Her alarm went on at 8:30. She got up around 9:00 and so did I. I was gonna ask if she wanted to have Chinese breakfast but she had to go somewhere and left. I went to 7 eleven to get breakfast and something else..I can’t remember what it was.. Went to the camp around 10:30. Cha was reading outside. He was wearing Samue. “Where did you get that?” He didn’t know what I was talking about. He said Japan. I asked because I wondered if they have it in China (or Taiwan)too. “Samue” is working clothes which is equivalent to overall sort of thing. I told him that I have that too. He asked me which color. I said that color and pointed his. It was indigo blue which is very common for “samue”.
Sue came in. She hadn’t had breakfast so she started to cook a bit early. I was in the middle of doing something so I couldn’t leave.
Had lunch and went back to work for a while. I wasn’t sure if it’s nice to listen to the music when I have a company so I left one of the earphones on.
Some one dropped in and he was talking to Sue. I told them that I needed to get a long needle and left there. I saw the guy who comes to do oil painting. I said “Ni-hao! haven’t seen your wife” he said she has been busy.
Went home first to check if my students are online- they weren’t. I fell asleep on the floor. I went to bed late last night so I was a bit tired, I guess. Cha didn’t know where handicraft shop was in town so I went to this jack-of-all-trades. I couldn’t find needles and thread but I found a spray and double-sided paper which I was gonna look for in Tai chung.
Got back to the camp. Sue was talking to someone.It was the lady who wanted to practice Japanese with me. Sue said “there is someone waiting for you. She wants to talk to you” I told her that I knew her. I told her about my workshop on Saturday but she didn’t understand well so I took her outside and showed her the poster. She looked down and was surprised. Her name was already on the list. It was her husband .
She told me to come to the tennis court. She wanted to introduce me to her friends there. I said I have to get my camera and ran into the building.
They were cleaning up the mess from the typhoon. I helped them a bit too. They were all old people, oops sorry, older people but they were all fit.
They were half way done the cleaning but called it a day. The lady said “ you come to my place” I said “oh ok, when?” she goes “now”. I said um ..
she goes “it’s close, close” I didn’t have my bag with me but I had to get on the motor bike. She picked up her grandson on the way. He stood on the step so it was three of us on the motor bike. She stopped at this shop. Her grandson got off and went in the shop. It was her son’s shop. They sell cans of food etc. I found Japanese stock and pointed out. She said it’s very popular in Taiwan. I wanted to buy one but it was huge. Her place wasn’t that close. I had forgotten that when people from country side say “it’s close” it’s often not that close. Her place was big. They must be pretty rich. Her husband was there and he showed me his paintings. Ones with ink were really good. he said he’s been painting more than 5 years. He was going to give me one of them. I said next time because I don’t have a bag with me. I got this postcard set but forgot them there.. She showed me her Japanese textbook and went through. I corrected some of them but she wasn’t too bad reading them. I found a mistake in the textbook and said “this is wrong” but she didn’t understand. I wasn’t sure if it was okay to write in but I got a pen and crossed it then wrote correct one there. It seemed that it was gonna rain soon so she gave me a ride back to the camp.
I started to work on my work but it was time for dinner. We cooked all the leftover and had quick dinner cause the committee was having a meeting from 7pm. Sue took the leftover to her friend’s place.
I had to finish working on my piece so I stayed for 30minutes or so. Sue came back and left just before I left. The meeting looked a bit serious. I said hi and bye and left there.
Stopped by at the bakery to get my breakfast for tomorrow. There were two girls working. They said something in Chinese so I said “sorry I don’t speak Chinese” They looked at each other and saud something. They still talked to me in Chinese and I said “sorry?”
They said “where from”
I said “Japan” They looked each other and got very excited. One of them asked me where I live (I thought) and I said “just on this street . two minutes away” they said where?”
So I showed them my address which I had in my wallet. One of them said “I come to your place” I laughed but she was serious. I showed them where I work and said“come here” She wanted to have my E-mail address so I wrote it down for her. The other one was copying it too. I told them that I’m staying here until the end of October. One said “I miss you” that was so funny.
I took some of their photos and they were so happy. They gave me two extra cake for me. Because I put it on top of my bag I dropped them. Well I quickly picked them up but one looked really bad.
Wasn’t sure what to do but took them home anyway.
