Got up at 7am to have a shower. Everybody was asleep. A phone rung and people started to get up. I was the first one who got ready to go. Played with the baby a bit. He wanted me to read a book in Chinese so I made it up. He got another one and another one.. we left home 10 past 8. had a breakfast. Cha told them that I actually like bread so we had continental breakfast..well, sort of.. I actually picked “rice burger” and we had “tofa” as well. After eating breakfast, we headed for minou where you can see beautiful mountains and tabako leaves. I wasn’t interested in tabako, well actually I hate smoking so I wouldn’t like people making it or the plant itself but of course I couldn’t say that. they called the sister on the way home and told her that I am supposed to fly to Japan tomorrow. She was half asleep but it woke her up and she was gonna try to find the way to stop me.
We got there and saw this memorial building. It was for “word-worshiping” .olden days, paper was so precious and they had to have special ceremony to just throw away the paper with words.
We got on the car and went about 200m and stopped again. Mr. Chi said “Tobacco leaves!” I wasn’t interested in cause I hate smoking. I wanted to tell him so when he told me that we were going to see that but I was trying to be polite and didn’t say so. It was my first time to see tobacco leaves in my life.The leaves were so big, a lot bigger than I thought. I wondered if there are any towns in Japan which is famous for making tobacco leaves.
Cha talked to this old lady who was working in the field. Well I know this would sound like discrimination but I wasn’t interested in talking to people who make tobacco. The lady wasn’t making tobacco. She was making vegetables next to the tobacco field. She was complaining about the tobacco farmer using lots of chemical there. She wasn’t an old lady she was in 40’s or 50’s. had a big white dog. The dog was so friendly.
We all started to talk with her and she cut some passion fruits for us. Then she put some vegetables in a basket and said that it was for us. At this stage I didn’t think we were staying there that long.
We were invited to go upstairs. Cha thought she was a nun but she wasn’t. She was bald and practicing Buddhism but she was married. We had to take off our shoes but we were told to take the shoes with us. I had no idea where we were going cause they were all speaking in Chinese. We were on the roof. There was a roof on top of the roof (make sense?) there was a fridge and she got some drink for us. They were talking for a long time. I assume they were talking about how this area has changed sort of things. I might be totally wrong though. I was playing with Mr.Chi’s soon, who was probably around two. He loved throwing leaves from there but it was a bit dangerous cause there was no fence there. All the tables and chairs were hand made. I found out that it was her father who made them all. Pretty impressive.
Went down and she showed us around. The building was very old. It was used to dry tobacco leaves. Mr. Chi was very interested in the building and he was taking a lot of photos there. I was glad that I wasn’t the only one taking photos. the white dog was following us everywhere. We went around and she was showing us what kind of plants they have there. There was a tree which was very similar to my name. she said it has some fruit which is getting popular but it’s very peculiar. Cha was laughing and said “it’s just like someone.” There was a wild berry tree there. I just remembered the wine I had in SL. She said that she had made a jam and she gave it to me. Yum! I asked her address so that I can send something to her when I get back to Japan. She put the vegetable in a plastic bag. We said good bye to her and her dog and left there. I said “it was like you were visiting your relative or something” I don’t know where they were planning to go but it was already lunch time. We stopped at this place to have “mango milk” which was famous there. Then they found this shop to buy some wire hungers which we saw at the lady’s. it looks like umber 8 from top so clothes dry faster. The restaurant we went to was very local. Cha asked if they can cook the vegetable we got from the lady. I had rice noodles. We had so much food again. The boy was having great time running around there. He was taking all the chopsticks from the box and put them in the box on the other table. I joined him and he was so happy.
I tried to pay for the lunch but they wouldn’t accept.. I was gonna buy some water for them but this didn’t work either. It was already time to go back to town.
We went to the church Mr. chi designed. It was close to their house. It was 4 story building and there were two churches in the same building. They were very impressive.
It was just before 3 o’clock. I was worried if we were going to miss the bus. I was also wondering if they were still interested in for me to come to this town but I didn’t say anything. I said good bye to them when we got to the bus terminal. Said that I was hoping to see them soon. Cha was already in the cue. He had bought our tickets. This guy was collecting tickets and said “two more people”. We were the last two. I was glad that Cha wasn’t waiting for me to get my bags etc, we wouldn’t have made it then. When we got on the bus there were many empty seats but they had sign saying “Reservation” we were not too sure if we can move the sign but did so anyway. Then the driver came so cha asked him. He said that we had to find a spot which didn’t have the sign. We were like “where??” then found two seats at the very back. The boy sitting next to Cha had a book opened and we found out that he was studying Japanese. Cha started to talk to him and ended up with having a lesson. There was a small toilet on the bus. I had never been to a toilet on the bus but I had to. Cha’s phone rang. It was from Mr. chi’s sister in law. She was asking if I could do the project there. I said that if there is any flight in the end of this month, I could but there was no flight. She called him back in 5 minutes and said that they got a flight. They had changed my flight!!
I was laughing but I wasn’t sure if that was good idea to e honest. I was ready to go back to Jaoan..well almost.
We got to Taichung around 6pm. We had a bit of time for dinner. Went to the same restaurant we went to when we came back from Taipei. I ate too much again.
Cha had to catch a bus and I had to catch a taxi. Said good bye at the pedestrian cross but I ended up with going to the bus stop. The bus didn’t come soon so we went back to the pedestrian cross and said good bye again. He said that he can visit me there but I knew he wouldn’t. so this was good bye. We were a bit sad. We spent more than a month together and we became good friends.
