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Ying-ying, never really having had a place that was purely her own is incredibly territorial when it comes to what she claims as “her space” and will often go through ridiculous measures to preserve her sanctuary and sanity. Needless to say, her portion of the room is as ‘split’ as her personality. When she is depressive, which is the norm for her, she keeps everything that belongs to her immaculately neat and tidy. Her bed, which rests in far corner, is kept made at nearly all times. Even when she is sleeping in it. The black satin sheets are tucked and hidden under a large red comforter with a black character in Chinese calligraphy written on it. No one has ever asked what it means, thus no one but her knows. Because it was made for a queen sized bed, the large blanket hangs down from the bed to the floor, hiding the area in-between from sight completely. Next to her bed is a night stand; a small lamp with a paper shade that has a rural Chinese land scape on it sits poised next to an ordinary drinking glass and whatever book she’s delving into at the moment. In the drawer, a small pile of books, papers, pens and pencils is kept neatly organized. There’s only one desk in the room, but she never uses it, preferring to work from her bed. She has one more piece of furniture that is exclusively hers; a bureau. The top of the wooden piece opens up, revealing a mini closet of sorts. She hangs the items she cannot (or refuses to) fold and keeps her jewelry in special compartments along one of the doors. The other door has a full length mirror attached. Below the top section are three drawers, in which she keeps her under clothes, t-shirts, and lastly, her jeans. She keeps her shoes underneath the bureau, though the boxes they came in are hidden else where. The bureau isn’t actually as big as it sounds; the drawers are quite shallow, though wide, and if she stands the pile of books at its side (or her very tip-toes) she can reach on top of it, where she has stored a few of her other possessions for display. There is a C