Drips and drabs from my life as a teacher in Sichuan Province.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Pic o' the Day #12


Last week, my downstairs neighbor invited me into her apartment to show me the water damage on her wall. It was directly below my bathroom. Right away, I called the 外办 (waiban), or International Exchange and Cooperation Center, the group that takes care of all things foreign, including me. A few days later, a crew showed up to fix everything.


This is what it looked like at the end of day 1.

I say day 1 because it turned out to be a week before I had a toilet or shower in my apartment.

All is fine now, but that week drove me a little crazy. Instead of recounting the interesting path of this project, it makes me happier to let it all slip away.

By the way, this is my whole bathroom. The rubble section is where the toilet goes. The white circle on the right is the drain for the shower.

On a happier note, here's a pic of some kids clothes out to dry near the school gymnasium.

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