Regular Routine

We started back to classes this week. I only had two classes and the students that I had were all students I had last semester and to tell the truth it was good to see them again. Bob had his English class this morning.

Bob's schedule has been changed and he has all his classes Thursday and Friday. Next week I start the full schedule. I have three writing classes with 40 students each in 2 of them and 30 in the other. My Oral English classes have 19 and 31 students respectively.

Here is a picture showing the thermos bottles lines up outside the cafeteria. They are each about 18 inches high. In all the staff rooms at the teaching building they keep a couple of these filled with boiling water. We have two of them in our apartment but have never used them. I used to wonder what all the thermos bottles were for, but I have come to the conclusion that since the dorms don't have hot water, the students get them filled at the cafeteria and leave them outside while they eat. The Chinese don't think it is healthy to drink cold water. I really feel sorry for the students living without hot water. They are allowed to go to the bath house once a week for a hot shower. We often see them coming out of the bath house in their pjs with a towel wrapped around their head.

Here is a picture of a bicycle cart. We often see ones with much bigger loads.