Now that I'm taking a break from doing my laundry, I have reached an epiphany I'd like to share: At least once in every young person's life, he or she must do their laundry by hand in their lifetime.
It's not that I have no access to a dry cleaning service around here. I actually do through the hotel. It's just that it's a little too expensive for my liking. And the last time I did my laundry through them, all my sweaters came back reeking of cigarette smoke, so I wasn't very happy about that. So I decided this time around, I was going to do my laundry all by myself.
In China, laundry soap is not sold only in liquid form. It can actually come in bar form for the scrubbing. On impulse one night I bought it, knowing I wasn't going to be using the hotel's laundry service again. I might use the one in Tianjin, but the one here, never again. I bought a couple bars and went to work today.
The sink in the bathroom is designed to be a as big as a large bowl, so it was the perfect spot to do the washing of the smaller clothes, like panties and socks, while I'm not sure what I'm goign to do for my jeans and khakis yet. If anything, I'll probably just jump in the shower with them on and scrub as I go.
It really shows how much dust your clothes collect when a few pieces of clothing can turn the water almost black.
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