Odds and Ends
Dunno how many days our dorms have been cut off from Internet. Previously, we had been out of water for 10 days in a row. Just imagine the smelly compus and town in general. The day before yestday, the power was off. The students seemed to be happy—–They didn’t need to go to the evening classes. And we had the first candle-lit dinner with two reporters from Honghe Daily, who interviewed us on our life as volunteers.
Due to the fragile hard enviroment, some baisic supplies used to be cut off very often. Now the situation has been improved a lot, but still leaving much to be disired. Yisa, where I am staying, means a short-of-water place in Yi(彝)languge. In fact, it is not only Yisa but the whole county that has the problem. No wonder every household has a water cellor and prepares tons of candles. I dread the water-cut days the most among all the inconveniences—-Without electricity or internet, we can resort to candles and books respectively. The others just seem like a piece of cake since we have gone through the worst of the worse.
It is comforting that not all the town has no accsess to the net. The netbar boss is happy that I am his regular, even arranging me an exclusive computer. Still, I will kiss goodbye to it as long as I can surf in my dorm—–only for the productivity.
