The typhoon was surely getting closer but not here yet. Looked like it had rained a bit.
In case of a terrible storm, I had bought my breakfast last night. I had it in my room and before I open up the curtain there I bite into the bread. It tasted a bit funny and I had a close look. I almost threw up.. it was covered with ants! They were so small and I didn’t notice it at all. Well, I had realized that ants’ taste vary from place to place. I was shocked to see ants swarming on potato chips in Australia. The funny thing is that they just passed a jar of sugar. This doesn’t happen in Japan.
Turned on a TV and it was all about the typhoon. It getting closer. I saw ”something something something 20 death” –I assumed that 20 people died because of this typhoon. They were showing that people living near the river were flooded out.
I called Cha around to tell him that I might stay at home until the rain stops. Then soon after he called me to tell me that the artist having a painting class wants to see me. The class finishes at 11am so I had to get ready to go quickly. It was raining a bit but it was more the wind. The door was locked because of the wind. Despite the weather, there were many people there. Cha introduced me to the teacher and the crowd. I received loud applause. I had already met some of the people there. They saw my arms and said something. I had so many mosquito bites. I stopped counting after 20. Someone took out this ointment and said “this is for you” I wasn’t sure if she meant that I can use it or keep it. Someone else brought another ointment and put it on me. I couldn’t tell that I got it already. the lady came and probably said that she gave me the better one or something like that. This guy was yelling at Cha. He said that he got the blame for me to get this much mosquito bites.
The class was still going so I took some photos of people there using the question sheet. I cut out the pear I brought and offered that to everybody. While I was cutting it in the kitchen, this guy came in and said something. I had no idea. He started to draw a house and car and seemed that he was saying that he is taking me somewhere. I thought he was gonna take me to the pharmacy or something. So I wrote ”medicine” in Chinese. He says no no and took me to cha. Cha says that he wants to take me somewhere. I said “where? “ he said he doesn’t know. I said ”when?” Cha says whenever. Well, he was about to kidnap me.. Well, I knew that they felt bad that I haven’t been to many places yet, which I didn’y mind anyway. It’s been so much fun.
Finally everybody left and we went out for lunch. It was very close to my place. This volunteer girl came along too. I got this noodle with vegetable but I couldn’t eat one of the vege in it. I’m sure they cooked that one with some meat. Pr called Cha to ask if I’m happy there. He wanted to make sure that I’ve got everything I need etc. After he finished talking I told Cha that I have nothing to complain but I feel a bit bad that I’m so comfortable there when other people are not. He said it’s their problem and we couldn’t discuss this anymore anyway. I asked Iv where she lives and she said “Tai-chung” I saud I have a friend lives in Taichun and she said she knows-YJ. I was like “How did you know?!” Cha said that she was the one who recommended this program for me to do to Yj. I had to thank her a lot. “KAN SHIE”
They all came to my place cause Pr was at home. We all squashed in and had “buntan” and Taiwanese banana. It was incredibly nice and I said they should export this to Japan. You have no idea what I’m talking about. I showed them my work on my laptop and they wanted to learn how I make it etc.
We decided to have a workshop next weekend. I ended up with having a presentation which I didn’t mind at all.
After they left I didn’t know what to do. Pr had a company so I was going to my room. Pr said this young lady really like my work and want to make something, too. I said I can teach you but I don’t have paper.. Pr said that we can get it from the Su den-stationary store. “Isn’t it shut today?” I said. He says it’s open. He was gonna get it. I said I’ll get it don’t worry. It’d just around the corner but it was raining that’s why we were fighting over who is gonna go etc. I left anyway. The shop was closed as I thought but the lady was in front of the shop. I said ” you are closed today, aren’t you?” I knew she wasn’t gonna understand though. She took me to the three doors away from there. That’s where the middle aged lady who can speak Japanese came from last time. This old lady said something but there was no answer. The shutter was almost shut but open for 30cm. She stomped in front of the shutter and it opened. The lady who gave me the ointment for mosquito bites was there. She gave me some tissue paper to dry me. I said it’s ok I’m gonna get wet anyway but she didn’t get it. They were trying to find out what I wanted I couldn’t explain
So I said “call Pr”. Thought he would explain. They got this and going through their phone book. I went outside and saw a guy in front of the shop. The shop was opened and I saw Pr coming out from the shop with some paper. I went back where I was and told them not to worry about calling him. They didn’t understand so I pointed ouside and said “Pr is there” they came out and understood. He had a packet of paper but it was shiny thin ones and not good for what I wanted to make. They didn’t have good ones but picked some anyway. The ointment lady put the paper back into the packet and they got crumpled. They looked around and made sure that the old lady wasn’t looking and smiled and put it back to the shelf. Normally a packet of origami paper in Japan has 30 sheets or so but theirs were so little- 10 sheets each. So we got 10 packets. The old lady was saying to Pr don’t worry about paying. It was probably less than 5 dollars. I was gonna pay for it but Pr wouldn’t let me. Then he had to fight with the old lady, too. He won and paid. Was pouring and I ran to home.
I asked Pr and his friend to join and they all made this easy one. Took us more than 30 minutes, though.
Pr was repeating what I said each time. He does this often when I talk to him anyway.
They left and I was home alone. Typhoon was getting closer and closer and it was so windy. I’ve got text messages from Australia asking how the typhoon was. The news I saw this morning “20 people died” was totally wrong and they all laughed.
I talked to my sister on Skype and she knew how big the typhoon was. She asked me if I’ve got any
insurance. I don’t.. She said when you are dead in water, it’s so hard to recognize. “ you might wanna have your name tattooed on your body” Well there is a big river (biggest in Taiwan!) near here..
