I think this will be the final daily post. LOL. It's gonna be hard if I have to update daily when I'm not. Okay, so yesterday was only half day and full-misa+opening ceremony. First day and I'm late! Dx
There was a female security waiting on the gate and I'm kinda afraid of what will I get as a punishment. When she asked me, I didn't understand and luckily home ma hasn't gone away yet. Understanding I am the exchange student, she let me through, although guilt and embarrassment still lingers inside me. -___-
I went to my classroom upstairs and found my classroom door closed. My heart says OH NO. What am I gonna do now? Barge in? No, that's not something I can do. The curtains were closed so my classmates can't see me outside. However, Patty's classroom is open and her homeroom teacher, who saw me yesterday, walked towards me and explained that today and tomorrow, the students are having tests, so if I want to go to the library it's fine. I asked where Patty is, and she said that Patty had went downstairs to the Vice Principal's office. And so, I went to the Vice Principal's office too.
I passed the room but I didn't see her. Maybe she didn't see me too; well bad timing. I talked with her a little, and then the Vice Principal came and then led us to the library, where we stayed until lunch. When I was still in the Vice Principal's office, there's a woman named You laoshi, who asked me in Mandarin. I get the point cos there are some keywords that I understand; 李(li/3) 先(xian/1)生(sheng/1)
and 家(jia/1) and so I just nodded, not knowing how to answer even though it's just a simple 是(shi/4). And after that she said something, I don't understand and well, she said it's okay. Later I found that You laoshi is a long-time(i think) acquaintance of home ba. They talk a lot about the inbound students. I see.
Inside the library, we were given a PDF file containing Mandarin lessons; daily conversations and new words and others. There is an Indonesia-Mandarin PDF file but I said English-Mandarin is okay. And so, the woman, named Sunny made a shortcut in the desktop so I can easily find it. However, the second time I opened the computer it was gone so I had to look it for myself. There was some trouble opening the Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional so I took a glance at the location. LOL. That's how I found the location later on.
Patty didn't bring a lunch box, and so the Vice Principal took us to a canteen/cafeteria downstairs (it was hot down there.. -_-") and then a woman gave a (I don't know th exact english word, but it's like a lunch plate, but not shaped like a normal round plate... instead it has valleys(?) where you put rice and other food... oh well, out with the explanations. I can't explain really well). I had a lunch box but well, to me it seemed empty but I understood once I ate lunch. Here the school prepares the lunch for the students and teachers, and students are not allowed to eat lunch other than in school except for acceptable reasons.
Afterwards we went upstairs. When I first entered the class I was... umm... confused of who to ask. I just asked is this my class? (seemed stupid) and then a girl asked something in Mandarin but I heard my homeroom teacher, Chen laoshi's name so I nodded and said yes. I was still standing near the entrance and I was saying hi and hi. There's this one girl who just entered the room and I said hi to her. She was with one of her friends. She is very very cute and I like cute things xD her voice is also very cute, just like her XD.
The first classmates that I see is Penny, Pan the class rep, Julia the cute girl, and a girl I don't know the name yet, however I remember because she resembles a senior I once resented back when I was still in my high school in Jakarta. But their personalities are clearly different.
Anyways, I ate lunch and this first time Chen laoshi took the food for me. I didn't really like the food today, and so I didn't finish it. Oh yeah, they also asked me if I can join their P.E class later. I said that I don't have the sports wear yet but they said it's ok. Okay then. However, I forgot my stomach hurts because of damn period. -___- After lunch, Julia and Penny helped me bring my table to the class. It's really hot in Taiwan and I sweat damn lot. When I got into the class, I was wondering why are the curtains closed, and they seem to be sleeping. They have naptime after lunch. How cool, but the uncool is that you go home later because if they don't have naptime we'd go home sooner.
After the bell rang, some woke up, and some still asleep. When the second bell rang, they all woke up to prepare for the test and then when the teacher came I went out. They're going to have a test and I won't have any clue of what is the question, or maybe how do I write the answers here. LOL. When I wanted to go downstairs, I asked a random C203 student where is Patty, and she said Patty's still in the room so I just went downstairs.
Believing that eating inside a room is a no-no, I sat on a bench and ate my breakfast (?). Well the sandwich home ma bought for me before school... I didn't eat it because I was in the library the whole time until lunch. LOL. Actually I can go out and eat first but it didn't pop in my mind cos I was still shy, being in my first day of school. Yesterday was the first but it's only an opening so I'd say it's school day. But today's the first day of school. (??)
Patty said she wanted to brush her teeth so she can put her retainer back. We went to the canteen first cos I said I wanted to buy a drink and then we just sat randomly. It turned out we sat right in front of a toilet. LOL. It's not for students but well, she's only brushing her teeth so I said, just pretend you're a guest LOL.
I forgot when, but the Vice Principal showed us to the gym, and then there's this female teacher who really looked like a man. I first thought she was a man. LOL. Said that we can use the treadmills but not the second one because it's faster. Okay, thank you! =D
I also met my homeroom teacher, but I forgot what for. I think it's about the P.E. class I'm going to attend later. She needed the help of a teacher who's good in English, well I think she's an English teacher but I don't know. LOL.
And then Patty and me were back in the library. She talked about her friends on Myspace, and etc etc. Even,,, ehehe. Oh yeah, her cousin who is really cute! I don't usually like kids sometimes but he's cute! Especially the one with him girl style (he wanted it). Cuter. LOL. Also, a classmate of Patty named Vivien, came to the library. Her English is pretty good and it's her fave subject. No wonder. =D then we became good friends because she came to the library kinda often after that, but now not any more since Patty and me don't hang in the library for that long any more.
When I was about to go to my class, I saw that Penny, Julia and one other student which I don't remember, are already in the library. I took Patty along cos she's all good with it. Okay. Off we go to the P.E. class!
First I saw the handsome female teacher I saw in the gym earlier. I thought it was my class but it turned out it wasn't. I was kinda embarrassed though. LOL. My P.E. teacher is also handsome. LOL. Tall, short-haired, and... umm... better not say it. It's gonna be a sin LOL.
I saw Wewe! LOL. She was also having a P.E. class. To begin the P.E. class, as usual we did warm-ups but I didn't really join in. After that the other girls played, while Patty and me are walking on the circuit. Hahaha. Then a group of girls said hello to us and so we said hello back. It was fun and I despise the time for flying so fast. They asked Patty if she has a boyfriend (;D) and I just laughed, forming an X with my index fingers but she told me to keep quiet. HAHA. The thing I remember was when Jady, a classmate of mine asked if Patty or me knew Taiwanese stars. I was blank for a while, and then one popped into my brain. WANG LEE HOM (Wang Lihong in Chinese) and they all squealed. LOL. I just laughed. Jay Chou doesn't seem to be very well-known here... Their reaction wasn't that extreme, just normal. LOL.
I got some of my classmates' email and phone numbers, as well as their Chinese names. Hehehe. After this, my class still has math class, and I chose to wait inside the Vice Principal's office. Julia escorted me there and then went back to her class after escorting me. Then I tried to message home ma. Then it said message delivery failure. I checked my phonebook if home ba wrote something wrong. By my calculations, I should still have around twenty six NT$, and a local message would be fine. I'm confused. Later, around six o'clock the Vice Principal said she's going to have a meeting but if I want to wait here it's okay. I'm better outside than alone, dunno why. Once I got outside, home ma called. Great timing. Then the Vice Principal escorted me to the gate before going to the meeting.
Before going home I asked if we could stop at a 7-11 cos I wanted to buy a recharge voucher. There's only 300 and 500 so I just bought 300. And I wanted to limit myself. -__- oh well. Afterwards we went home. The TV broke down. Oh no! My daily excitement... usually if I'm bored I just watch TV although I don't understand what they say. Oh dramaa.
