yip... Had a complete hellish nightmare there.

The problem is its in the suburbs... Just to buy deodorant is a taxi ride to the nearest civilised area with a subway station and then it's a further 2 hour ride to most parts of the city.

Any foreigner living in the suburbs after 3 or 4 months will feel they are going crazy, and this school know it, so make zero effort as they are resigned to the fact they can't keep a foreigner very long.

You needn't buy deoderant. I've been in China for years and years. I never bought any. You can buy a small bottle of cheap scent from a street market for 10 rmb or so. It'll last you an academic year if you only spray it under your armpits.

Chinese people don't use deoderants because their armpits are not hairy. For some reason, they don't sweat profusely like we do. Hence deoderants are not big sellers in China.

You must learn to IMPROVISE!!