Friday night
So last night it was an evening spent with a group of students outside campus and tonight we went to a real Chinese student dorm. Bob invited us to his room.
This is how it works: your first year at university you're given a room and five roommates and for the next four years you'll live in the same room with the same roommates unless you decide to leave.
Right now two of Bob's roommates are living off campus with their girlfriends (apparently), so he only has three rommmates, two of which were there this evening.
There are three bunkbeds, three desks, and a large cupboard in the middle of the room. They do have a TV and a very old computer. Their beds all have shelves at one end to put all their books on, and their clothes hang on the wall beside their bed. It's really just a place to sleep. They often play cards on the table between the two bottom beds. It reminded me of the sleeper train we took to QingDao during the National Day holiday.
They had the Chinese character for fortune on their door. One of the guys living there is quite zen-oriented: he had plants (real live plants!) and a goldfish (a real live one!) in a bowl and he had put nice calligraphy and traditional paintings on the wall. It was definitely cozy, although of course cramped. Didn't take too many pictures (took a couple of short movies) so it's hard to get an idea of what it was really like.
Bob (he played a bit of guitar for us) with two of his rommates (the third is mysterious and apparently hardly ever spends time in the room - he comes back to sleep very late). In the picture you notice the TV in the background and the cupbaord to the left. We're sitting on the bottom bunks and behind Bob to the left is the third bunkbed. On the right are two of the desks on which there's hardly any space to work there are so many books (and the goldfish!). In front of Bob is the third desk (table) where we sat to drink.
Loic, Jean-Baptiste (a French guy studying Chinese) and Gaetan. It's too bad my camera sucks at taking photos indoors or at night - they're always blurry no matter on which setting I put it. But it was mainly to show the clothes hanging on the wall under the bed...
The holed hallway leading to Bob's dorm room. Not the best. But liveable. The Chinese are very aware of their conditions of living, but they live with it.
No big plans for tomorrow. Maybe I'll prepare for next week's classes...
It was interesting to see where the students live. I mean, we had an idea, but to actually go and see for ourselves was cool. I think the guys pay 450 yuan/month for their dorm room.
This is how it works: your first year at university you're given a room and five roommates and for the next four years you'll live in the same room with the same roommates unless you decide to leave.
Right now two of Bob's roommates are living off campus with their girlfriends (apparently), so he only has three rommmates, two of which were there this evening.
There are three bunkbeds, three desks, and a large cupboard in the middle of the room. They do have a TV and a very old computer. Their beds all have shelves at one end to put all their books on, and their clothes hang on the wall beside their bed. It's really just a place to sleep. They often play cards on the table between the two bottom beds. It reminded me of the sleeper train we took to QingDao during the National Day holiday.
They had the Chinese character for fortune on their door. One of the guys living there is quite zen-oriented: he had plants (real live plants!) and a goldfish (a real live one!) in a bowl and he had put nice calligraphy and traditional paintings on the wall. It was definitely cozy, although of course cramped. Didn't take too many pictures (took a couple of short movies) so it's hard to get an idea of what it was really like.
Bob (he played a bit of guitar for us) with two of his rommates (the third is mysterious and apparently hardly ever spends time in the room - he comes back to sleep very late). In the picture you notice the TV in the background and the cupbaord to the left. We're sitting on the bottom bunks and behind Bob to the left is the third bunkbed. On the right are two of the desks on which there's hardly any space to work there are so many books (and the goldfish!). In front of Bob is the third desk (table) where we sat to drink.
Loic, Jean-Baptiste (a French guy studying Chinese) and Gaetan. It's too bad my camera sucks at taking photos indoors or at night - they're always blurry no matter on which setting I put it. But it was mainly to show the clothes hanging on the wall under the bed...
The holed hallway leading to Bob's dorm room. Not the best. But liveable. The Chinese are very aware of their conditions of living, but they live with it. No big plans for tomorrow. Maybe I'll prepare for next week's classes...
It was interesting to see where the students live. I mean, we had an idea, but to actually go and see for ourselves was cool. I think the guys pay 450 yuan/month for their dorm room.
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