feeling like I belong

Jan 31, 2007 20:35

So since no one here can figure out if the water has been cut-b/c all the students are leaving-or one of the "tubes" is broken like a friend said, I haven't had a clean shower, or tooth washing, or personal hygiene experience in the last 24 hours ( Read more... )

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cathay_stray January 31 2007, 13:17:51 UTC
Pity that Chinese people you ran across were in majority stinky and unshowered.
In my 10-year-experience in China I can only remember a few times Chinese emitted any unpleasant BO - cabbies mostly.

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qingdaomitch January 31 2007, 14:47:31 UTC
Really?!?!?!

I can tell when summer is coming by the stench alone. Honestly saying that on a 4-8 hr day on the town at least once if not twice.

Cabbies yes. Most buses I've been on. I get it sometimes in restaurants from clients and servers. A strong waft when walking in public. Worst it's my students, on those days where they are "cold' b/c it's 80 degrees out and the windows are close.

Remember it's right now confined to the south, where it's humid and stanky, no northern experience yet.

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