Okay, this is my second fake post. I am using it to answer questions that people asked on the comment page since although I have an account here I can't answer back for some reason. Cranky little site. But it's more fun to answer questions this way.
OK first, I hope you're still curious, sorry that the answers are overdue:
Starting from the most recent one about the Opening Games.
To Ralph: Yeah, I'm staying out of trouble. Oh, wait...is the weather staying out of trouble....ahaha yeah it is. There was still a typhoon because it was inevitable at that point but it curved off and didn't directly hit us. It did give us a lot of rain and lightning and thunder; Lulu would not have been happy. I heard the rain and knew it was a storm so I ran to get water from the machine in case it shut off the next day and lightning flashed when I was in the hall so I got water and ran back to my room.
To Elaine: I was thinking about that just today actually....it's a good thing the sculptor didn't mess up and forget to join the fingers together. But Buddha wouldn't flip people off! Lol ;) And I got some business cards from places I went so I can tell you the address there (if it's not in Chinese, or if it is, maybe I can just send a picture of it or something). Talk to you soon, but I bet you're really busy huh? When do your summer classes end?
To Ralph: I'm not sure what the mermaids are representing, really, but I could look it up. And I think she has a fan that she's writing the study guide answers on to use for the next test. ;)
To Caroline: MONKEYS! I haven't seen any yet, but if we were in Japan and it was winter, we might have been able to see some hot spring monkeys. Look their picture up because they're pretty cute. They're fuzzy and have red/pink faces.
To Elaine: Yeah, I got a name. :) It means 'White Beautiful Flower', if I remember right. I can't put the accent marks in on the computer, but I can write it...I might try and look for the characters and put it here. Or just write it and take a picture of the paper and upload that.
And yeah, it was a realy pretty sunset. And I think I maybe am getting less shy, little by little. I'm glad ^^
I haven't gotten bit by a lot of mosquitoes, but when I do they itch like crazy, even worse than Pocatello ones. But Xue Lan (works with the TUSA program and her parents were my friend Annie's and my host parents) gave me some green liquid stuff that's like the muscle cream--it's cold and tingly. It also worked really well; the bites didn't itch for the rest of the day and the one I used Neosporin on is still itching a little.
Well, that's all for now. I think I got all the questions. If you have a question you want to ask then leave it here or write me if you have my email and I'll put a new post here. Don't worry about asking; I think it's fun and I might use pictures to help answer a question. Goodbye for now! I have class tomorrow and I have to go to bed now.
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Hi Sarah,
ReplyDeleteIt's been fun to read up on your blog! Great job detailing your time in Pingtung. It sounds like the staff and students have been really attentive and helpful, and I'm glad you've got such a nice roommate. I think I met Olivia last year. If she's friends with Phoebe, I did! Have you met Jackson (a roommate), Lance (the computer guy), Anne (a language center staffer), or Katherine (asst)? Is your Mandarin teacher Yi Lun (Erin)?
How are you seeing the Japanese culture tie into Taiwan? Isn't that fun? We'll have to speak Chingjaplish when you get back (I promise that wasn't meant as a slur, ha ha).
Sorry I'm not able to check your site more often, but it's fun to read several entries at once. Gambatte and zaijian -
Ryan