Later I went to Poya with Rose, to buy white socks and then the powder bowl I've been looking for. Yesh, I found them. LOL. I also met Patty's third host sister, who exchanged to Colombia. By Colombia I remember that Patty said she's her fave host sis. XD
There's a clothing shop next to Poya, and so I looked if I can find shorts that I can wear to school before I get my uniform. The sizes here are smaller than in Indonesia, and so because of my wide hips none fit me. T_T oh well, I gave up and then went home with a juice. (I bought one)
We also went to a supermarket that has cheaper prices than Poya, to buy a chocolate jam for me. I ended up choosing Nesquik cause I don't really like peanut butter spread. However, Nesquik is meant for milk and ice creams and etc and I don't think bread's a good choice. LOL. Anyways, Rose bought them for me. =)
Reaching home, I put my footwear inside the rack and went upstairs. Home ba seems to be studying, and then I asked home ma if my clothes had dried already. Yes, they have, and so I waited home ma to iron them and sat on the floor. I forgot to turn of my room lamp because of that. LOL. Home ba also offered if I want to go to a swimming pool, he has many tickets and entry fees are 25 NT$, and the other one is 50 NT$ if I'm not wrong. I also asked home ba if there's a charger compatible with my camera here that I can buy. He said he'll look for it.
I sweat so much today. -__- And then after putting the dried clothes in my wardrobe, I took a bath. Afterwards I was planning to dry my hair but Rose called, asking me to see which one do I prefer to buy. The prices shouldn't be too expensive when in Rupiah, for electronics, but I'm currently short on money =D hehehe. The cameras here are usually 40B, and mine's 42B. Later on, Rose looked for her camera if her battery is compatible with mine. First I just put it in without knowing the correct way to put it in. At first it was too big and didn't fit. I was already worried. If it's not compatible, I'll have to buy. Oh no. Then I tried another way. Still no. Fits but the camera won't turn on. OH NOO. Then a 'brilliant' idea popped.
Oh yeah! My battery has arrows showing which way is positive and negative. Rose's battery was all black and no arrows to guide you. LOL. With the similar details of the battery, I put it in and my camera turned on!
YES! For these three months, I can use Rose's charger. But later.. well mom's going to give me some things after all xD
I used the computer even after the battery thing is finished, and sent mom an e-mail. At 11.20 or 30 I went to bed. Aw. Luckily I brushed my teeth already and put my retainers on. =)
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Day 6 - First school day
It's finally time to go to school. Aww I wished it would be longer xD
I woke up with a pretty strange dream but the notes are in my cellphone. I sometimes write details of my dreams on my cellphone if I remember them. However I have to write it immediately after I wake up, or else I'll forget. Usually it's like that but I have unexplainable images too inside my brain LOL.
I felt pretty cold, so I snuggled up the blanket to cover my lower part. I don't usually open the blanket cos it's big, and too much hassle if I must fold it every morning. LOL. I'm still a lazy girl here. Hehehehe.
I fell asleep. Oh no! It was already 6.50 and I'm supposed to be at school at 7.30. I took off my retainers and had a bread for breakfast before I went back to my room to take my clothes and then take a quick shower. One thing I forgot - HAIRBOW. I wasn't planning to wash my hair in the morning but I already took my clothes off so, oh well. I'm the kind to find a way in times like this so I just did my best so that my hair won't get wet.
As usual, I'm a forgetful person. I forgot my bottle of water and I forgot my socks. Quickly taking those from my room, I then said bye bye home ma before exiting the apartment with my home ba. In around ten minutes I reached school and as I saw in the internet, the uniform is like sailor uniform. I was supposed to be late already but I think I wasn't. Patty hasn't arrived either... hehehehe
I went to the Vice Principal's Office with my home ba, and then I sat, waiting for further news. Then I was told to go out and meet my Chinese teacher, Wu laoshi. She's with the Principal at that moment and I just said nin hao (although barely audible) and listened with a smile plastered on my face. LOL.
Moments later I saw Patty from afar with her host sister. I forgot if the Principal did some introductions of Patty to my Chinese teacher, but afterwards Patty and me waited in the vice principal's office. Later Patty's homeroom teacher and 2 students came. One of the student's name is Jessica and the other one didn't say her name. Patty left first then. I wondered, where is my homeroom teacher. She didn't come and later I went to the auditorium with the vice principal.
When I came the misa already started. I don't know if that's also an English word but they called it so, and so do Indonesian. I took a seat next to Patty and then we just followed the whole thing without understanding anything they're saying LOL. Once it's Vice Principal's time to give speech, shortly after Patty and me are told to go onstage.
Patty told me to go first (cruel! but oh well.. hahaha) and then I did. Nervous, I only did a simple opening with full english. Afterwards were applauses from every corner of the room. Maybe I should have added a little Mandarin to show people what effort I'm giving on learning Chinese but oh well, I'm a shy person after all xD
When it's Patty's turn, she was very funny! She cheerfully said Ni hao, wo shi Patty (that's the only thing I remembered) and some more introductions. By reading her journal, she heard people saying aww, and she's so cute. Well I do think so too xD although I wished I could be more brave hehehehe...
And then we walked down to go back to our seats. Somehow I think the introduction made people notice Patty more than me, well I am shy LOL.
After the loooong ceremony + misa is over, we are allowed to go back home. No school hours, just misa + ceremony with a bunch of speeches. Patty's house is closer so she went back home immediately with her bike. I called my home ba but at first he was on the line (I had Jessica help me) and then I just messaged him. Later he called and said he is on the way.
While waiting, I asked Jessica a few questions regarding the shoes that we can wear, the socks, and undershirt. Hehe. Then I saw Wewe come to the vice principal's office. Jessica left shortly after I finished questioning her. Wewe then showed me to her class, and to my class. After that we went to the gate, and then at 11.29 she had something to do, so I waited on the gate alone. I waited for home ba, and then he arrived at around 12.40.
The first thing he did after picking me up was going to his business partner's place, he delivers something that looks like a keyboard but I don't know. Afterwards we went to the apartment to pick up Rose and have lunch. We had fried rice for lunch today! It was really delicious. =D
Post-lunch we went to a tea shop before going back to the apartment. At the tea shop we bought two green teas, one for me and one for Rose. It was very very very BITTER. I MEAN IT. BITTER.
We went back to the apartment to rest for a while before going to the ARC office. The ARC office had 'made' my day,,, well I brought my photos and they didn't say the requirements for the photo so I was kinda in a bad mood afterwards. Especially because the fee for a photo is around 300 NT$.. darn expensive compared to Indonesia and it's pretty much the same. MY MONEY! At first I thought of that, but I forgot I have 50 US$ for ARC.
One thing that worsened my bad mood was I had to go home straight on 30th of June. I wish I could stay longer! That really 'made' my day. It really did.
Oh yeah, I think I messaged my mom too much and now I've got no credit. Oh darn. When we got home I took my sketch book and drew. I haven't finished the OB performance comic, and because it was too much of a hassle, I decided to make stick-thin people. LOL. The one that had round head, and stick thin body and hands and feet. =D
I thought Rose was playing the computer so I didn't come to the comp room. It turns out she was only using it for a short time so afterwards I played the comp. At that time I wanted to make an Orkut account but the languages are still in Chinese so I suppose I'll wait till I get home. -__-
It took pretty long to write my two-day blog. I turned off the computer when it was time for dinner already. After dinner I decided to wash my underwear. Okay, this was the time I felt so stressful. First time I felt so stressed ever since I came here.
I don't know why but maybe my hygiene freak instict made me like this. Oh man. I saw black spots on my underwear and even with brush they were hard to remove. Also I saw something black that was on the water, and also when I drained the water, tons of ants were there. Or maybe it was something else? Anyways, it made me stressed. Stressed enough, I asked my home ma for help. She gave a liquid detergent and then I think it solved my problem. I looked at my past underwear (the ones I'd washed) and I didn't see any black spots. I just hope after it dries up those darn black spots will be all gone.
I sweat a lot that day. So immediately after I washed my underwear I took a bath. There's this black thing that really made me want to puke. Although small, it worsened my day and I felt really sick by looking at it. I don't know why though. Well I remember my mom saying that looking at good things will make your face different cause you always smile when you look at it, while looking at bad things makes you look different.. ermm I dunno but I think so. But that didn't made me feel sick of horror movies -__-"
Once I exited the bathroom, home ba says he just wanted to ask if I would like to take a walk in the university. I said I had many thoughts, and then I told home ma the black spots stressed me out. And then she said it to home ba in Chinese.