Pr was at home with his friend. I wished that I hadn’t dropped the cakes so that I could have given them the cakes. In stead, they gave me “buntan” again. I had a bit and went to my room to do some writing. I looked at the cakes I dropped.. decided to eat them. Well I wanted to say ”thank you very much for the cakes they were so yum”instead of “sorry I dropped them and threw them away”. Three second rule! Well, it was more than three seconds but they might have 6 second rule..I didn’t get stomach ach anyway..
Sue came in. She hadn’t had breakfast so she started to cook a bit early. I was in the middle of doing something so I couldn’t leave.
Had lunch and went back to work for a while. I wasn’t sure if it’s nice to listen to the music when I have a company so I left one of the earphones on.
Some one dropped in and he was talking to Sue. I told them that I needed to get a long needle and left there. I saw the guy who comes to do oil painting. I said “Ni-hao! haven’t seen your wife” he said she has been busy.
Went home first to check if my students are online- they weren’t. I fell asleep on the floor. I went to bed late last night so I was a bit tired, I guess. Cha didn’t know where handicraft shop was in town so I went to this jack-of-all-trades. I couldn’t find needles and thread but I found a spray and double-sided paper which I was gonna look for in Tai chung.
Got back to the camp. Sue was talking to someone.It was the lady who wanted to practice Japanese with me. Sue said “there is someone waiting for you. She wants to talk to you” I told her that I knew her. I told her about my workshop on Saturday but she didn’t understand well so I took her outside and showed her the poster. She looked down and was surprised. Her name was already on the list. It was her husband .
She told me to come to the tennis court. She wanted to introduce me to her friends there. I said I have to get my camera and ran into the building.
They were cleaning up the mess from the typhoon. I helped them a bit too. They were all old people, oops sorry, older people but they were all fit.
They were half way done the cleaning but called it a day. The lady said “ you come to my place” I said “oh ok, when?” she goes “now”. I said um ..
she goes “it’s close, close” I didn’t have my bag with me but I had to get on the motor bike. She picked up her grandson on the way. He stood on the step so it was three of us on the motor bike. She stopped at this shop. Her grandson got off and went in the shop. It was her son’s shop. They sell cans of food etc. I found Japanese stock and pointed out. She said it’s very popular in Taiwan. I wanted to buy one but it was huge. Her place wasn’t that close. I had forgotten that when people from country side say “it’s close” it’s often not that close. Her place was big. They must be pretty rich. Her husband was there and he showed me his paintings. Ones with ink were really good. he said he’s been painting more than 5 years. He was going to give me one of them. I said next time because I don’t have a bag with me. I got this postcard set but forgot them there.. She showed me her Japanese textbook and went through. I corrected some of them but she wasn’t too bad reading them. I found a mistake in the textbook and said “this is wrong” but she didn’t understand. I wasn’t sure if it was okay to write in but I got a pen and crossed it then wrote correct one there. It seemed that it was gonna rain soon so she gave me a ride back to the camp.I started to work on my work but it was time for dinner. We cooked all the leftover and had quick dinner cause the committee was having a meeting from 7pm. Sue took the leftover to her friend’s place.
I had to finish working on my piece so I stayed for 30minutes or so. Sue came back and left just before I left. The meeting looked a bit serious. I said hi and bye and left there.
Stopped by at the bakery to get my breakfast for tomorrow. There were two girls working. They said something in Chinese so I said “sorry I don’t speak Chinese” They looked at each other and saud something. They still talked to me in Chinese and I said “sorry?”
They said “where from”
I said “Japan” They looked each other and got very excited. One of them asked me where I live (I thought) and I said “just on this street . two minutes away” they said where?”
So I showed them my address which I had in my wallet. One of them said “I come to your place” I laughed but she was serious. I showed them where I work and said“come here” She wanted to have my E-mail address so I wrote it down for her. The other one was copying it too. I told them that I’m staying here until the end of October. One said “I miss you” that was so funny.
I took some of their photos and they were so happy. They gave me two extra cake for me. Because I put it on top of my bag I dropped them. Well I quickly picked them up but one looked really bad.
Wasn’t sure what to do but took them home anyway.
Pr was at home with his friend. I wished that I hadn’t dropped the cakes so that I could have given them the cakes. In stead, they gave me “buntan” again. I had a bit and went to my room to do some writing. I looked at the cakes I dropped.. decided to eat them. Well I wanted to say ”thank you very much for the cakes they were so yum”instead of “sorry I dropped them and threw them away”. Three second rule! Well, it was more than three seconds but they might have 6 second rule..I didn’t get stomach ach anyway..
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