Turns out theres an American at the hostel too, so a bit of a sigh of relief not to mention the french folk whose English is pretty good. Rooms are pretty basic and a strange smell is still enamating from my bathroom (I swear its not my fault).
American was offered a language teaching job at NZ$25/hour under the table so are lookingo to get the same so I can finance some travel around China. All in all things are looking good, just got entrance exam to get through tomorrow.
Maybe someone has pissed in your room already.
Thanks Cody. I hope my mum reads that.