Afterwards I dried up my hair. When I got out from my room, I only saw home ma downstairs. She says home ba took Rose to buy a new pair of glasses. I talked a lot with home ma that night =)
I offered home ma if she wanted to see my photos. This time home ba and Rose already got home. She just said yes and then I brought the photos my mother put inside my luggage. Home ba says my mother is very beautiful =D=D=D well she is ;)
Then home ma let me see Rose and Ray (host brother who is currently in Brazil)'s photo albums. Rose looked like an American girl when she was a baby xD while Ray somehow resembles my brother when he was a baby but later on no longer. Hehehehe. I also saw the photos of home ma and home ba while in another countries such as Australia.
When I exited the comp room, where I saw the photo albums, I saw that Rose is exercising. Actually it made me want to but no, I didn't do it. Hehehehe. I wrote diary while watching drama. In Indonesia I didn't really like watching dramas (sinetron) but here I prefer watching dramas rather than staying in my room. LOL.
I then used the comp for a while before going to sleep. Today, I slept at around eleven thirty again. Oh sleep. I wish to have you moreee. Dx
I woke up with a pretty strange dream but the notes are in my cellphone. I sometimes write details of my dreams on my cellphone if I remember them. However I have to write it immediately after I wake up, or else I'll forget. Usually it's like that but I have unexplainable images too inside my brain LOL.
I felt pretty cold, so I snuggled up the blanket to cover my lower part. I don't usually open the blanket cos it's big, and too much hassle if I must fold it every morning. LOL. I'm still a lazy girl here. Hehehehe.
I fell asleep. Oh no! It was already 6.50 and I'm supposed to be at school at 7.30. I took off my retainers and had a bread for breakfast before I went back to my room to take my clothes and then take a quick shower. One thing I forgot - HAIRBOW. I wasn't planning to wash my hair in the morning but I already took my clothes off so, oh well. I'm the kind to find a way in times like this so I just did my best so that my hair won't get wet.
As usual, I'm a forgetful person. I forgot my bottle of water and I forgot my socks. Quickly taking those from my room, I then said bye bye home ma before exiting the apartment with my home ba. In around ten minutes I reached school and as I saw in the internet, the uniform is like sailor uniform. I was supposed to be late already but I think I wasn't. Patty hasn't arrived either... hehehehe
I went to the Vice Principal's Office with my home ba, and then I sat, waiting for further news. Then I was told to go out and meet my Chinese teacher, Wu laoshi. She's with the Principal at that moment and I just said nin hao (although barely audible) and listened with a smile plastered on my face. LOL.
Moments later I saw Patty from afar with her host sister. I forgot if the Principal did some introductions of Patty to my Chinese teacher, but afterwards Patty and me waited in the vice principal's office. Later Patty's homeroom teacher and 2 students came. One of the student's name is Jessica and the other one didn't say her name. Patty left first then. I wondered, where is my homeroom teacher. She didn't come and later I went to the auditorium with the vice principal.
When I came the misa already started. I don't know if that's also an English word but they called it so, and so do Indonesian. I took a seat next to Patty and then we just followed the whole thing without understanding anything they're saying LOL. Once it's Vice Principal's time to give speech, shortly after Patty and me are told to go onstage.
Patty told me to go first (cruel! but oh well.. hahaha) and then I did. Nervous, I only did a simple opening with full english. Afterwards were applauses from every corner of the room. Maybe I should have added a little Mandarin to show people what effort I'm giving on learning Chinese but oh well, I'm a shy person after all xD
When it's Patty's turn, she was very funny! She cheerfully said Ni hao, wo shi Patty (that's the only thing I remembered) and some more introductions. By reading her journal, she heard people saying aww, and she's so cute. Well I do think so too xD although I wished I could be more brave hehehehe...
And then we walked down to go back to our seats. Somehow I think the introduction made people notice Patty more than me, well I am shy LOL.
After the loooong ceremony + misa is over, we are allowed to go back home. No school hours, just misa + ceremony with a bunch of speeches. Patty's house is closer so she went back home immediately with her bike. I called my home ba but at first he was on the line (I had Jessica help me) and then I just messaged him. Later he called and said he is on the way.
While waiting, I asked Jessica a few questions regarding the shoes that we can wear, the socks, and undershirt. Hehe. Then I saw Wewe come to the vice principal's office. Jessica left shortly after I finished questioning her. Wewe then showed me to her class, and to my class. After that we went to the gate, and then at 11.29 she had something to do, so I waited on the gate alone. I waited for home ba, and then he arrived at around 12.40.
The first thing he did after picking me up was going to his business partner's place, he delivers something that looks like a keyboard but I don't know. Afterwards we went to the apartment to pick up Rose and have lunch. We had fried rice for lunch today! It was really delicious. =D
Post-lunch we went to a tea shop before going back to the apartment. At the tea shop we bought two green teas, one for me and one for Rose. It was very very very BITTER. I MEAN IT. BITTER.
We went back to the apartment to rest for a while before going to the ARC office. The ARC office had 'made' my day,,, well I brought my photos and they didn't say the requirements for the photo so I was kinda in a bad mood afterwards. Especially because the fee for a photo is around 300 NT$.. darn expensive compared to Indonesia and it's pretty much the same. MY MONEY! At first I thought of that, but I forgot I have 50 US$ for ARC.
One thing that worsened my bad mood was I had to go home straight on 30th of June. I wish I could stay longer! That really 'made' my day. It really did.
Oh yeah, I think I messaged my mom too much and now I've got no credit. Oh darn. When we got home I took my sketch book and drew. I haven't finished the OB performance comic, and because it was too much of a hassle, I decided to make stick-thin people. LOL. The one that had round head, and stick thin body and hands and feet. =D
I thought Rose was playing the computer so I didn't come to the comp room. It turns out she was only using it for a short time so afterwards I played the comp. At that time I wanted to make an Orkut account but the languages are still in Chinese so I suppose I'll wait till I get home. -__-
It took pretty long to write my two-day blog. I turned off the computer when it was time for dinner already. After dinner I decided to wash my underwear. Okay, this was the time I felt so stressful. First time I felt so stressed ever since I came here.
I don't know why but maybe my hygiene freak instict made me like this. Oh man. I saw black spots on my underwear and even with brush they were hard to remove. Also I saw something black that was on the water, and also when I drained the water, tons of ants were there. Or maybe it was something else? Anyways, it made me stressed. Stressed enough, I asked my home ma for help. She gave a liquid detergent and then I think it solved my problem. I looked at my past underwear (the ones I'd washed) and I didn't see any black spots. I just hope after it dries up those darn black spots will be all gone.
I sweat a lot that day. So immediately after I washed my underwear I took a bath. There's this black thing that really made me want to puke. Although small, it worsened my day and I felt really sick by looking at it. I don't know why though. Well I remember my mom saying that looking at good things will make your face different cause you always smile when you look at it, while looking at bad things makes you look different.. ermm I dunno but I think so. But that didn't made me feel sick of horror movies -__-"
Once I exited the bathroom, home ba says he just wanted to ask if I would like to take a walk in the university. I said I had many thoughts, and then I told home ma the black spots stressed me out. And then she said it to home ba in Chinese.
Afterwards I dried up my hair. When I got out from my room, I only saw home ma downstairs. She says home ba took Rose to buy a new pair of glasses. I talked a lot with home ma that night =)
I offered home ma if she wanted to see my photos. This time home ba and Rose already got home. She just said yes and then I brought the photos my mother put inside my luggage. Home ba says my mother is very beautiful =D=D=D well she is ;)
Then home ma let me see Rose and Ray (host brother who is currently in Brazil)'s photo albums. Rose looked like an American girl when she was a baby xD while Ray somehow resembles my brother when he was a baby but later on no longer. Hehehehe. I also saw the photos of home ma and home ba while in another countries such as Australia.
When I exited the comp room, where I saw the photo albums, I saw that Rose is exercising. Actually it made me want to but no, I didn't do it. Hehehehe. I wrote diary while watching drama. In Indonesia I didn't really like watching dramas (sinetron) but here I prefer watching dramas rather than staying in my room. LOL.
I then used the comp for a while before going to sleep. Today, I slept at around eleven thirty again. Oh sleep. I wish to have you moreee. Dx
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Day 5 - Aylin's bday & last day before school starts
Today is Aylin -- my cousin's birthday! I wanted to just give an e-mail to say happy birthday but later it seems like I have no time to go play the comp so I just gave her a message containing happy birthday in Deutsch. I asked mom though, LOL. Lucky mom gave me her number.
