I had the day to myself, a day to rest, to think, and to basically try to figure out exactly how I am going to survive here. I know that my situation will get better the longer I stay and the more I learn, but being only the second day, and really the first full day, that I am in Shanghai, I have no idea of what to do. I don’t understand any of the buttons that are on the numerous air conditioning units, so like I always do, I just press and decide I can figure out what they do. Wrong decision. Before long I had switched to cold air instead of warm and found myself freezing in the spot. Frantically I start to try to fix it by the only way I know, and that is by pressing more buttons.
I went to the next door drug store to get some nutrients into my body. I picked out two huge “cup o’ noodles’, a surge protector, and a large Sprite. The total was about 60.1 yuan. I handed the lady a 100 bill and she looked into my eyes and started talking to me. Hmmmmm…no idea of what she was saying. I just stared back trying to communicate to her with my eyes just saying, just ring them up please! She hands me back my change and then asks if I want a bag (that’s probably what she was asking me). Of course I didn’t understand her until she motioned with her hands that she was talking about a bag. It costed .3 yuan and I gave her a 10 bill. She started to talk really angrily and making ugly faces at me. I don’t blame her, who wants to give 9.7 in change to someone. Because I was in such a hurry and just wanted to get out of there I had forgotten that she had given me change already for the purchase. I pleaded with her by showing her my wallet that only carried 10 bills and higher. She gave me my change and I could sense that this will be a very interesting experience.
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