Got to Yj’s ok but when I opened the door there were someone. Yj’s mom came out and said that her brother was there. I was glad that she was a bit better today. He could speak Japanese and said that there was someone upstairs so don’t be surprise. I had some souvenir for them but didn’t have a chance to say so. They looked busy chanting so I left it on the table and went upstairs. Yes some one was sleeping in Yj’s bed room. So I went to the other room and packed a bit. Then went in her room to use internet. I had to get a phone number for the airline to find out if my flight was actually changed. Yj came home late at night and left. Told her what happened and she was a bit worried.
We got there and saw this memorial building. It was for “word-worshiping” .olden days, paper was so precious and they had to have special ceremony to just throw away the paper with words.
We got on the car and went about 200m and stopped again. Mr. Chi said “Tobacco leaves!” I wasn’t interested in cause I hate smoking. I wanted to tell him so when he told me that we were going to see that but I was trying to be polite and didn’t say so. It was my first time to see tobacco leaves in my life.The leaves were so big, a lot bigger than I thought. I wondered if there are any towns in Japan which is famous for making tobacco leaves.
Cha talked to this old lady who was working in the field. Well I know this would sound like discrimination but I wasn’t interested in talking to people who make tobacco. The lady wasn’t making tobacco. She was making vegetables next to the tobacco field. She was complaining about the tobacco farmer using lots of chemical there. She wasn’t an old lady she was in 40’s or 50’s. had a big white dog. The dog was so friendly.
We all started to talk with her and she cut some passion fruits for us. Then she put some vegetables in a basket and said that it was for us. At this stage I didn’t think we were staying there that long.
We were invited to go upstairs. Cha thought she was a nun but she wasn’t. She was bald and practicing Buddhism but she was married. We had to take off our shoes but we were told to take the shoes with us. I had no idea where we were going cause they were all speaking in Chinese. We were on the roof. There was a roof on top of the roof (make sense?) there was a fridge and she got some drink for us. They were talking for a long time. I assume they were talking about how this area has changed sort of things. I might be totally wrong though. I was playing with Mr.Chi’s soon, who was probably around two. He loved throwing leaves from there but it was a bit dangerous cause there was no fence there. All the tables and chairs were hand made. I found out that it was her father who made them all. Pretty impressive.
Went down and she showed us around. The building was very old. It was used to dry tobacco leaves. Mr. Chi was very interested in the building and he was taking a lot of photos there. I was glad that I wasn’t the only one taking photos. the white dog was following us everywhere. We went around and she was showing us what kind of plants they have there. There was a tree which was very similar to my name. she said it has some fruit which is getting popular but it’s very peculiar. Cha was laughing and said “it’s just like someone.” There was a wild berry tree there. I just remembered the wine I had in SL. She said that she had made a jam and she gave it to me. Yum! I asked her address so that I can send something to her when I get back to Japan. She put the vegetable in a plastic bag. We said good bye to her and her dog and left there. I said “it was like you were visiting your relative or something” I don’t know where they were planning to go but it was already lunch time. We stopped at this place to have “mango milk” which was famous there. Then they found this shop to buy some wire hungers which we saw at the lady’s. it looks like umber 8 from top so clothes dry faster. The restaurant we went to was very local. Cha asked if they can cook the vegetable we got from the lady. I had rice noodles. We had so much food again. The boy was having great time running around there. He was taking all the chopsticks from the box and put them in the box on the other table. I joined him and he was so happy.
I tried to pay for the lunch but they wouldn’t accept.. I was gonna buy some water for them but this didn’t work either. It was already time to go back to town.
We went to the church Mr. chi designed. It was close to their house. It was 4 story building and there were two churches in the same building. They were very impressive.
It was just before 3 o’clock. I was worried if we were going to miss the bus. I was also wondering if they were still interested in for me to come to this town but I didn’t say anything. I said good bye to them when we got to the bus terminal. Said that I was hoping to see them soon. Cha was already in the cue. He had bought our tickets. This guy was collecting tickets and said “two more people”. We were the last two. I was glad that Cha wasn’t waiting for me to get my bags etc, we wouldn’t have made it then. When we got on the bus there were many empty seats but they had sign saying “Reservation” we were not too sure if we can move the sign but did so anyway. Then the driver came so cha asked him. He said that we had to find a spot which didn’t have the sign. We were like “where??” then found two seats at the very back. The boy sitting next to Cha had a book opened and we found out that he was studying Japanese. Cha started to talk to him and ended up with having a lesson. There was a small toilet on the bus. I had never been to a toilet on the bus but I had to. Cha’s phone rang. It was from Mr. chi’s sister in law. She was asking if I could do the project there. I said that if there is any flight in the end of this month, I could but there was no flight. She called him back in 5 minutes and said that they got a flight. They had changed my flight!!
I was laughing but I wasn’t sure if that was good idea to e honest. I was ready to go back to Jaoan..well almost.
We got to Taichung around 6pm. We had a bit of time for dinner. Went to the same restaurant we went to when we came back from Taipei. I ate too much again.
Cha had to catch a bus and I had to catch a taxi. Said good bye at the pedestrian cross but I ended up with going to the bus stop. The bus didn’t come soon so we went back to the pedestrian cross and said good bye again. He said that he can visit me there but I knew he wouldn’t. so this was good bye. We were a bit sad. We spent more than a month together and we became good friends.
Got to Yj’s ok but when I opened the door there were someone. Yj’s mom came out and said that her brother was there. I was glad that she was a bit better today. He could speak Japanese and said that there was someone upstairs so don’t be surprise. I had some souvenir for them but didn’t have a chance to say so. They looked busy chanting so I left it on the table and went upstairs. Yes some one was sleeping in Yj’s bed room. So I went to the other room and packed a bit. Then went in her room to use internet. I had to get a phone number for the airline to find out if my flight was actually changed. Yj came home late at night and left. Told her what happened and she was a bit worried.
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