Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The right picture

I just realized that I posted a picture below twice instead of this one.  Here is the one I wanted to post.  You can see that there is a sink by the toilet.

A toilet in the bedroom? How convenient!

I took the pictures above in the bedroom of a little girl I tutor every week.  Her English name is Gita.  As you can see, Gita has a toilet in her bedroom.  Or perhaps she has a bed in her bathroom.  It's really a toss up.  Her family's apartment is quite spacious and decorated in a typical western style.  It has three bedrooms and three toilets.  You could almost think you were in America until you notice that none of the bathrooms offer total privacy.  They are all in bedrooms, and although the other two are not completely exposed like Gita's, they are not completely enclosed either.  In my experience, the Chinese seem to be more private about their feelings than their bodily functions.