Got up at 6:30 because of the mosquito bites. I tried to be quiet in case Pr is still asleep. I was writing in my room for nearly 2 hours.(folding paper as well) Pr was outside cleaning up. When did he get up? Called Yj to tell her I might go there tomorrow cause the new girl was coming today but she said it’s better to come today so I decided to do so. Went to the camp and told Cha that I would go to Tai chung today. He was okay about that. I felt bad for the girl coming here but she might be tired and can sleep well without me here. Did some work at home. I was gonna get there early today cause I got up early but ended up with going there a bit after 10am. Bought some breakfast from the bakery. The girl was there again and she gave me the cakes again. Shared that with cha when I got to the camp. Sue came for lunch. She didn’t want what we wanted to have so we made lunch separately. Cha and I had this Yam potato on rice..yam!
Sue was having a nap in the studio so I stayed outside for a while. The lady who is studying Japanese came with her Japanese textbook. Had a lesson more than an hour. She wanted to this listening section. I tried to explain that we need to listen to the tape to do this section but she didn’t understand that and insisted to do that so many times. I had to get cha to explain that and also gave her some tips. Her husband came and gave me the post cards I left at their place the other day.
Moe arrived soon after the lady left. She seemed to be nice and wanted to talk a bit longer but I had to leave for tai-chung. Isaid that she can come home with me but she had a suit case. I didn’t have enough time to walk home with her so I suggested that she leave her suit case here for now and ride home. She said she would be happy staying there and go home at 8pm when Pr is at home. It was already quarter to 4 when I got home. I didn’t think I can catch the 4 o’clock bus so I got online and see if my students get online. It got ready to go 20 to 5 and realized that I told the girls at the bakery that I would see them today. I had just 5 minutes but quickly made lily for them. Because I couldn’t leave my bike at the bus stop overnight without a lock(I could probably), I had to walk well actually I had to run.
When I got out of my house someone called my name. It was Mr.S in a car. A lady, I guess it was his wife was sitting next to him so I said “Ni-hao” I told him that I needed to stop by at the bakery to give them these flower. He was impressed with that. He stopped at this place and I thought it was the bus stop but it was a take away sushi shop. He wondered if I wanted to have sushi with me. I said I don’t have time for that. 
At the bus stop, his wife got off and took me to the inside. I bought a ticket to taichung. It was only 100 something. Thee bus was like 10 minutes late. I was told to follow this lady who was waiting for the bus. When we got on a high way, the scenery got a bit boring so I fell asleep as usual. I woke up with my phone ringing. It was Yj. She was wondering where I was. She asked me where I was getting off and I said that I thought she knew. She asked me to get someone on the bus to explain where we are getting off. I looked at the lady who got on from the same spot but she was asleep. Looked around and said “excuse me” to this lady. I just passed my mobile to her and she talked to Yj. She said there are some stops so I said I’ll get off at the last one. It was sort of rush hour so it took long to get there. I was told that it would be less than hour but it was 20 past 6. I text messaged Yj to say sorry to keep her waiting. The lady who talked to Yj on the phone had to get off and said ..well she didn’t actually say it but pointed this lady who was sitting in front of me and that means get off when she gets off. Finally got off the bus and looked around. I didn’t see anyone around so I called her. She asked me where I was and I said I was on a bridge. She said which bridge.. I tried to explain what I see there but it didn’t help her. I went to the booth and asked a guy to talked to her. He sort of refused saying no English so I talked to someone else there. He gave me this card saying English to Chinese translation service. I said “ can you just talk to her ?It’s in Chinese” and gave the phone. He explained where it was and she got it. I was waiting there and it started to rain. She came in a cute blue car. It was Yj! Who I hadn’t seen more than 10 years..13 years actually. She hadn’t changed at all. She said the same to me.
We decided to go to a restaurant. She asked me what I wanted to eat and I said I’m happy to eat anything if it’s not meat. She said it would be easier to go to a Japanese restaurant cause I can eat seafood. We passed a museum and she said that’s where our friend Jun is having his show. She said we can visit there later. The restaurant was very fancy and I thought it would be quite expensive. I was gonna tell Yj that it’s my shout but then she wouldn’t eat much so I didn’t tell her so. I told her that she can order whatever and she ordered way too much. We decided to take some home. There were so much to talk about and I didn’t know where to begin but I knew I was going to see her soon again so it was okay. She went to toilet and I thought it’s a good chance to pay cause I knew that she wouldn’t let me pay so easily. I asked the lady to get a bill for me and she was puzzled. She checked and said that It’s already paid. Yj! She was so sneaky. I asked her how much it was and put the money in her bag. She just came back and I told her that she was so sneaky. She didn’t want the money and we had to argue for 5 minutes. She finally accepted saying that I have to promise that I wouldn’t do that again.
