I was saying that I was glad that my previous post being about snow in winter was not too dissapointing. When I left Korea it was still very cold.
Sticking with this weather tangent, my arrival in China was greeted with more coldness. Unlike walking about alone and listless, backpacking and stressing can keep one fairly warm, I found.
I have said that my negative attitude that initiated my trip was mostly attributable to being kicked out of my apartment sooner than I thought and with only 4 hours notice. Now, yes, to be fair, I should have clarified sooner when exactly I needed to be out, but I thought I was very clear that I needed an apartment the night of the 3rd, and not the 4th.
They said my contract was over and so they did not need to provide me with housing (this was in response to bitterness in my correspondence with them).
Very frustrating, and if you can't tell, I'm still upset it. Lucy, my loveable coworker called me @11, and said I had until 3. Shortly I was greeted by a new foreign coworker, Matt, and my loathsome boss, Grace. Basically Matt was enlisted to throw things out, and Grace just cleaned and made me feel stressed. Yes, I move slowly, but having them their did not speed up my process. It was tricky because I was having to pack 3 different parcels, one to bring backpacking in China and southeast Asia, one to post home, and one to bring with me to Japan on my return home.
When all is said and done, I think I am missing many things, and I could have been much more prepared to go abroad. Before I let this negativity get out of control, I'll say that travelling alone for my first time ever compounded some of these issues. And having no mp3 player. I will go post some more photos to facebook, and try to remember to post more about my travels or whatever else is appropriate for a blog, later.
Today has been windy and gloomy, but I think the wind was greatly exaggerated by the sounds whirling in through Luke's apartment windows.
