When you read this, don't judge, don't think "for heaven sakes, why can't she just ever ask for help about these things." I had everything under control, there wasn't any real problem. But it was a very uncomfortable situation.
The water stopped working the other day, it wasn't a very convenient time to stop working either. That night, I was tired from walking so much with Lai Si from our site seeing through the Sheng Dong Spring Park and I was hungry.
Lai Si had brought out some food from the kitchen, and some of that food had eyes and very sharp looking pincer’s. It was a crab. I wasn't too excited about it, but because I was desperate to just get something in my stomach ( and because it was the main dish anyway) I ate two crabs. Lai Si told me she loves crab and she also ate two of them. It is funny to watch the Chinese eat at dinner parties. The culture here is different when it comes to food. If you don't eat it really fast and are not sloppy about it, your being impolite and your not doing it right. Both two dinner parties I have attended here, I didn't feel comfortable eating that way, and everyone thought I hate all food. Some of it wasn't too good, and I admitted it, but most was delicious and I just couldn't explain to them that it was.
Well, after dinner the other night I headed up to go to bed. I said "Wan an" to everyone, which means good night, and climbed the steep stairs up to my room. I didn't stuff myself, but the crab wasn't doing so well inside me, and at the springs that day, Lai Si said to fill up my water bag with some of the spring water that she said was safe to drink from, but I don't think the water was doing it for me either. It must have not been clean enough because I suddenly felt sicker and sicker before I went to bed.
I got on the computer to write about my day at the famous seven springs, but I didn't even get close to the end when I felt like I was going to throw up. I was fine for a few minutes, but I ran in to the bathroom anyway. I felt ok afterwards and was about to flush the toilet, when I realized, the water wasn't running through the pipes that day. It had stopped just for that night. Why that night?!!! I tried to remember what Lai Si told me to do if I wanted to flush the toilet when the water wasn't running. I remember she showed me to dump water somewhere, but I couldn't remember what to do after that. The sink was barely working either, but I managed to get some water from the trickles it made. It took a while to fill the bowl up. When I finally got enough water, I dumped it right into the toilet. I stupidly thought that, because of the weight of the water, it would magically just go down!!! Why would I think that!?
I refused to go downstairs and ask for help. If they saw what a mess I was in, oh man, I don't think I could bare the embarrassment from the situation. I took the lid off the top of the toilet and looked inside for the problem. It was so obvious! All I had to do was fill that part up with water and flush it manually!! "Wow Mattie, what the heck?" I thought over and over. I filled another bowl full of water. In order to get enough water in there, I had to fill it up about four times. Only the hot water was working and I had to be careful not to burn myself. When I take a shower I have to be careful not to turn it to far to the left to get hot water, because if you do it at all too far, it gets really hot and you can boil to death, then if you get it too far to the right, it's ice cold!
I finally got the stupid thing to flush right and it was all over. I went out of the bathroom and was glad to finally be breathing fresh air. I felt even more exhausted and went straight to bed.
It was a stupid blond moment for me that night. I won't ever be able to forget this.
If you must, tell your friends for a nice laugh, but know this, It could have happened to anyone, unless your something other than a blond like me. :(
Mat
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