Got up around 8am. Dr called 8:30am to change the appointment.
I had to do my washing but I didn’t start until 10:30.
Some people came with Pr. They were probably the supporters of the politician. I was trying to leave before them but my washing hadn’t finished. They left right before me.
Went to the camp after11 and sprayed the cranes. I told Cha that my appointment was changed and I’m leaving at 2:30. he said that’s the time the TV reporter come to interview. Well, I was sort of glad that I can miss that. I hate being on TV. The guy who taught me the song,”uuyafe”came. He was working for a prison and just retired. I told him that he can have one of the cranes but has to wait a bit cause they are not dried yet.
After the lunch the guy from a TV company came with a camera. Oops I couldn’t escape. He was recording our work and interviewed cha then he wanted to record me working on the bridge. well at least I don’t have to talk, I thought… then he had to interview me. cause cha was translating what he said, I had to answer in Japanese. I gave one crane magnet to the reporter.
Right after we finished the interview, Dr came in. it was a bit after 2pm. He said that he can take me to the vege market first cause it’s near the hospital and he knows the manager there. I said anything is fine. He had a nice car as it was expected. The market was the other side of town which I had never been. Well, maybe when I was kidnapped to this karaoke place a few weeks ago, they took me to this area.
The market was huge. Some people had told me that this market control the price for vegetables in Taiwan. We went to the manager’s office first. People were wondering who we were. The office was similar to our office in Japan but the difference I noticed was that the general manager was serving tea for us. That would be a job for young girls in Japan.
Both of them had been to Melbourne so we talked about it a bit. The manager didn’t speak any English so the Doctor was translating.
They gave me this book which shows the history of this town. They even signed for me.
We went down and looked around the market. There were so many interesting looking vegetables I had never seen before. I was telling them what we have and what we don’t. because I was walking with the manager, I didn’t have to ask people if I can take photos or not.
It was good. that was the busiest time for them. I told them that I thought it was busy in the morning. Doc said that they take out and bring the vegetables from their farm around noon. People come and pick them up and leave here for Taipei and gaoshan now for the night market so it’s very busy. Well many cars get in to the market and I almost got hit many times.
We left there and went to his Hospital. He was actually the top doctor for brain in this country. When they opened this hospital he was approached and decided to come back to his home town. He looked very smart, too. we looked around but I felt bad taking photos of sick people so I couldn’t. it was very similar to Japanese hospitals. He said that he has surgery two or three times a week.
We had 30 minutes so we went to “Ryao’s house” which is open to the public. Doctor told me about the history there which was very interesting. I said to him it’s a small virsio of this legend in china.
He dropped me off at the camp and went back to the hospital for his appointment.
He was such a gentleman.
There was a note at the door. Cha had left for his class. I decided to worked on my computer.
Cha came back. Time went o quickly.
We had dinner. I wasn’t sure if I should eat but I was fine.
Left there around 8:30. cha was still working.
Got home and talked to Yj on Skype.
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