Today is Chinese New Years Eve, and I took the bus (1206) to Charice's house in Linkou. Her family invited me to their house last night to join in traditional Chinese New Year activities. These activities included frying a lot of food (I think I overdosed on the fried food because I feel like my stomach is a vat of oil:P), praying to ancestors, and putting up new blessing sentences on the outside of the house, near the front door. It was a really fun day, it just started a little too early for me; I have been yawning and falling asleep during conversations and while watching videos.
I did have a ton of fun with Charice and her aunt Candy. Her aunt is quite hyper and spunky for having two sons around Sophia's age. We took her mom to the train station, and she said that we should take some pictures so that she could have a break from all the work she is doing at the house. I said okay, because I am always up for a little lolly gagging when I have nowhere to be. So, we found a place that had the name of the train station, and she whips out this POLARIOD camera and takes my picture! I was so surprised, I was looking at the camera like it was the holy grail of all cameras! It was so new, and made small, business card size polaroids, how cool, right? I have always wanted one, so I asked her where she got it. I couldn't rightly tell where she said she got it, but she did say that they are on the Internet for pretty cheap!
When Charice got back to the house, we ate, played pool (we suck at this by the way), and watched music videos from Korean pop groups. And then she remembered that I wanted to look for the camera, so she searched for one it, found one, showed me how much (from NT$3000 to NT$4000), and told me that I could pay for it at 7-Eleven, and the website would send it to me the next day! I am definitely buying this camera next month!
It is so cool that I can pay for it at 7-11. You can also pay phone bills, parking tickets, and reload your easy card at 7, how convenient.
Also, Charice's family gave me a red envelope for New Years. It has $600 inside. It is unimaginably kind of them to give me an envelope when I am not even a part of their family. And I just met them today. Taiwanese people are so benign, it darn near breaks your heart. I must write them a thank you card and give them America stuff.
Now I am on the bus headed to Taipei Main. My family is having dinner at 6 sharp, so I need to book it home! After dinner, we are supposed to play majohng... I'm not sure how that will go, but I have a feeling that I will be loosing some money tonight!
I did have a ton of fun with Charice and her aunt Candy. Her aunt is quite hyper and spunky for having two sons around Sophia's age. We took her mom to the train station, and she said that we should take some pictures so that she could have a break from all the work she is doing at the house. I said okay, because I am always up for a little lolly gagging when I have nowhere to be. So, we found a place that had the name of the train station, and she whips out this POLARIOD camera and takes my picture! I was so surprised, I was looking at the camera like it was the holy grail of all cameras! It was so new, and made small, business card size polaroids, how cool, right? I have always wanted one, so I asked her where she got it. I couldn't rightly tell where she said she got it, but she did say that they are on the Internet for pretty cheap!
When Charice got back to the house, we ate, played pool (we suck at this by the way), and watched music videos from Korean pop groups. And then she remembered that I wanted to look for the camera, so she searched for one it, found one, showed me how much (from NT$3000 to NT$4000), and told me that I could pay for it at 7-Eleven, and the website would send it to me the next day! I am definitely buying this camera next month!
It is so cool that I can pay for it at 7-11. You can also pay phone bills, parking tickets, and reload your easy card at 7, how convenient.
Also, Charice's family gave me a red envelope for New Years. It has $600 inside. It is unimaginably kind of them to give me an envelope when I am not even a part of their family. And I just met them today. Taiwanese people are so benign, it darn near breaks your heart. I must write them a thank you card and give them America stuff.
Now I am on the bus headed to Taipei Main. My family is having dinner at 6 sharp, so I need to book it home! After dinner, we are supposed to play majohng... I'm not sure how that will go, but I have a feeling that I will be loosing some money tonight!