saturday exhibition started

got up 8ish. I was gonna get there at 9 but it was around 9:30 when I got to the camp.
Went to the bakery on the way and gave the cd to TL.
someone was there watering. She was one of the artists from last year. She didn’t speak English but I could tell that she was very nice. Asked her if she wanted to have the cake I brought but she didn’t want it. LYj was there so I gave it to her. Sii was already working there. Sue as well. I had to put string to my work and it took me quite long. I still had to spray on some of my work and it smelled bad.
Sue made some lunch and cha had some too. I was too busy cooking. Sue said that they want to get some sweet ice so I can go with them and get my lunch as well. Well, the problem was that they don’t speak any English and I don’t speak any Chinese. Cha was laughing. He thought it would be very interesting. We got to the town and they pointed this food shop. They knew that I was vegetarian so they were trying to say “no meat” but the shop was actually closed. Their plan was that I get my lunch and they get fruits and sweet I guess. Well I had to go with them. I said (tried to say) that I didn’t need lunch cause I wasn’t that hungry. They stopped at this portable shop? I wasn’t too sure what it was but it was some kind of sweet dumpling. Ah paid before I took out my wallet. I found some apples so I bout some to make dressing later. We were looking for “buntan” which I requested but couldn’t find any. Ah took us somewhere. It was his house. He came out with 3 big buntan. He said “my house”We bought some more fruits but they didn’t let me pay. the place they wanted sweets from was closed so we went to a different place.
It was interesting looking sweet. They asked me what I wanted for topping but I couldn’t tell what they were. I picked red beans.
When we got back to the camp, sue was in the mosquito net outside. We took all the food in and ate in there. There were 6 of us and it was getting hot in there. They were all talking in Chinese and laughing which I didn’t understand at all and I needed to work on my pieces so I wanted to leave there but I thought they would feel bad if I did so.
Called Yj to see if she was coming but she was too busy. Oh well, I started to make tmy special dressing anyway. They were all curious to see what I was making.
Ah helped me putting up my work. It wasn’t that easy but we got it done.
I went home around 4pm to check my E-mails cause I had a feeling that I wouldn’t have time tonight.I went to a supermarket and got some ingredient for sushi. I was planning to make it for opening but I saw many people staying and thought I should make some tonight. Cf came with her mom and son. He was so cute smiling all the time. I asked cha if I should make some sushi. He liked the idea. LYj was happy to help me. When I started to cook, Kao came into the kitchen. He was wondering what I was making. I told hime that I was making sushi. He called Pr to come and have some sushi. This girl came in and said she wanted to help. There wasn’t much to do but I asked her to wash some lettuce. She had been to Australia and wanted to talk about it. Cooked some eggs and cut other stuff. We had to wait for the rice to get cooked. Pr came with his fiend and her daughter. I was still waiting for the rice.
Opened up the rice cooker and found out that it was cooked unevenly. Well I didn’t have time so I picked that bit which looked like cooked and made some sushi. Pr was about to leave so I gave the plate to someone. Later he came in and said it was very nice even though some parts of the rice were uncooked. Later we added some more water and re- cooked the rice. It got much better well, it wasn’t the best though. I used “chirasisusi package” cause it was easy. It was probably 7:30 when I finished cooking everything. Everybody was waiting for me to eat together. I told them I had been eating while I was cooking but I had to sit down anyway. There were about 15 people there. They were all wondering how I made the dressing. I told them that it’s a secret. They were all guessing. The girl who went shopping with me knew that I bought some apples today so it was give away.
Decided to go home after eating cause I was so sleepy. The girl from Taipei Ci was staying with me tonight. I said to cha that she was coming to my place and he didn’t know about it. We went to his place to get her stuff. I gave the leftover sushi to cha’s mom. I was saving it for the girls from the bakery but oh well. Pr was out with his friends outside. They like sitting down in the dark. He asked us to join for tea. We stayed for 5 minutes and he said we can go. Ci said that I can have shower but I said I’ll take one in the morning. She was sort of surprised cause everybody has one at night. I had to send an e-mail so I got online while she was in the shower. Well I thought she was but she came back and said that she would go back to the camp to get cd to show her work. I said that it’s not necessary but she insisted. She came back in ten minutes saying that they didn’t have it. she got in shower. I heard someone talking outside and wondered if she wasn’t in the bathroom but instead talking to Pr. Well, it was Sm. I forgot that she might have come tonight. I mean she didn’t tell me but that could happen. I told her that Ci is staying here tonight as well so I wasn’t sure if we have enough betting. She said that’s fine.
I was wondering if Ci was still in the shower cause it had been like an hour. Sh ejust got out. I said I was a bit worried. She said she takes time always sort of thing.
I showed her my work on my laptop. Sm said that she can introduce me to some people from the gallery she knows. I said that would be nice. They were talking and I knew what it was so I said that I would be doing some writing here. I was so tired and fell asleep. They noticed and went outside to talk more. I didn’t know what time they came back.