Friday May 3rd, 2013
Oh boy. Power outage last night. All the lights, Internet
went POOF! Apparently the gas also was cut off. I don’t understand why or how
but it came back in the morning. So no big deal but the power outage felt like
hurricane season again. XD
Pushing myself through the first class to get as much
homework done as possible, it was definitely a mental drag and burden.
Satisfied with my good progress when the ten-minute break time came around, I
opted for a short nap. So down my head went onto the desk and my own personal
blackout followed less than a minute later. I tumbled so deep into
unconsciousness that I didn’t hear the bell to start class at all and woke up
about half an hour later. It felt like a boulder crushed upon me making me
struggle to get up. Thank gosh for that intense nap though! Twas desperately
needed.
Oh but what fun afterwards. (sarcasm) With the energy
recharge came a whopping stomachache that lasted for nearly two hours.
Owwwwowowowowowwwwww! Some Tylenol and Pepto Bismo pills later only provided
limited help. Big owie. T-T No me gusta!
Remember my mini rage about being overcharged on Wednesday
from the buffet at Tatung? Well apparently that raise in price has become
permanent…that sucks. Again I was charged even more compared with past weeks of
cheaper prices with more food.
Buuuuuut, I just have to bear with it since this buffet has the delicious
chicken, fish with tofu and egg options. Me wants the healthiness. :P
Ok….Best. Chinese. Class. EVER!!! Teacher and I. I and
teacher. Just two people. Why just two people? Camille (French chica) is
touring Taiwan with her visiting French family for a couple weeks. Rike
(German) and Marilu (Mexican) had an activity with their Rotary district. That
left me alone with teacher and awesomeness ensued. This class was the most
productive and personalized three hours of Chinese I’ve EVER had! IT WAS SO
FANTASTIC! Not only did we tackle new vocabulary but also I could comfortably
ask questions whenever confusion wracked my brain. We could assault the problem
until all was cleared, which they were. Teacher also went the extra distance to
point out some personal grammar and pronunciation snags I had, all which were
unknown to me beforehand. IT WAS SO WONDERFULLY HELPFUL! Heck, we even had fun
amongst the two of us by discussing differences and similarities between Texas
and Taiwan. Many revolved around school but there are some I ought to point out
just cuz they’re kinda bizzare.
The least shocking is giving yourself more luck if you don’t
eat beef. Ok, nothing outlandish in that. Now let’s head towards the subject of
pregnancy. In both America and Taiwan, most people upon sight of a pregnant
teenager will have negative thoughts about her. Taiwanese pregnant teenagers
use a certain technique to avoid being judged so negatively. As their tum-tums
get rounder, all their clothes get pudgier, meaning they alter their appearance
to look as if overall fat. They will keep their obese appearance until the baby
is born and slowly deflate themselves to normal size. Woah…that’s extreme. O.O
Then there’s something really flabbergasting to me involving the uterus fluid,
amniotic fluid I think is its name. People will eat or inject themselves with
it in order to make themselves beautiful. …that…is just repulsive. Does it harm
the fetus? I don’t know the exact science behind it but I imagine a pregnant
belly being sucked dry for this practice, depriving the unborn child of needed
nutrients. Oh I felt a bit nauseous when teacher told me this, which isn’t good
to have with an already upset stomach.
BUT that’s not the point! It was just a few minutes out of
the overall incredible lesson. So much help and clarity gives me warm fuzzy
feelings about the Chinese language. Private lessons rock! ^_^ 謝謝老師！(Thank you
teacher!)
Time for Andrea to
go TIMMMMMBERRRRRRRRRR!!! Night all! ;P
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