here is a map of chengdu foreign languages school. the yellow thumbtack marks my building, on which i live on the second floor of sixteen. the five buildings above (northeast) my apartment are the "primary school" attached to the chengdu foreign languages school. what a mouthful. to the left of the primary school there are eight identical buildings. these are dorms that hold the 6,000 students in six grades, 7th to 12th. that means there are about 750 teenagers in each dorm. incredible. below the dorms is the giant square building with a courtyard that holds all the classrooms, as well as a tv and radio studio, computer labs, an infirmary, and a/v labs. on one side of the classroom buildings is the gym complex (that's that big oval building), and on the other side is the cafeteria and the library (no books to speak of).

so there's the tour. if you want to check out my neighborhood here are the coordinates. get google earth and check it out.

30°44'3.27"N
103°58'47.63"E