Well it seems that I've managed to drag my butt into the new year. I went through a pretty major spat of homesickness over the holidays but after a little (very serious) consideration I've decided that I'm going to continue on in China this year and hopefully make it til June. I have to admit, as I told my best friend Lisa, a part of my decision to stay is to do with the fact that I found a GYM. With showers (my showering/bathing situation has been less than ideal for some time now).It also has yoga...I can't tell you how warm and fuzzy it makes me feel just thinking about this actually.
One very nice thing that happened over the holidays was Christmas day itself. I had a party for some of the people I've met through church here (most of whom are Africans) and they made some awesome African food. It was really lovely actually, some people came over in the morning and cooked up a storm in my teeny kitchen and just generally made the apartment feel warm and Christmassy.
By the way, in case you are wondering my Chinese singing debut went off in an acceptable kind of way. To be honest, my main stategy involved trying not to sing too loud.