I slept well through the storm..
In case of a terrible storm, I had bought my breakfast last night. I had it in my room and before I open up the curtain there I bite into the bread. It tasted a bit funny and I had a close look. I almost threw up.. it was covered with ants! They were so small and I didn’t notice it at all. Well, I had realized that ants’ taste vary from place to place. I was shocked to see ants swarming on potato chips in Australia. The funny thing is that they just passed a jar of sugar. This doesn’t happen in Japan.
Turned on a TV and it was all about the typhoon. It getting closer. I saw ”something something something 20 death” –I assumed that 20 people died because of this typhoon. They were showing that people living near the river were flooded out.
I called Cha around to tell him that I might stay at home until the rain stops. Then soon after he called me to tell me that the artist having a painting class wants to see me. The class finishes at 11am so I had to get ready to go quickly. It was raining a bit but it was more the wind. The door was locked because of the wind. Despite the weather, there were many people there. Cha introduced me to the teacher and the crowd. I received loud applause. I had already met some of the people there. They saw my arms and said something. I had so many mosquito bites. I stopped counting after 20. Someone took out this ointment and said “this is for you” I wasn’t sure if she meant that I can use it or keep it. Someone else brought another ointment and put it on me. I couldn’t tell that I got it already. the lady came and probably said that she gave me the better one or something like that. This guy was yelling at Cha. He said that he got the blame for me to get this much mosquito bites.
The class was still going so I took some photos of people there using the question sheet. I cut out the pear I brought and offered that to everybody. While I was cutting it in the kitchen, this guy came in and said something. I had no idea. He started to draw a house and car and seemed that he was saying that he is taking me somewhere. I thought he was gonna take me to the pharmacy or something. So I wrote ”medicine” in Chinese. He says no no and took me to cha. Cha says that he wants to take me somewhere. I said “where? “ he said he doesn’t know. I said ”when?” Cha says whenever. Well, he was about to kidnap me.. Well, I knew that they felt bad that I haven’t been to many places yet, which I didn’y mind anyway. It’s been so much fun.
Finally everybody left and we went out for lunch. It was very close to my place. This volunteer girl came along too. I got this noodle with vegetable but I couldn’t eat one of the vege in it. I’m sure they cooked that one with some meat. Pr called Cha to ask if I’m happy there. He wanted to make sure that I’ve got everything I need etc. After he finished talking I told Cha that I have nothing to complain but I feel a bit bad that I’m so comfortable there when other people are not. He said it’s their problem and we couldn’t discuss this anymore anyway. I asked Iv where she lives and she said “Tai-chung” I saud I have a friend lives in Taichun and she said she knows-YJ. I was like “How did you know?!” Cha said that she was the one who recommended this program for me to do to Yj. I had to thank her a lot. “KAN SHIE”
They all came to my place cause Pr was at home. We all squashed in and had “buntan” and Taiwanese banana. It was incredibly nice and I said they should export this to Japan. You have no idea what I’m talking about. I showed them my work on my laptop and they wanted to learn how I make it etc.We decided to have a workshop next weekend. I ended up with having a presentation which I didn’t mind at all.
After they left I didn’t know what to do. Pr had a company so I was going to my room. Pr said this young lady really like my work and want to make something, too. I said I can teach you but I don’t have paper.. Pr said that we can get it from the Su den-stationary store. “Isn’t it shut today?” I said. He says it’s open. He was gonna get it. I said I’ll get it don’t worry. It’d just around the corner but it was raining that’s why we were fighting over who is gonna go etc. I left anyway. The shop was closed as I thought but the lady was in front of the shop. I said ” you are closed today, aren’t you?” I knew she wasn’t gonna understand though. She took me to the three doors away from there. That’s where the middle aged lady who can speak Japanese came from last time. This old lady said something but there was no answer. The shutter was almost shut but open for 30cm. She stomped in front of the shutter and it opened. The lady who gave me the ointment for mosquito bites was there. She gave me some tissue paper to dry me. I said it’s ok I’m gonna get wet anyway but she didn’t get it. They were trying to find out what I wanted I couldn’t explain
So I said “call Pr”. Thought he would explain. They got this and going through their phone book. I went outside and saw a guy in front of the shop. The shop was opened and I saw Pr coming out from the shop with some paper. I went back where I was and told them not to worry about calling him. They didn’t understand so I pointed ouside and said “Pr is there” they came out and understood. He had a packet of paper but it was shiny thin ones and not good for what I wanted to make. They didn’t have good ones but picked some anyway. The ointment lady put the paper back into the packet and they got crumpled. They looked around and made sure that the old lady wasn’t looking and smiled and put it back to the shelf. Normally a packet of origami paper in Japan has 30 sheets or so but theirs were so little- 10 sheets each. So we got 10 packets. The old lady was saying to Pr don’t worry about paying. It was probably less than 5 dollars. I was gonna pay for it but Pr wouldn’t let me. Then he had to fight with the old lady, too. He won and paid. Was pouring and I ran to home.
I asked Pr and his friend to join and they all made this easy one. Took us more than 30 minutes, though.
Pr was repeating what I said each time. He does this often when I talk to him anyway.
They left and I was home alone. Typhoon was getting closer and closer and it was so windy. I’ve got text messages from Australia asking how the typhoon was. The news I saw this morning “20 people died” was totally wrong and they all laughed.
I talked to my sister on Skype and she knew how big the typhoon was. She asked me if I’ve got any
insurance. I don’t.. She said when you are dead in water, it’s so hard to recognize. “ you might wanna have your name tattooed on your body” Well there is a big river (biggest in Taiwan!) near here..I slept well through the storm..
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