We went to Jun’s hotel and waited him at the lobby. He came down and said “hi” . he also hadn’t changed at all. He talks in a subdued voice which hasn’t changed either. He hadn’t finished his work for tomorrow so we decided to leave him alone. He said that he would be able to see us tomorrow afternoon. There was some problems with a file which he had to fix. I forgot to give him the souvenir I got from Melbourne so I quickly went up and was leaving at the door but he came out hearing the noise. He had this equipment in his hand so I said just go and get it done and left there quickly.
Then we visited Yj’s friend’s place. She is one of the artists in our group. Yj parked just behind the car blocking the way and I didn’t think he could get out. She said that she can leave her mobile number in case he wants her to move her car. Good system!
I asked Yj if it was good time to visit them cause it was already 10pm. She wasn’t sure either. I said that we can just say hi and leave. Well you can never do this can you?
Iva’s husband is very famous in Taiwan. Yj said that she gets nervous when she talks to him. Well, to me he was just a guy so I talked to him a lot as usual. He could speak Japanese like Mr S so we were chatting in Japanese a bit but when Yj joined we switch it to English. It was very interesting talking to him but we were a bit conscious about the time. When I mentioned that he left saying “you guys talk as much as you want” well I would have been there until the next day if that’s the case. Iva showed us around and I said “where is your work?” well, next to their place it was their atelier which was huge. She showed me some of her work in booklets. I didn’t realize that she was giving them to me. I yelled and said bye and her husband came out with lots of books. At this point I realized that he left to pick these books for me not to got to bed. It was already after eleven when we got to Yj’s . there were lots of street stalls near her plave. She said I should check out the night market later. Yj’s place was a three story building. -like town house.
She rent out the second floor to some student. She said I can sleep either in her study or meditation spot. I didn’t care which ever but she said it would be comfortable to sleep on the bed. She had to do some homework for her temple so I said do whatever she had to do I’ll do some writing and go to bed soon. I was a bit tired so I was asleep soon until I heard this noise from next door. It was for water or something. It was pretty loud and happened every 5 minuets so I moved to the other room and slept on the floor- didn’t wake up until in the morning.
Sue was having a nap in the studio so I stayed outside for a while. The lady who is studying Japanese came with her Japanese textbook. Had a lesson more than an hour. She wanted to this listening section. I tried to explain that we need to listen to the tape to do this section but she didn’t understand that and insisted to do that so many times. I had to get cha to explain that and also gave her some tips. Her husband came and gave me the post cards I left at their place the other day.
Moe arrived soon after the lady left. She seemed to be nice and wanted to talk a bit longer but I had to leave for tai-chung. Isaid that she can come home with me but she had a suit case. I didn’t have enough time to walk home with her so I suggested that she leave her suit case here for now and ride home. She said she would be happy staying there and go home at 8pm when Pr is at home. It was already quarter to 4 when I got home. I didn’t think I can catch the 4 o’clock bus so I got online and see if my students get online. It got ready to go 20 to 5 and realized that I told the girls at the bakery that I would see them today. I had just 5 minutes but quickly made lily for them. Because I couldn’t leave my bike at the bus stop overnight without a lock(I could probably), I had to walk well actually I had to run.
