I had a fastidious roommate, a former Naval linguist, the summer I went to Beijing Daxue (Peking University). When we moved into the room, I pointed out the far corner of the room, on the other side of my bed. I said, "OK, this corner of the room is going to be an unholy mess, but I will try to keep the rest of the room neat."

That worked out pretty well. Her culture shock, on the other hand, was a completely different story.

Last edited by Beckee; 01/03/12 01:30 PM.