I woke up at 8.30. Record so far. I remembered my dream. A little. But I won't explain it here since no one would understand after all. LOL. And then I went downstairs.
This morning I bought my breakfast in 7-11. I bought an onigiri. It has chicken stuffing. I also bought a Japanese snack that I liked. The one with a yellow skin boy. Haha. Rose then bought a sandwich from the place where I liked to buy Dambing. After that we went home. We ate breakfast, and watched TV. Rose and me watched You, Me and Dupree. Owen Wilson was hilarious! And the naked scenes LOL. ROFL.
I laughed really hard on some scenes. I was afraid my home ba was home. So then I minimized my laughing volume LOL. But it turns out that my home ba is currently in the university. Home ma is also not home. She seems to buy some fruits and maybe vegetables. She also bought some corns. Here I think I often eat at the wrong time, and then when it's time to eat lunch or dinner, I am not hungry and then... I become hungry during the night. It's almost like I'm starving myself when I don't want to LOL.
The stores here usually open at eleven. So after we finished watching the DVD You, Me and Dupree Rose and me went out to find some clothes. I said I lack clothes. Well, I think I brought too few...
First we checked the store that's close to the home. I didn't really like the clothes there... too thin, so you have to wear something inside so there won't be VBL.. uh well it would be body exposure too -__-"
In the end I only bought a black tanktop. It costs 99 NT$. After that because it's nearly lunch time, we went back home. We passed by a store that sells home wares such as home sandals, clothes hanger etc. I bought a clothes hanger because I think I need one more. I don't wash my underwear everyday (it would be too much of a hassle) and because I wash my 2-3 days underwear I'd need one more clothes hanger.
Then we got home. We ate lunch while watching dramas on television. Well I love TV here! LOL. Today's lunch is noodles with pork meatballs, octopus and some vegetables. THE PORK MEATBALLS ARE AMAZING. I LOVE THEM. Well in Indonesia how are you going to find pork meatballs? LOL.
Rose told me to go somewhere else if I want a cheaper clothing. However we go there by bus and because it's usually not on time, we should wait until 2.30. I don't know the first one though, maybe around 2. But then, I felt sleepy. Really sleepy. I thought I'd wake up at 3, but it turns out I overslept. I woke up at around 3.40. Maybe I didn't get enough sleep these days. Well then afterwards Rose and me walked to the bus stop. We waited for a while before the bus finally came. Rose treated me again. Oh I love you Rose <3
Inside bus it was cold, so it was like some kind of heaven. LOL. Taiwan is as humid as always. We went down on Railway Station, passing Cheng Kung University and Tainan Gongyuan and... Guangming something. I forgot. LOL. We used an underpass and then we went to the stores. Everything is in discount. 100 NT$ but... I kinda don't like the clothes. Well not all. Usually the skirts are sooo short. And the sizes are small cos Taiwanese girls are not usually big. Well... I hate being a big girl but what can I do? Extract my bones so it become smaller, or liposuction? LOL. No way. I love money more than that hehehehe although I do want to become slimmer xD
I ended up buying one denim skirt and one shirt. Total is 540NT$. -_- OH MAH MONEY...
While walking I see that many many Taiwanese girls wear STOCKING. Either the long one or knee-high. It's so hot and wearing stocking during summer... to me it's suicide. LOL. I don't like sweating hehehehe... the Taiwanese girls usually wear short skirts and then stocking. The shoes are either sneakers or flat shoes, I don't know. Hehehe.
Oh yeah, I remember that mom told me to buy an undershirt. Because I can't explain, there's like a dead end when I asked Rose so I asked my mom. What's the chinese word for undershirt. Mom says it's nei(4) zhen(1)shan(1) but can also be nei(4)yi(1). Rose now understood. Then I decided to go to MegA department store. Rose and me also went to an information center but I forgot when; after department store or before.
Inside the department store, when I saw a book showing the places here I pointed at Wacoal. I said usually brands like Wacoal also sells the thing that I need. Yeah, I found one! But... 200 NT$. Even I had full pocket money I wouldn't buy it. LOL.
Then Rose told me we should go to Poya. The store we went to on my second day in Taiwan... well first day after I arrived. Hehe. It takes a long time to walk there. My feet hurt... well I wore the wrong shoe..... -________-
While walking there I also looked at shops that sell shoes. Wewe told me I have to wear white sport shoes during P.E. But I didn't find any that I like. So we decided to just go straight to Poya.
When we reached Poya I felt like I had accomplished something. It's not much but like, I rarely walk in Indonesia, and here I was walking with a wrong shoe and my feet hurting like hell. -_-
I first put four undershirt in my bucket. But then Rose told me only elementary school students wear them, so it's kinda strange that I want to buy it. So then I only bought one, and then looked for a powder bowl. I chose the cheap one but later regretted as the feather falls easily. -_-
Even though Poya is not that far from home, I was complaining and luckily Rose wasn't the type to get angry easily LOL. I wasn't being a kid though, I'm just saying oh my feet. Hahaha. When we reached home home ba and ma are already at home. Then I told them I thought one of my toenails cracked. Oh yeah, I didn't tell you that I wore an oversized crocs copy; here called Bush (yes, the president) shoes owned by Rose. I haven't cut my nails and they had grown quite long (to me) and then when I walked towards the shop near the house; it was after I watched You, Me and Dupree with Rose.
But actually that toenail of mine also hurt. Then home ma put plaster on it. I actually didn't really like the idea of plaster but well, that's for the best. Because when it's wet.. um well it's just one of my skeptical thoughts. Never mind that. After the plaster was on, I ate dinner, which is already ready when I got home. Then my home ba says that my way of walking is very strange; yes, I do realize that. I menyeret kaki saya sewaktu berjalan. Hehehehe =D
Then home ba says I need shoes that have thick soles cos I'm tall, and it makes the pressure on the ground made by my feet (oh yeah, Physics) greater, plus my weird walking style. LOL. Home ma gave me a pair of shoes that has thick soles, and is colorful. Hehe. My shoe size and home ma's shoe size is similar, so I can wear that. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE (I think), I AM GRATEFUL I HAVE SMALL FEET.
Tralalalala.
After dinner we went to the supermarket. I bought a cellphone there (the one that can read Chinese) for 1999 NT$. Oh my next month allowance! T___T
Other than that I bought a snack which I later not eat for days after cos I don't have time and I don't want to eat at the wrong time. LOL. Once we got home I went to the toilet, after that I took a pair of clothes and underwear to the toilet again. It's already quite late but it doesn't feel good with all the sweaty feeling I had thanks to a lot of walking. Hehehehe.
I bought a microfiber towel during my first visit to Poya Living Mart, and I used that to dry up my hair. I don't know how it really works but I know that the towel won't be as wet as normal towels do when used to caress the hair.
Afterwards I wrote my diary. I thought I'd send an e-mail to Aylin saying happy birthday but no time so just as I said in the first paragraph, I gave her an sms consisting of happy birthday in Deutsch and then slept. Lalala.
I woke up at 8.30. Record so far. I remembered my dream. A little. But I won't explain it here since no one would understand after all. LOL. And then I went downstairs.
This morning I bought my breakfast in 7-11. I bought an onigiri. It has chicken stuffing. I also bought a Japanese snack that I liked. The one with a yellow skin boy. Haha. Rose then bought a sandwich from the place where I liked to buy Dambing. After that we went home. We ate breakfast, and watched TV. Rose and me watched You, Me and Dupree. Owen Wilson was hilarious! And the naked scenes LOL. ROFL.
I laughed really hard on some scenes. I was afraid my home ba was home. So then I minimized my laughing volume LOL. But it turns out that my home ba is currently in the university. Home ma is also not home. She seems to buy some fruits and maybe vegetables. She also bought some corns. Here I think I often eat at the wrong time, and then when it's time to eat lunch or dinner, I am not hungry and then... I become hungry during the night. It's almost like I'm starving myself when I don't want to LOL.
The stores here usually open at eleven. So after we finished watching the DVD You, Me and Dupree Rose and me went out to find some clothes. I said I lack clothes. Well, I think I brought too few...
