Hi Sophia, Welcome!
I myself couldn’t be your guide, but I could find a guide for you, I have a friend, she is a local person, and could speak English well, if you want, you can follow my WeChat: lovelordlifelong, or email me with [email protected], furthemore, I am a Chinese teacher. I work for Rainbow Chinese Language Institute(http://irainbowconcept.com). So if you want to learn Chinese, I guess communicate skill is the first step, <SURVIVAL CHINESE>,an exclusive curriculum be compiled by Rainbow Chinese school, include 500 useful words, 32 daily topic will perfect for you. If you want to know more, please check http://irainbowcocept.com, or mail to [email protected] !
They also organize interested events for expat in Chengdu regularly, all in their web site, lots of fun there.
Hope its help! GOOD LUCK