When I got out of my house someone called my name. It was Mr.S in a car. A lady, I guess it was his wife was sitting next to him so I said “Ni-hao” I told him that I needed to stop by at the bakery to give them these flower. He was impressed with that. He stopped at this place and I thought it was the bus stop but it was a take away sushi shop. He wondered if I wanted to have sushi with me. I said I don’t have time for that. At the bus stop, his wife got off and took me to the inside. I bought a ticket to taichung. It was only 100 something. Thee bus was like 10 minutes late. I was told to follow this lady who was waiting for the bus. When we got on a high way, the scenery got a bit boring so I fell asleep as usual. I woke up with my phone ringing. It was Yj. She was wondering where I was. She asked me where I was getting off and I said that I thought she knew. She asked me to get someone on the bus to explain where we are getting off. I looked at the lady who got on from the same spot but she was asleep. Looked around and said “excuse me” to this lady. I just passed my mobile to her and she talked to Yj. She said there are some stops so I said I’ll get off at the last one. It was sort of rush hour so it took long to get there. I was told that it would be less than hour but it was 20 past 6. I text messaged Yj to say sorry to keep her waiting. The lady who talked to Yj on the phone had to get off and said ..well she didn’t actually say it but pointed this lady who was sitting in front of me and that means get off when she gets off. Finally got off the bus and looked around. I didn’t see anyone around so I called her. She asked me where I was and I said I was on a bridge. She said which bridge.. I tried to explain what I see there but it didn’t help her. I went to the booth and asked a guy to talked to her. He sort of refused saying no English so I talked to someone else there. He gave me this card saying English to Chinese translation service. I said “ can you just talk to her ?It’s in Chinese” and gave the phone. He explained where it was and she got it. I was waiting there and it started to rain. She came in a cute blue car. It was Yj! Who I hadn’t seen more than 10 years..13 years actually. She hadn’t changed at all. She said the same to me.
We decided to go to a restaurant. She asked me what I wanted to eat and I said I’m happy to eat anything if it’s not meat. She said it would be easier to go to a Japanese restaurant cause I can eat seafood. We passed a museum and she said that’s where our friend Jun is having his show. She said we can visit there later. The restaurant was very fancy and I thought it would be quite expensive. I was gonna tell Yj that it’s my shout but then she wouldn’t eat much so I didn’t tell her so. I told her that she can order whatever and she ordered way too much. We decided to take some home. There were so much to talk about and I didn’t know where to begin but I knew I was going to see her soon again so it was okay. She went to toilet and I thought it’s a good chance to pay cause I knew that she wouldn’t let me pay so easily. I asked the lady to get a bill for me and she was puzzled. She checked and said that It’s already paid. Yj! She was so sneaky. I asked her how much it was and put the money in her bag. She just came back and I told her that she was so sneaky. She didn’t want the money and we had to argue for 5 minutes. She finally accepted saying that I have to promise that I wouldn’t do that again.
We went to Jun’s hotel and waited him at the lobby. He came down and said “hi” . he also hadn’t changed at all. He talks in a subdued voice which hasn’t changed either. He hadn’t finished his work for tomorrow so we decided to leave him alone. He said that he would be able to see us tomorrow afternoon. There was some problems with a file which he had to fix. I forgot to give him the souvenir I got from Melbourne so I quickly went up and was leaving at the door but he came out hearing the noise. He had this equipment in his hand so I said just go and get it done and left there quickly.
Then we visited Yj’s friend’s place. She is one of the artists in our group. Yj parked just behind the car blocking the way and I didn’t think he could get out. She said that she can leave her mobile number in case he wants her to move her car. Good system!
I asked Yj if it was good time to visit them cause it was already 10pm. She wasn’t sure either. I said that we can just say hi and leave. Well you can never do this can you?
Iva’s husband is very famous in Taiwan. Yj said that she gets nervous when she talks to him. Well, to me he was just a guy so I talked to him a lot as usual. He could speak Japanese like Mr S so we were chatting in Japanese a bit but when Yj joined we switch it to English. It was very interesting talking to him but we were a bit conscious about the time. When I mentioned that he left saying “you guys talk as much as you want” well I would have been there until the next day if that’s the case. Iva showed us around and I said “where is your work?” well, next to their place it was their atelier which was huge. She showed me some of her work in booklets. I didn’t realize that she was giving them to me. I yelled and said bye and her husband came out with lots of books. At this point I realized that he left to pick these books for me not to got to bed. It was already after eleven when we got to Yj’s . there were lots of street stalls near her plave. She said I should check out the night market later. Yj’s place was a three story building. -like town house.
She rent out the second floor to some student. She said I can sleep either in her study or meditation spot. I didn’t care which ever but she said it would be comfortable to sleep on the bed. She had to do some homework for her temple so I said do whatever she had to do I’ll do some writing and go to bed soon. I was a bit tired so I was asleep soon until I heard this noise from next door. It was for water or something. It was pretty loud and happened every 5 minuets so I moved to the other room and slept on the floor- didn’t wake up until in the morning.
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