First we checked the store that's close to the home. I didn't really like the clothes there... too thin, so you have to wear something inside so there won't be VBL.. uh well it would be body exposure too -__-"
In the end I only bought a black tanktop. It costs 99 NT$. After that because it's nearly lunch time, we went back home. We passed by a store that sells home wares such as home sandals, clothes hanger etc. I bought a clothes hanger because I think I need one more. I don't wash my underwear everyday (it would be too much of a hassle) and because I wash my 2-3 days underwear I'd need one more clothes hanger.
Then we got home. We ate lunch while watching dramas on television. Well I love TV here! LOL. Today's lunch is noodles with pork meatballs, octopus and some vegetables. THE PORK MEATBALLS ARE AMAZING. I LOVE THEM. Well in Indonesia how are you going to find pork meatballs? LOL.
Rose told me to go somewhere else if I want a cheaper clothing. However we go there by bus and because it's usually not on time, we should wait until 2.30. I don't know the first one though, maybe around 2. But then, I felt sleepy. Really sleepy. I thought I'd wake up at 3, but it turns out I overslept. I woke up at around 3.40. Maybe I didn't get enough sleep these days. Well then afterwards Rose and me walked to the bus stop. We waited for a while before the bus finally came. Rose treated me again. Oh I love you Rose <3
Inside bus it was cold, so it was like some kind of heaven. LOL. Taiwan is as humid as always. We went down on Railway Station, passing Cheng Kung University and Tainan Gongyuan and... Guangming something. I forgot. LOL. We used an underpass and then we went to the stores. Everything is in discount. 100 NT$ but... I kinda don't like the clothes. Well not all. Usually the skirts are sooo short. And the sizes are small cos Taiwanese girls are not usually big. Well... I hate being a big girl but what can I do? Extract my bones so it become smaller, or liposuction? LOL. No way. I love money more than that hehehehe although I do want to become slimmer xD
I ended up buying one denim skirt and one shirt. Total is 540NT$. -_- OH MAH MONEY...
While walking I see that many many Taiwanese girls wear STOCKING. Either the long one or knee-high. It's so hot and wearing stocking during summer... to me it's suicide. LOL. I don't like sweating hehehehe... the Taiwanese girls usually wear short skirts and then stocking. The shoes are either sneakers or flat shoes, I don't know. Hehehe.
Oh yeah, I remember that mom told me to buy an undershirt. Because I can't explain, there's like a dead end when I asked Rose so I asked my mom. What's the chinese word for undershirt. Mom says it's nei(4) zhen(1)shan(1) but can also be nei(4)yi(1). Rose now understood. Then I decided to go to MegA department store. Rose and me also went to an information center but I forgot when; after department store or before.
Inside the department store, when I saw a book showing the places here I pointed at Wacoal. I said usually brands like Wacoal also sells the thing that I need. Yeah, I found one! But... 200 NT$. Even I had full pocket money I wouldn't buy it. LOL.
Then Rose told me we should go to Poya. The store we went to on my second day in Taiwan... well first day after I arrived. Hehe. It takes a long time to walk there. My feet hurt... well I wore the wrong shoe..... -________-
While walking there I also looked at shops that sell shoes. Wewe told me I have to wear white sport shoes during P.E. But I didn't find any that I like. So we decided to just go straight to Poya.
When we reached Poya I felt like I had accomplished something. It's not much but like, I rarely walk in Indonesia, and here I was walking with a wrong shoe and my feet hurting like hell. -_-
I first put four undershirt in my bucket. But then Rose told me only elementary school students wear them, so it's kinda strange that I want to buy it. So then I only bought one, and then looked for a powder bowl. I chose the cheap one but later regretted as the feather falls easily. -_-
Even though Poya is not that far from home, I was complaining and luckily Rose wasn't the type to get angry easily LOL. I wasn't being a kid though, I'm just saying oh my feet. Hahaha. When we reached home home ba and ma are already at home. Then I told them I thought one of my toenails cracked. Oh yeah, I didn't tell you that I wore an oversized crocs copy; here called Bush (yes, the president) shoes owned by Rose. I haven't cut my nails and they had grown quite long (to me) and then when I walked towards the shop near the house; it was after I watched You, Me and Dupree with Rose.
But actually that toenail of mine also hurt. Then home ma put plaster on it. I actually didn't really like the idea of plaster but well, that's for the best. Because when it's wet.. um well it's just one of my skeptical thoughts. Never mind that. After the plaster was on, I ate dinner, which is already ready when I got home. Then my home ba says that my way of walking is very strange; yes, I do realize that. I menyeret kaki saya sewaktu berjalan. Hehehehe =D
Then home ba says I need shoes that have thick soles cos I'm tall, and it makes the pressure on the ground made by my feet (oh yeah, Physics) greater, plus my weird walking style. LOL. Home ma gave me a pair of shoes that has thick soles, and is colorful. Hehe. My shoe size and home ma's shoe size is similar, so I can wear that. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE (I think), I AM GRATEFUL I HAVE SMALL FEET.
Tralalalala.
After dinner we went to the supermarket. I bought a cellphone there (the one that can read Chinese) for 1999 NT$. Oh my next month allowance! T___T
Other than that I bought a snack which I later not eat for days after cos I don't have time and I don't want to eat at the wrong time. LOL. Once we got home I went to the toilet, after that I took a pair of clothes and underwear to the toilet again. It's already quite late but it doesn't feel good with all the sweaty feeling I had thanks to a lot of walking. Hehehehe.
I bought a microfiber towel during my first visit to Poya Living Mart, and I used that to dry up my hair. I don't know how it really works but I know that the towel won't be as wet as normal towels do when used to caress the hair.
Afterwards I wrote my diary. I thought I'd send an e-mail to Aylin saying happy birthday but no time so just as I said in the first paragraph, I gave her an sms consisting of happy birthday in Deutsch and then slept. Lalala.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Day 4 - First Weekend
Today in the morning I talked about money I need to pay to the host club, the money I want to deposit, and etc etc. Because I'm not 18 years old yet, I can't open a bank account. -___-
I woke up at around eight o' clock in the morning (of course). This morning home ma came to the market and when I woke up she is still in the market. When she got home I also asked where is the envelope, so I can wrap my letters. They're finished. Hehehe.
One thing, I forgot to give my parents the papers they needed to sign. Some kind of rules acceptance. Oh man, I hope they won't get angry, cos a copy is also fine. It doesn't have to be real, but maybe blue ink will do.
Today's breakfast is NICE. Home ba and ma knew I liked dambing because Rose told them, so they brought me to a place where there is a bigger dambing. If on foot of course it's very far, well even it takes some time to reach with car. The dambing was WONDERFUL. Also, the sauce. Oh I love you, SPICY.
After we ate breakfast, we went to a shop selling... umm I don't know how to say. Home ma bought something and then we went to the post office to post my mails. I forgot how much it cost, but it's cheap. On the way home, we passed a 7-11. Rose wanted to pay for something, and I bought an apple juice.
Then we went home. Rose played the computer, and so I watch the DVD. Today I chose NORBIT. Well, the woman is indeed VERY SCARY. Oh Rasputia. LOL.
In the middle of the film, home ma brought prawns. We just peel off the skin and then eat. Wow, it's delicious and it's fresh! However, I got a small wound. The skin tore my skin a little... well. It's only a small wound so it's okay.
I said home ma bought something I didn't know how to say, right? Well they told me to try. So far, they know some about me:
1. I LOVE SPICY!
2. I LOVE SOYBEAN SAUCE.
3. I LOVE FRIED RICE!
I don't know if there are other things. About food though. HEHEHE. But the thing doesn't taste good. It's black pepper and green onion. Tastes strange. Because I bit it and I didn't want it any more, I asked home ma if she could use a knife to separate the part where I bit and where I didn't bite. Even though my host parents said it's okay, I still feel kind of... guilty. They bought it for me and yet, I somehow didn't appreciate. I tried, but well...... okay nvm that.
After we're finished on watching NORBIT, we watch TV. I forgot if it's drama or a variety show. But I was sleepy and I fell asleep. When I woke up I was like, all sweaty. Well here is humid so it's normal. I just don't like how it feels. LOL.
I thought home ba was using the computer so I just took my things and went upstairs. I was staying in my host brother's room and he's now in Brazil, and I saw that he has some comic collections. I saw a BLEACH comic, and although I don't understand a thing, I just read that while eating my corn snack. Just to kill time.
