and somewhere on the medium to thin side, definitely not absolutely miniscule, which is how I feel here.