Long distance girlfriend: About our day

💬 [怎么] often means "how" in the sense of "in what way," and it shows up in set phrases like [怎么样] for asking how something was. You can reuse it in things like [怎么说] "how do you say it?" or [怎么办] "what should we do?".

💬 In [怎么样], the [样] part helps form a fixed expression meaning "how is/was it," not just literal "appearance." Learn [怎么样] as one chunk, the same way you'd learn [什么样] "what kind/how."

💬 [怎么样] is a very common all-purpose way to ask "how is it/how was it," often about someone's day, a place, or an experience. Swap in a topic before it: [今天怎么样？] "How was today?" [那个电影怎么样？] "How was that movie?".

💬 In [还不错], [还] often means "fairly" or "pretty," not literally "still." You'll hear the same soft, modest tone in [还可以] "it's okay / pretty good."

🇨🇳 [还不错] is a very natural, slightly modest way to say something was good. In Chinese, people often avoid sounding too dramatic in everyday talk, so this can mean genuinely pretty good, not just "acceptable."