Finished eating and even more bored, I went downstairs. I saw home ma is cooking a fish that smelt wonderful, and I said I had nothing to do. They were very kind to me, so they usually tell me I don't have to do many things. Although I offered help sometimes =D
Then I walked towards the computer room. Home ba says if I want to use the computer then okay. Of course I took the offer. LOL. I opened my e-mail inbox. Mom asked about ARC. When I was about to ask them, they opened the door and went out. Baad timing.
So I just spent time on MSN, e-mail, friendster, and blogspot. I chatted a lot with Jejo, and then later on with my fellow YEP to Taiwan, Victor. Today, Gobind's wise words came into use. (HAIL GOBIND VASH DEV!) LOL. For something. Hehehehe.
Everything in this world is neutral until someone gives a meaning to it, either positive or negative.
I always kept that in my mind. Hehehehe. That guy really is impressive.
When I played with blogspot, I thought of deleting my other blog. Fifteen Life. Well, I don't think I'll write a lot more, so I thought I'd delete it. But I worked hard on it, and there's a story, well teens! Teens fall in love too LOL. I wanted to tell about another of my historical day but well, I'll just keep it in my diary. LOL.
But now I think I can use that blog to write what differences do I meet, between Tainan and Jakarta. Also Taiwan and Indonesia :)
Later on, I stopped the chatting because dinner is ready. Today I learned turn off and turn on the lights. Kai and guan? Dunno LOL.
While eating dinner, we were watching a variety show. Today's dinner is the fish home ma cooked earlier, and it was really tasty! Oh yeah, the variety show consists of WONDERFUL TALENTED ppl. LOL. The one that was crazy was the one with a rubber body. Omg, I can't even imagine how her internal organs would... bend? Hahaha. Can't explain it well, but well, that girl's body was WOW. So rubber. HEHEHEHE.
Another one is the winner of weight-lifting in Beijing Olympics. She's like only about 48 kgs or something, and she can lift a 112 kg weight. What kind of power is that?!?!?! I can't even pick up my 28 kg kilos when I'm much heavier than that. When I was in baggage claim, my luggage pulled me, not I pull my luggage because I wasn't strong enough! LOL!
Then we watched another variety show. First one I don't know how to explain, I guess you have to make words by the last syllable of the word that a previous player gives. Second, it's like guessing words, and first, there are cards. 2 of them has a skull picture on the back, and it means you have to either guess or give clues... I don't know what makes you clue-giver and what makes you guesser. Anyways, there're two singers... well I think they're singers cos they sing a little and then be a normal contestant. It was kind of funny because one of them had to be sealed with a tape because his hand could not stop moving and body language is not allowed as a clue. LOL.
Later at night we went to the big university. I don't know the name, but because it has big yards, many people use it as a place to exercise; walking or running, or maybe cycling. We parked the car outside the university and then went inside to take a walk.
When we got home, I immediately showered. But before that, I asked if I could use my hair dryer here. Home ba says that I can use it for a short time only because the voltages doesn't match. Then Rose gave me one and put it in my room. After I showered I dried my hair, and then I wrote my diary. I think I asked for my clothes, are they dry already or not? And then home ma gave me. It felt awkward when you touch them (my clothes). At first I thought it's because of the humid weather, but later I found out it's because it hasn't been ironed yet. -_____-
And then I went to sleep. Lalala~
I woke up at around eight o' clock in the morning (of course). This morning home ma came to the market and when I woke up she is still in the market. When she got home I also asked where is the envelope, so I can wrap my letters. They're finished. Hehehe.
One thing, I forgot to give my parents the papers they needed to sign. Some kind of rules acceptance. Oh man, I hope they won't get angry, cos a copy is also fine. It doesn't have to be real, but maybe blue ink will do.
Today's breakfast is NICE. Home ba and ma knew I liked dambing because Rose told them, so they brought me to a place where there is a bigger dambing. If on foot of course it's very far, well even it takes some time to reach with car. The dambing was WONDERFUL. Also, the sauce. Oh I love you, SPICY.
After we ate breakfast, we went to a shop selling... umm I don't know how to say. Home ma bought something and then we went to the post office to post my mails. I forgot how much it cost, but it's cheap. On the way home, we passed a 7-11. Rose wanted to pay for something, and I bought an apple juice.
Then we went home. Rose played the computer, and so I watch the DVD. Today I chose NORBIT. Well, the woman is indeed VERY SCARY. Oh Rasputia. LOL.
In the middle of the film, home ma brought prawns. We just peel off the skin and then eat. Wow, it's delicious and it's fresh! However, I got a small wound. The skin tore my skin a little... well. It's only a small wound so it's okay.
I said home ma bought something I didn't know how to say, right? Well they told me to try. So far, they know some about me:
1. I LOVE SPICY!
2. I LOVE SOYBEAN SAUCE.
3. I LOVE FRIED RICE!
I don't know if there are other things. About food though. HEHEHE. But the thing doesn't taste good. It's black pepper and green onion. Tastes strange. Because I bit it and I didn't want it any more, I asked home ma if she could use a knife to separate the part where I bit and where I didn't bite. Even though my host parents said it's okay, I still feel kind of... guilty. They bought it for me and yet, I somehow didn't appreciate. I tried, but well...... okay nvm that.
After we're finished on watching NORBIT, we watch TV. I forgot if it's drama or a variety show. But I was sleepy and I fell asleep. When I woke up I was like, all sweaty. Well here is humid so it's normal. I just don't like how it feels. LOL.
I thought home ba was using the computer so I just took my things and went upstairs. I was staying in my host brother's room and he's now in Brazil, and I saw that he has some comic collections. I saw a BLEACH comic, and although I don't understand a thing, I just read that while eating my corn snack. Just to kill time.
Finished eating and even more bored, I went downstairs. I saw home ma is cooking a fish that smelt wonderful, and I said I had nothing to do. They were very kind to me, so they usually tell me I don't have to do many things. Although I offered help sometimes =D
Then I walked towards the computer room. Home ba says if I want to use the computer then okay. Of course I took the offer. LOL. I opened my e-mail inbox. Mom asked about ARC. When I was about to ask them, they opened the door and went out. Baad timing.
So I just spent time on MSN, e-mail, friendster, and blogspot. I chatted a lot with Jejo, and then later on with my fellow YEP to Taiwan, Victor. Today, Gobind's wise words came into use. (HAIL GOBIND VASH DEV!) LOL. For something. Hehehehe.
Everything in this world is neutral until someone gives a meaning to it, either positive or negative.
I always kept that in my mind. Hehehehe. That guy really is impressive.
When I played with blogspot, I thought of deleting my other blog. Fifteen Life. Well, I don't think I'll write a lot more, so I thought I'd delete it. But I worked hard on it, and there's a story, well teens! Teens fall in love too LOL. I wanted to tell about another of my historical day but well, I'll just keep it in my diary. LOL.
But now I think I can use that blog to write what differences do I meet, between Tainan and Jakarta. Also Taiwan and Indonesia :)
Later on, I stopped the chatting because dinner is ready. Today I learned turn off and turn on the lights. Kai and guan? Dunno LOL.
While eating dinner, we were watching a variety show. Today's dinner is the fish home ma cooked earlier, and it was really tasty! Oh yeah, the variety show consists of WONDERFUL TALENTED ppl. LOL. The one that was crazy was the one with a rubber body. Omg, I can't even imagine how her internal organs would... bend? Hahaha. Can't explain it well, but well, that girl's body was WOW. So rubber. HEHEHEHE.
Another one is the winner of weight-lifting in Beijing Olympics. She's like only about 48 kgs or something, and she can lift a 112 kg weight. What kind of power is that?!?!?! I can't even pick up my 28 kg kilos when I'm much heavier than that. When I was in baggage claim, my luggage pulled me, not I pull my luggage because I wasn't strong enough! LOL!
Then we watched another variety show. First one I don't know how to explain, I guess you have to make words by the last syllable of the word that a previous player gives. Second, it's like guessing words, and first, there are cards. 2 of them has a skull picture on the back, and it means you have to either guess or give clues... I don't know what makes you clue-giver and what makes you guesser. Anyways, there're two singers... well I think they're singers cos they sing a little and then be a normal contestant. It was kind of funny because one of them had to be sealed with a tape because his hand could not stop moving and body language is not allowed as a clue. LOL.
