Wednesday May 8th, 2013
Another drag of a morning. Perhaps I’m feeling the effects
of a sodium deficit? Whatever it is, I can’t seem to feel energized as of late.
*looks at clear chicken broth can* …not today. Maybe tomorrow but so far that
seems like the only solution as made evident despite all the naps I had to take
at school. Something I wonder about when I return to America, how long will it
take me to adjust to no naptime? I predict there’ll be some difficulty but
hopefully not too much. Taiwan’s afternoon naptime will sorely be missed. ;)
Same buffet as yesterday, I had fun with my box. Maybe too
much fun. My hungry carnivorous side was appeased through the nice about of
meat with a lovely side of accompanying veggies. Those little Dim Sum creations,
what I think are meatballs of a kind, have also been ranked as a food I really
enjoy. The buffet offered the colors yellow and green (as you see here) but
there’s no taste difference between them. Both are delicious. Actually
everything was delicious though I think the box was filled a bit greedily. It
was filling past the point of satisfaction, towards quite full. Not the
greatest feeling. Yes, I’m strange in that I rather feel kinda hungry than
overly stuffed. Lesson learned, take less next time.
Afterschool I met up with Erin (Canadian chica) and visited
the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Eli (German) would’ve joined but unfortunately
came down with a terrible sickness. We’ve previously planned this trip before
but had cancelled due to her getting sick. Apparently the art museum is cursed
towards Eli, poor thing. I hope she gets better.
The entrance fee situation was humorous. A lady asked if we
were 18+ years old or not. I replied yes and Erin no. Erin got a free ticket, I
paid for mine. Well at least my conscious is clear and untainted, huh? XD
With only an hour before the museum closed for the day, we
sped through the exhibits, half of which were blocked up due to switching the
exhibitions. One floor had paintings that were restored to their former colors.
My favorite section was attractive old-styled Chinese paintings lining the
room. A pleasant sight indeed. The other couple floors though…less pleasant.
All EXTREMELY confusing.
First was a display labeled illusions. Here’s what it
contained:
-Several videos of people reading an English letter with
unimportant contents while caressing objects surrounding them.
-Printers that spat out papers with Chinese characters that
came out black but soon faded into being completely invisible.
-Dark projection area that displayed undistinguishable
patterns.
-A beyond creepy dark room with projections of grimy
surroundings and distressed children. Combined with the spine-chilling music,
the room reeked of a Holocaust feel and I quickly left feeling quite disturbed.
So where exactly were the illusions? It must have been some
really abstract meaning because none of it made sense to either of us. We moved
on to a strange space room that also made no sense. There was also a place with
several videos of men on an icy artic expedition but the issue was that the
printed explanation never mentioned what the expedition was for. Not research
or experimentation so…nature reasons? Other unnerving small displays spotted
the museum here and there, ones we didn’t spend too much time in due to well, spookiness
and also not understanding what the heck we were looking at. By far the best
works of art were several gizzys with hilarious purposes. One manually flipped
a book to fan a person sleeping on a desk. Another was a makeshift window that
sat on your shoulder, which could rudely shut closed if you didn’t like the
person on the other side. The best probably was a machine that automatically
yanked someone’s collar up as if the opposing person was making a furious
gesture, only with no hands!
Just as Erin and I were wrapping up our time since the
museum was closing, Uncle Eric suddenly called me and asked if I could meet him
at Ximending to pick up the Chinese dresses with finished adjustments. Great
timing because I immediately headed on over and met up with him!
When we arrived at the shop, I was bid to try on each dress
to see how they turned out. The black and pink dress was spot on perfect! The
red one had a slight problem in the hips with a bulky section that was quickly
mended. Finally the green dress. Ohhhhh, the green dress. It had problems in
the hips, mainly the right side and it didn’t take one try to fix it. Not two
tries, not three, not even four. SIX times to feel satisfied with the turn out.
Indeed we had to wait a bit while the lady adjusted away with a sewing machine
and iron.
The wait though was worth it because now I have three
beautiful, long Chinese dresses fitted specifically to me. I love them all! No
I don’t have pictures of me wearing them but I can at least show y’all the
different fabrics all in one bag. Btw, I would put on the dresses and take the
pictures myself (like I did last time with the short one) but these dresses are
designed so I can’t zip up the back without risking tearing open a seam. That’s
how tightly adjusted they are. I think they are fairly slimming but I didn’t
get a good look in the mirror at the store because of rushing to get the
dresses fixed. Though I do know one thing, I uberly love them! ^_^ I’m very
grateful and appreciative of Uncle Eric’s kindness!
Slipping into the night, we exited the store and immediately
crossed the street for dinner. Uncle Eric generously treated me to a meal of my
choosing, grilled chicken with cheese. Oh good Lordie it was scrumptious! I do
admit that I didn’t taste as much as I normally would have due to slightly
scarfing down the food in hunger. No matter, the dish was delightful! Juicy
chicken with wonderful seasoning reached far beyond my expectations. Conversation
between Uncle Eric, his lady friend (who helped us talk with the dress
storeowner with adjustments) and I was a pleasant addition to the time
together. Following up was farewells, more ‘thank you’s from me and heading
back to the house with the subway and bus being strangely, comparatively empty.
I am quite weary and totally spent. Frankly I’m in need of a
recharge, more so than any amount of napping could provide at this moment.
Though my Rotary district has a Mandarin Speech contest tomorrow among the
exchange students, I’m not concerned at all mainly cuz I just don’t feel up to
it. My fingers are crossed that a restful night of sleep can cure that.
If this Taffy seems relatively lackluster, I apologize. I’ll
try and get some snoozles now. Good night all! Sleep well!
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