Got up a bit late today. I got my breakfast from the microwave. Well it wasn’t there to warm it up. I put my bread in there to keep it away from ants. It was still cloudy and looked like raining soon but I had to do my washing.Didn’t know where to hang them so I put them around the bathroom.
Went to the camp after 10am. While I was working on my work cha was drawing me. I even hate my photo taken so it was torture for me. Someone dropped in.
Had onion soup for lunch. We decided to have nabe, hot pot for dinner got excited.
When we were having lunch someone dropped in. She was one of the artists who doesn’t come often there. She spoke English a bit. Asked her name and where she lives and didn’t know what else I can ask. She said that she came here to stay with me tonight. I looked at Cha and he said she was joking. She was standing there looked like didn’t know what to do so I went in the building and gave her the souvenir on the table. I had added some koalas. She was happy and became so friendly. Well, I’ll be the same. When you meet some one for the first time, it’s hard to tell what kind of person they are and if they give you something all of sudden you feel like you were accepted or something like that. She said “ do you wanna have coffee?” I said that I don’t drink coffee. She told me that her friend own a coffee shop around here and she wanted me to come with her. I said why not and followed her. When I entered I saw familiar faces there. They often come to the camp. I didn’t remember their names so I just said “oh Ni hao!” neither of them speaks English but one, older one always tried hard talking to me using gestures and drawing. They were all talking in Chinese so I said excuse me and started to fold paper.
They were all looking at what I was doing. The younger one was actually the owner of the coffee shop. I asked him if he’s got any paper he doesn’t need. He gave me serviette. I said this is not good. They were talking something and got this pamphlet. I made lily and they liked it. The older one said that his daughter would love to learn how to make it so I told them that I’m having a workshop on Saturday. Sm said that the older guy said I look so elegant and looks like as if I’m from the royal family. This I had to laugh a lot and deny. Well I don’t talk much because I can’t!! I told Sm that I take my students to Japan every second year. One year students said “ well because we are good friends now, can we call you Noriko?” I said no. Then added” well if you put –sama- after that, you can.” And I explained that sama is used for superior people like royal family. It was funny my students were calling me like “my lord” and people are looking at us. They were talking about where they can take me and asked me if I like singing. I said “Well..I don’t mind”. I didn’t tell them that I went to karaoke for 5 hours in Melbourne. They took me to their friend’s house first. It was a huge mansion. At the gate I saw this name plate saying Swallow something. A guy came out.he was in late 60’s I thought. He gave us a tour of his sculpture garden. He started with this carving saying “swallow house” I told him that I noticed the name at the gate in Chinese.(the carving was in English) He said “swallow” is his nickname because he flies to north when it gets warm and come back when it’s cold. Sounds like he’s done so much traveling.
This guy did a trading in Japan so he could speak Japanese very well.
We had to take many photos and I sort of hinted that I don’t like getting my photo taken but they didn’t care. Some were huge and he said it has taken 5 years for this artist to work on the sculpture but hasn’t finished yet(the stone is so hard to work on)he had a maid from Indonesia. I said “Apakabar?” (how are you? In Indonesian) and he thought I speak Indonesian. She was cleaning up the mess because of the typhoon. 
We left there and headed somewhere. I was a bit conscious of the time. I said “where are we going? How far?” it was their friend’s place..well not a house it was huge warehouse. There are several cars there.. not normal cars- they were for festivals. This friendly looking guy came out and he set up the table. He had karaoke machine on the corner of the warehouse. In Taiwan people love Karaoke and many people have it at home, they said. They had only old songs and it was hard to find something I knew. I told them that I need to go back to the camp. They were trying to convince me that we can stay there and eat out but I felt bad doing it cause we had decided to have “nabe” tonight. 
Went back to the camp a bit after 6pm. I told Cha that I would go for shopping and they said they would give me a lift. Asked them to stay for dinner. Went to a supermarket which I hadn’t been before. I thought this would be a good chance for me to take some photos-they can ask them if I can take photos. they said not to ask but just take it. Well, I did and got in trouble. Well, this lady from the supermarket came and said something I don’t understand. They said I’m not allowed to. Well already took some anyway.
Bought some ingredients for “nabe “ and some others. They said I shouldn’t have to pay for it but I didn’t care. The thing is, I still don’t know how much 1 gen is, so for me it7s just numbers.
It was a good idea that we had Nabe. You can just cook it on the table using portable gas stove. It’s good to share with many people. The guy with glasses, who sells vegetable here came and joined us. Also another guy with glasses.. wait a sec.. there were 5 people there apart from me, they all had glasses.. well anyway ”Ah” who comes often but don’t talk much came and joined us too.
When we had finished eating, Mr swallow came. He was on a bike. It was nice to see, he’s got this huge
mansion and probably has some expensive cars but came on a bike.
I offered green tea for everyone. I had a long chat with Mr. swallow and told him what I’m going to make etc. He told me many things. I like talking to old people-always learn something new. He taught me a Taiwanese song-made me sing too. Well we didn’t have any alcohol but it looked like we did. On the way home I was walking with cha and told him that Sm was coming to my place. He didn’t like this because she had just decided to do so without asking anyone. He had to come over to my place cause they drove to my place. They had long long discussion including Pr, well he didn’t care much and he left. She had a big suit case and I wondered how long she was gonna stay but it was only one night. Cha had left so I messaged him to tell him that I am okay. I didn’t mind having her here.