Later at night we went to the big university. I don't know the name, but because it has big yards, many people use it as a place to exercise; walking or running, or maybe cycling. We parked the car outside the university and then went inside to take a walk.
When we got home, I immediately showered. But before that, I asked if I could use my hair dryer here. Home ba says that I can use it for a short time only because the voltages doesn't match. Then Rose gave me one and put it in my room. After I showered I dried my hair, and then I wrote my diary. I think I asked for my clothes, are they dry already or not? And then home ma gave me. It felt awkward when you touch them (my clothes). At first I thought it's because of the humid weather, but later I found out it's because it hasn't been ironed yet. -_____-
And then I went to sleep. Lalala~
Day 3 - Papaniu!
I remembered. Yesterday, when I was repairing the position of my bottom retainer, my finger caught a dead ant. From MY MOUTH. Inside I'm actually freaked out but why the hell should I scream. It's not in a comic LOL. I suspect the ants came to my glass that I use when brushing my teeth, so I became more cautious and checked the glass every time I want to brush my teeth. Until now, I haven't got a second case.
Today I woke up at around 7.20, but I was kinda sleepy so, as usual I didn't get out from the room and instead I'm just lying on the bed, but not sleeping. At 8 I got out from my room and did my morning daily basis; opening my retainer, washing my face and then pee. Afterwards I went downstairs. I saw my home ba (read: pa as in papa) so I said zao(3) an and he replied the same. He was watching baseball at the meantime, and he told me the Chinese word for baseball. Says that baseball is very popular in Taiwan. At first I heard like, ban qiao or something but when I checked my English-Chinese dictionary it turned out to be different. LOL.
Shortly after my home ba says he wants to go to his office. When he says shang(4) ban(1), which means go to work... well, my brain didn't register what he said and a little while later I finally realized when he says he wants to go to the office. Lol. My home ma has gone to work already, so I play the computer and reply my e-mails. Then my host sister, Rose, woke up. She cleaned the home a little and then asked me if I want to go now. I finished my last reply to an email and then I went to buy breakfast like usual. Unlike in Indonesia, usually I buy breakfast because I'm free. My fave is Dambing (4/1 if I'm not wrong), but I don't know how to explain that. For today I bought that, 2 portions because I like it so much. LOL. But I became too full. -__-
I also bought a snack and a lemon tea from 7-11 before going home. When I reached home I immediately ate the delicious thing. I took chopsticks from the kitchen and when I finished eating, as usual I washed it and put it inside the umm... I don't know how to say but it's like a small fridge, but not a fridge and it functions to dry washed dishes, chopsticks, bowls, etc.
Afterwards, I asked if I could watch Casino Royale. Bored, rather than playing computer all the time why not watch DVDs. Okay, then I enjoyed watching the film by eating my snack and drinking the lemon tea; both that I bought in 7-11. In the middle of the film, I wanted to pee so I went upstairs and then took my Betadine and cotton (because I forgot where my cotton bud is) downstairs. Rose asked me if I was hurt and I said it was the injury because of my shoe. Then I asked if she has cotton buds because it's easier using that rather than using normal cottons. After I put Betadine on my injury, I put a plaster on.
Later when I finished watching, I put the CD back in place. I took my things and put them in my room upstairs, and then brought my diary and a pen downstairs. I went downstairs to play computer, and then I checked my e-mail again. Mom had replied my mail already. She told me to try mu gua niunai. Papaya juice with milk. Mom said it's very popular in Taiwan. So, I asked Rose. She said there's one nearby. So if I want to go she can accompany me later. Ok then, I said later. Oh yeah, I also checked my facebook. And also I asked Rose to put my Nokia Cable Connector in the USB port behind the system unit (the front ones are all occupied). However, when I connected my handphone to store images....
I FORGOT. THAT I NEED. NOKIA PC SUITE. TO MAKE IT WORK. DAMN.
I made the same mistake again. When I was still in Indonesia, I used my father's laptop and I did the same thing, and forgot I needed Nokia PC Suite. Well, my computer has that so I didn't worry. And now I gotta download it. -_______________-
For lunch, Rose made dumplings. Simple frozen pork dumplings that only need hot water to boil them and make them edible. DELICIOUS. Maybe I shouldn't have asked for only 5...
Afterwards I wrote my diary again. Rose was watching a Japanese film in a DVD she borrowed from her friend, telling about six rich teens who did an investigation or something because they're bored... yeah being too rich made them bored because they have nothing to do. Actually I don't get the whole point, but they seem to be trying to make someone, maybe politically evil or is someone with a strong influence in the market or something like that, get captured for his evil deeds. This kinda remind me of Special A, but it's different because the teens are all rich kids while in Special A one is not a rich kid.. hehehe.
Later I went with Rose to look for mu gua(papaya) niunai, or simply PAPANIU. On the way to papaniu, we passed by a stationery shop, which my host parents told Rose to take me to. I like stationery shops, so of course I agreed to go in. I bought 2 pens, each costing 8 NT$, letter papers with Wan Wan (maybe it's spelled like this) on it, a small smiling Goddess Kwan Im for my momma, and.... a Wan Wan stamp. But with no ink. And because I don't know, I didn't buy the ink. I thought it had ink, but it had no ink. LOL. Buying a stamp with no ink. -__-
Okay, so I'm finished with the stationery store. I've found a new favorite; Wan Wan's character! It's soooo cute. I just love it. I'll draw it sometime. After some walking, we finally got to papaniu store. One costs 45 NT$ and I bought one. Rose bought one umm..., don't know how to say it, but for anyone who knows Quickly drinks, yeah it's like that. I didn't drink my papaniu on the way home because I wanted to take pictures. I've took picture of a dumpling Rose made for our lunch, and now I'm going to take a picture of my newly bought papaniu!
Yesh, I took one. Then I drank it. .... IT AIN'T TASTY. Well I never really liked papayas but well, I can try. LOL. I talked a lot today with Rose, and my papaniu is some kind of abandoned. LOL. But later on I continued to drink it. I didn't finish though. It wasn't that good... well for ME. HAHAHAHA.
Because the rubbish bins here are recyclable and non recyclable, I threw the remaining juice (because Rose doesn't like it too) and then put it inside the recyclable bin. I tried my stamp, but it doesn't work. Well, it doesn't have ink. Of course it doesn't work. But I didn't know and Rose was having a phone call at that time. I tried to open the bottom. HEHE. But I saw it was all glue so I think it wouldn't be that way. Once Rose finished the phone call, she told me I needed ink. Okay. LOL.
I said I wanted to take a bath, but I wanted to start writing a letter for my parents. So, my bath plan was cancelled for some time, until home ma came home and told me we will go out for dinner. Actually Rose had finished but I still wanted to continue my letter. When home ma said that, well... I took a bath immediately LOL. Because I thought time is already running out. HAHA.
Having not opened my hair dryer and having not asked my host parents yet if I could use my 120V hair dryer here or not, I used my microfiber towel to dry my hair. It's faster that way because the microfiber towel doesn't get that wet even when used to wet hair.
It's still half-dry and then I went downstairs. Home ma says home ba will get us in ten minutes. Aiya. Okay then, I prepared my things, like my wallet and handphone and then took my shoes. And then off we go. We meet home ba in the edge of the road in the T-junction left of the apartment.
We are going to go to a hot plate restaurant. It seems we have company there, who are home ba's coworkers. Then I was asked to say hello to them. Even after learning basics of Mandarin, I'm still a beginner at all. I was already right saying Nin (2) hao (3), but they're not only one. They're more than one. So it should be... Ninmen? Tralalalala~
For the main menu I chose chicken steak on hot plate. Then I took fried rice, some veggies and a piece of something like tofu. Afterwards I took some pieces of mango and a banana. Before finishing my last pieces of mango, the menu I ordered came. So I ate it first.
After everyone else came home already, we got back in the car to go. I thought we were going home, but somehow my mind tells me this is not the way home. HAHA. How would I even know we're going home or not. But it turned out right. LOL.
We're going to my third family's house, which is also my counsellor's house. His house is quite nice, and he has a big TV! HAHAHHAHA. Home ba & ma talked for some time, I ate a small banana and drank a glass of yoghurt. Rose found an OPEN (7-11 mascot) doll, and showed it to me. My counsellor said it is his daughter's. Later when we are going to go home, my third home ma gave the doll to me. YAYY. MY DEAR OPEN-CHAN.
