I don't like how the cold weather makes me lazy and wanna sleep all the time, so every chance I get, I go running or swimming. Lately, it's been the latter, since it's usually freezing out, which makes the school's indoor pool seem so much more appealing, that and the fact that swimming is the one sport I'm actually good at.
So I talked to the 服务员 (fuwuyuan), paid for my swimming card, and asked to take a look at the pool, wanting to make sure I wasn't paying for some cheap, dirty, piss and spit-filled pool. To get to the main pool area, I had to go through the women's locker and shower room. Imagine my horror when I walked in and there were about four butt-naked old women. And I say butt-naked not to be crude, but because I could SEE their butts (and so, SO much more). I had no idea where to look, so after shifting my eyes to one side and then to another, which was useless coz they were on both sides of me, I opted for looking down at the floor while walking. What's funny is while I was so embarrassed coz I walked in on them, they seemed to not care at all. They were in no hurry to put on clothes, and were taking their sweet time in walking about, chatting with each other, doing their thing.
Having somewhat recovered from that initial experience, I decided to brave the locker room again and went to go swim. It was better since there were less old women in the locker room, but still a bit unnerving. I swum a few laps, then headed on to shower and change. Just as I was about to finish, who walks into the locker room but my 口语老师! She didn't see me, maybe because I half-covered my head with my towel, pretending to dry my hair. Just as I decided I should go over and say hi, she started to undress, and THAT made me stop in my tracks and turned around. I couldn't watch her strip right there in front of me! Imagine how hard and awkward it would have been for me if I saw her, and then had to go and sit in class and look at her while she was teaching. I'd probably never be able to look at her in the eyes ever again if I did. Could never look at her the same again if I did. So I hid behind the farce of drying my hair for about 10 long minutes until she left.
And that, my friends, is how things are done here in jolly old China.
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