She probably wanted to check out how I was and wanted to talk about some issues. I don’t like taking side so I just kept saying ”oh ok”. It was after 1am when we went to bed.
Went to the camp after 10am. While I was working on my work cha was drawing me. I even hate my photo taken so it was torture for me. Someone dropped in.
Had onion soup for lunch. We decided to have nabe, hot pot for dinner got excited.
When we were having lunch someone dropped in. She was one of the artists who doesn’t come often there. She spoke English a bit. Asked her name and where she lives and didn’t know what else I can ask. She said that she came here to stay with me tonight. I looked at Cha and he said she was joking. She was standing there looked like didn’t know what to do so I went in the building and gave her the souvenir on the table. I had added some koalas. She was happy and became so friendly. Well, I’ll be the same. When you meet some one for the first time, it’s hard to tell what kind of person they are and if they give you something all of sudden you feel like you were accepted or something like that. She said “ do you wanna have coffee?” I said that I don’t drink coffee. She told me that her friend own a coffee shop around here and she wanted me to come with her. I said why not and followed her. When I entered I saw familiar faces there. They often come to the camp. I didn’t remember their names so I just said “oh Ni hao!” neither of them speaks English but one, older one always tried hard talking to me using gestures and drawing. They were all talking in Chinese so I said excuse me and started to fold paper.
They were all looking at what I was doing. The younger one was actually the owner of the coffee shop. I asked him if he’s got any paper he doesn’t need. He gave me serviette. I said this is not good. They were talking something and got this pamphlet. I made lily and they liked it. The older one said that his daughter would love to learn how to make it so I told them that I’m having a workshop on Saturday. Sm said that the older guy said I look so elegant and looks like as if I’m from the royal family. This I had to laugh a lot and deny. Well I don’t talk much because I can’t!! I told Sm that I take my students to Japan every second year. One year students said “ well because we are good friends now, can we call you Noriko?” I said no. Then added” well if you put –sama- after that, you can.” And I explained that sama is used for superior people like royal family. It was funny my students were calling me like “my lord” and people are looking at us. They were talking about where they can take me and asked me if I like singing. I said “Well..I don’t mind”. I didn’t tell them that I went to karaoke for 5 hours in Melbourne. They took me to their friend’s house first. It was a huge mansion. At the gate I saw this name plate saying Swallow something. A guy came out.he was in late 60’s I thought. He gave us a tour of his sculpture garden. He started with this carving saying “swallow house” I told him that I noticed the name at the gate in Chinese.(the carving was in English) He said “swallow” is his nickname because he flies to north when it gets warm and come back when it’s cold. Sounds like he’s done so much traveling.
This guy did a trading in Japan so he could speak Japanese very well.
We had to take many photos and I sort of hinted that I don’t like getting my photo taken but they didn’t care. Some were huge and he said it has taken 5 years for this artist to work on the sculpture but hasn’t finished yet(the stone is so hard to work on)he had a maid from Indonesia. I said “Apakabar?” (how are you? In Indonesian) and he thought I speak Indonesian. She was cleaning up the mess because of the typhoon. 
We left there and headed somewhere. I was a bit conscious of the time. I said “where are we going? How far?” it was their friend’s place..well not a house it was huge warehouse. There are several cars there.. not normal cars- they were for festivals. This friendly looking guy came out and he set up the table. He had karaoke machine on the corner of the warehouse. In Taiwan people love Karaoke and many people have it at home, they said. They had only old songs and it was hard to find something I knew. I told them that I need to go back to the camp. They were trying to convince me that we can stay there and eat out but I felt bad doing it cause we had decided to have “nabe” tonight. 
Went back to the camp a bit after 6pm. I told Cha that I would go for shopping and they said they would give me a lift. Asked them to stay for dinner. Went to a supermarket which I hadn’t been before. I thought this would be a good chance for me to take some photos-they can ask them if I can take photos. they said not to ask but just take it. Well, I did and got in trouble. Well, this lady from the supermarket came and said something I don’t understand. They said I’m not allowed to. Well already took some anyway.Bought some ingredients for “nabe “ and some others. They said I shouldn’t have to pay for it but I didn’t care. The thing is, I still don’t know how much 1 gen is, so for me it7s just numbers.
It was a good idea that we had Nabe. You can just cook it on the table using portable gas stove. It’s good to share with many people. The guy with glasses, who sells vegetable here came and joined us. Also another guy with glasses.. wait a sec.. there were 5 people there apart from me, they all had glasses.. well anyway ”Ah” who comes often but don’t talk much came and joined us too.
When we had finished eating, Mr swallow came. He was on a bike. It was nice to see, he’s got this huge
mansion and probably has some expensive cars but came on a bike.I offered green tea for everyone. I had a long chat with Mr. swallow and told him what I’m going to make etc. He told me many things. I like talking to old people-always learn something new. He taught me a Taiwanese song-made me sing too. Well we didn’t have any alcohol but it looked like we did. On the way home I was walking with cha and told him that Sm was coming to my place. He didn’t like this because she had just decided to do so without asking anyone. He had to come over to my place cause they drove to my place. They had long long discussion including Pr, well he didn’t care much and he left. She had a big suit case and I wondered how long she was gonna stay but it was only one night. Cha had left so I messaged him to tell him that I am okay. I didn’t mind having her here.
She probably wanted to check out how I was and wanted to talk about some issues. I don’t like taking side so I just kept saying ”oh ok”. It was after 1am when we went to bed.
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