After that we went home. Eh wait, home ba stopped at one point to meet with someone, and then went to some place where we choose food and then it will be cooked or put in a soup. We bought some and then went home. Today I slept quite late because I need to finish my letters for Pho-Pho (grandma), my aunt in Bekasi, and for my mama papa. Hehehehe. Cos tomorrow we're going to the post office (it's weekend so home ba & ma doesn't have work).
After finishing on my diary, I went to sleep. Tralalal~
Today I woke up at around 7.20, but I was kinda sleepy so, as usual I didn't get out from the room and instead I'm just lying on the bed, but not sleeping. At 8 I got out from my room and did my morning daily basis; opening my retainer, washing my face and then pee. Afterwards I went downstairs. I saw my home ba (read: pa as in papa) so I said zao(3) an and he replied the same. He was watching baseball at the meantime, and he told me the Chinese word for baseball. Says that baseball is very popular in Taiwan. At first I heard like, ban qiao or something but when I checked my English-Chinese dictionary it turned out to be different. LOL.
Shortly after my home ba says he wants to go to his office. When he says shang(4) ban(1), which means go to work... well, my brain didn't register what he said and a little while later I finally realized when he says he wants to go to the office. Lol. My home ma has gone to work already, so I play the computer and reply my e-mails. Then my host sister, Rose, woke up. She cleaned the home a little and then asked me if I want to go now. I finished my last reply to an email and then I went to buy breakfast like usual. Unlike in Indonesia, usually I buy breakfast because I'm free. My fave is Dambing (4/1 if I'm not wrong), but I don't know how to explain that. For today I bought that, 2 portions because I like it so much. LOL. But I became too full. -__-
I also bought a snack and a lemon tea from 7-11 before going home. When I reached home I immediately ate the delicious thing. I took chopsticks from the kitchen and when I finished eating, as usual I washed it and put it inside the umm... I don't know how to say but it's like a small fridge, but not a fridge and it functions to dry washed dishes, chopsticks, bowls, etc.
Afterwards, I asked if I could watch Casino Royale. Bored, rather than playing computer all the time why not watch DVDs. Okay, then I enjoyed watching the film by eating my snack and drinking the lemon tea; both that I bought in 7-11. In the middle of the film, I wanted to pee so I went upstairs and then took my Betadine and cotton (because I forgot where my cotton bud is) downstairs. Rose asked me if I was hurt and I said it was the injury because of my shoe. Then I asked if she has cotton buds because it's easier using that rather than using normal cottons. After I put Betadine on my injury, I put a plaster on.
Later when I finished watching, I put the CD back in place. I took my things and put them in my room upstairs, and then brought my diary and a pen downstairs. I went downstairs to play computer, and then I checked my e-mail again. Mom had replied my mail already. She told me to try mu gua niunai. Papaya juice with milk. Mom said it's very popular in Taiwan. So, I asked Rose. She said there's one nearby. So if I want to go she can accompany me later. Ok then, I said later. Oh yeah, I also checked my facebook. And also I asked Rose to put my Nokia Cable Connector in the USB port behind the system unit (the front ones are all occupied). However, when I connected my handphone to store images....
I FORGOT. THAT I NEED. NOKIA PC SUITE. TO MAKE IT WORK. DAMN.
I made the same mistake again. When I was still in Indonesia, I used my father's laptop and I did the same thing, and forgot I needed Nokia PC Suite. Well, my computer has that so I didn't worry. And now I gotta download it. -_______________-
For lunch, Rose made dumplings. Simple frozen pork dumplings that only need hot water to boil them and make them edible. DELICIOUS. Maybe I shouldn't have asked for only 5...
Afterwards I wrote my diary again. Rose was watching a Japanese film in a DVD she borrowed from her friend, telling about six rich teens who did an investigation or something because they're bored... yeah being too rich made them bored because they have nothing to do. Actually I don't get the whole point, but they seem to be trying to make someone, maybe politically evil or is someone with a strong influence in the market or something like that, get captured for his evil deeds. This kinda remind me of Special A, but it's different because the teens are all rich kids while in Special A one is not a rich kid.. hehehe.
Later I went with Rose to look for mu gua(papaya) niunai, or simply PAPANIU. On the way to papaniu, we passed by a stationery shop, which my host parents told Rose to take me to. I like stationery shops, so of course I agreed to go in. I bought 2 pens, each costing 8 NT$, letter papers with Wan Wan (maybe it's spelled like this) on it, a small smiling Goddess Kwan Im for my momma, and.... a Wan Wan stamp. But with no ink. And because I don't know, I didn't buy the ink. I thought it had ink, but it had no ink. LOL. Buying a stamp with no ink. -__-
Okay, so I'm finished with the stationery store. I've found a new favorite; Wan Wan's character! It's soooo cute. I just love it. I'll draw it sometime. After some walking, we finally got to papaniu store. One costs 45 NT$ and I bought one. Rose bought one umm..., don't know how to say it, but for anyone who knows Quickly drinks, yeah it's like that. I didn't drink my papaniu on the way home because I wanted to take pictures. I've took picture of a dumpling Rose made for our lunch, and now I'm going to take a picture of my newly bought papaniu!
Yesh, I took one. Then I drank it. .... IT AIN'T TASTY. Well I never really liked papayas but well, I can try. LOL. I talked a lot today with Rose, and my papaniu is some kind of abandoned. LOL. But later on I continued to drink it. I didn't finish though. It wasn't that good... well for ME. HAHAHAHA.
Because the rubbish bins here are recyclable and non recyclable, I threw the remaining juice (because Rose doesn't like it too) and then put it inside the recyclable bin. I tried my stamp, but it doesn't work. Well, it doesn't have ink. Of course it doesn't work. But I didn't know and Rose was having a phone call at that time. I tried to open the bottom. HEHE. But I saw it was all glue so I think it wouldn't be that way. Once Rose finished the phone call, she told me I needed ink. Okay. LOL.
I said I wanted to take a bath, but I wanted to start writing a letter for my parents. So, my bath plan was cancelled for some time, until home ma came home and told me we will go out for dinner. Actually Rose had finished but I still wanted to continue my letter. When home ma said that, well... I took a bath immediately LOL. Because I thought time is already running out. HAHA.
Having not opened my hair dryer and having not asked my host parents yet if I could use my 120V hair dryer here or not, I used my microfiber towel to dry my hair. It's faster that way because the microfiber towel doesn't get that wet even when used to wet hair.
It's still half-dry and then I went downstairs. Home ma says home ba will get us in ten minutes. Aiya. Okay then, I prepared my things, like my wallet and handphone and then took my shoes. And then off we go. We meet home ba in the edge of the road in the T-junction left of the apartment.
We are going to go to a hot plate restaurant. It seems we have company there, who are home ba's coworkers. Then I was asked to say hello to them. Even after learning basics of Mandarin, I'm still a beginner at all. I was already right saying Nin (2) hao (3), but they're not only one. They're more than one. So it should be... Ninmen? Tralalalala~
For the main menu I chose chicken steak on hot plate. Then I took fried rice, some veggies and a piece of something like tofu. Afterwards I took some pieces of mango and a banana. Before finishing my last pieces of mango, the menu I ordered came. So I ate it first.
After everyone else came home already, we got back in the car to go. I thought we were going home, but somehow my mind tells me this is not the way home. HAHA. How would I even know we're going home or not. But it turned out right. LOL.
We're going to my third family's house, which is also my counsellor's house. His house is quite nice, and he has a big TV! HAHAHHAHA. Home ba & ma talked for some time, I ate a small banana and drank a glass of yoghurt. Rose found an OPEN (7-11 mascot) doll, and showed it to me. My counsellor said it is his daughter's. Later when we are going to go home, my third home ma gave the doll to me. YAYY. MY DEAR OPEN-CHAN.
After that we went home. Eh wait, home ba stopped at one point to meet with someone, and then went to some place where we choose food and then it will be cooked or put in a soup. We bought some and then went home. Today I slept quite late because I need to finish my letters for Pho-Pho (grandma), my aunt in Bekasi, and for my mama papa. Hehehehe. Cos tomorrow we're going to the post office (it's weekend so home ba & ma doesn't have work).
After finishing on my diary, I went to sleep. Tralalal~
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