I am again. After a very busy weekend and a terribly greedy week I reported back to me - again by bad weather (Yes, even a typhoon. And this time it could be really funny ^ ^). As I write this (Friday afternoon), I would actually prefer to watch series, but, oh well. Without Internet access is very bad ^ ^ It's not like that I can not pay my rent, I've certainly long. Just not for the right time ^ ^ I'm here but on 29 August confiscated. They were paid around 3 days before the first real battle. Converted to pay for the 3 days I had about 11 €. Just because no one told me the same, I was never asked about it and I have to do otherwise by the way a little (So live and live and eat and learn and visa extension, and in general I fight through the Taiwanese capital. ... Is not much, but as you can something that you never got said, but ever forgotten ne) - naja. So I verpeilt that. I thought that would somehow have been already with the first payment here. Or not. Honestly, is my not come to mind. Sure, I asked myself, what with the days before 1 September is, but it has never told anyone to peep s ... And now not. I'm on the night of Wednesday to Thursday excessively watched series (hey! My Homework I've even done it! - Night 1 to about 3 ^ ^). And then I wake up on Thursday and is nothing around the Internet. Not that time who would have warned me, not that I have my Internet access may also need to study - Neeeein! Iwo! Even in Germany they will once again reminded of a pending payment before they turn one the juice. And here even the coffee cups warn a "Caution, I'm hot!" But I get no warning .... Menne .... No! I had to myself as to the reception and let me explain in a horrible Chinese mumbled that I have something must .... Although I have the 190 € for this month certainly paid long. You're not seeing: The mighty upset me yesterday ... I mean, the're right that I see but one. But I honestly thought I had somehow made the night of my laptop broke. Or cable. Or I know what. But the power they can turn me non. I know my voracious electricity meter card now but still appreciated! This morning, I then opened an account here (this was also so ne Action: hingerannt dozens of times and each time which falls what a new, what do I get anywhere else ....) and paid the money. Then I reported here the reception and said that the man for the Internet this evening comes. But since when is your evening (" 晚上 是 什么 时候 ?" XD No, I did NOT have this stupid. ... Argh ...), I was able to woman not say .... So let's see when I can read this ^ ^
But now to the actual topic of this entry! Last week Friday we had no Chinese lessons because it was planned on the day a trip (ie who had not come along, but free on the day ^ ^ but the trip was just silly cost € 2. And it is a TRIP! How can it not with the children?) Powerful early in the morning (7.45Uhr!) meeting was before the Chinese doctrine. I have just managed habs course again in time XD but still ^ ^ We went just about 2 hours .... Sounds long wars, but we were entertained reasonable: Our tour guide was a very funny young woman who is as much an avid bingo played with us when she heard that we all speak Chinese (they are not so long had to struggle with English ^ ^). Then we were treated to a very special TV series: Xiao Pang and his dog. ^ ^ I do not know exactly how the series is called (I would look for commands so, but you know ... the internet XD), but in the original Josie knows it for sure. The series comes namely from Japan and there seems to be a looooong successful. In each episode sent a man and his monkey whose Dog going to do a task (buying things get out of the cleaning, ....). And then, of course, always something wrong. ^ ^ Quite fun actually.
Shortly after 10 we arrived in Hwataoyao. Do not ask me where is it, I have no idea and I can not see at the moment. But if you google it yourself, it finds it ^ ^ determined if there were any suspicious many rice fields ... On our program note was a three-quarters of an hour for the ascent scheduled. Yes. As long s it really non. 10 minutes or so ^ ^ Hwataoyao is very well known for pottery, and we were given a brief introduction to pottery and smell will also lend a hand. I've obviously fallen on one of the few turntables ^ ^ That did not I finally can make! My work is somewhat oval (I refuse to call it egg-shaped!) Has become and that only with the help of professionals ^ ^ This is really quite hard, I can tell you! But I then decorated the dish even more beautiful. ^ ^ That was for us the way, all for free. Even the burning and is sent free of charge (even glazed those things!) Then I have only the problem of how do I get the bowl to Germany .... But all in good time ^ ^ After we looked halfway human, gabs lunch. Then, a little round in the surrounding gardens and inspect the furnaces and then back to the bus (Xiao Pang Haha)
As I said, we have not climbed as high ^ ^
Our next stop was Beipu, a village of the Hakka (Taiwanese ethnic group, something like Native American, Jessica's mom is Hakka), at first we were in a huge house, in which tea was probably sold. We could then form small groups of 8 people and participate in a Teewettbewerb. That was funny! We had two very strong Japanese in our group, so our group has also won then. ^ ^ It was drum, crumble sesame seeds, peanuts and even other small stuff as quickly as possible with the mortar, so it is a creamy paste. Especially important that you can see oil was ... (ask me non!) We have actually obtained tea. But not any tea, no!, Tea for as the equivalent of 300-400 euros. Yes. The net was able to drink bad ^ ^ And we had to grind it too (along with matcha or so ...) The obtained tea gabs then on Monday morning, the share ^ ^ we finally! And what can I say? It tastes like tea tastes just like ... .. Well ... ..
Saturday morning we went to something more civilized times already going on. I initially thought it would be a trip with the erhu club, but it turned out that the club of traditional musical instruments ^ ^ (is the name of the not so, but all who were there, play any old Chinese instruments ^ ^) We are about one and a half hours by bus drove off into the undergrowth. Ask me not now, exactly where is was, I'd look so .... Yifang said it was north of Taipei. In any case, the scenery was breathtaking seeeeehr and you could see the sea! Really like in a ^ by the Chinese middle age movies ^ The mountains were misty nice ... .. Mama would have surely love! After the last part but very windy bus ride we are in the Gold Ecological Park ". Previously, the Japanese have been there quite active in mining, so gabs admire quite a lot of Japanese buildings and of course always the mountains ^ ^ After the lunch box lunch, we had to guard against stray dogs, we all had a couple of hours with us to look around the park and the museums. Yifang, which I had just met, has very patiently with me in Chinese ^ ^ entertained somehow I find it strange, I heard from a construction worker here "You can speak Chinese? Why because you can speak Chinese? ".... XD
Yifang with the ominous gold sugar. I got mine the day it is sucked and somehow does not become smaller ....
At about 3 clock afternoon we went on foot as in our accommodation. This seems to be a kind of youth center. Ms. Wang said she could also just the home of a family have been there, but there was clearly too many rooms ^ ^ In the evening we then spent a karaoke competition and barbecue. I've learned the following:
first sing No, the people, the lyrics, can not sing them all. Actually, can the least ^ ^ (I have not sung, by the way ^ ^).
second Taiwanese have a very strange idea of the lighters. And do not let there be also help for foreigners. And I say to you, to light a barbecue on Taiwanese Art, you have to hold the lighter seeeeeeeehr long on a single carbon. And no, dear Taiwanese, a lighted match ever again you can not ignite at the box ...
third Taiwanese like small portions of meat. Papa would rotate through here ^ ^ really great Steak is not allowed in here to eat Papilein ^ ^ To the same ground meat, you have already 10 Taiwanese Portiönchen slip away ^ ^ But for the grill Taiwanese funniest things: corn, mushrooms, tofu, rice blood (ne specialties t, non-case, my German blood sausage XD I prefer ^ ^) toast, vegetables ... Then Dad still some ideas ^ ^
get 4th Taiwanese do not find it odd to lock a cat in a cabinet. I did.
5th There are also Taiwanese who sing karaoke damn good (the mistress of the house and its appendages). We hear there is really little that is not ne ^ ^ CD
On the way to our accommodation and our accommodation ("Lucky House "...)
DAPAO and the steps to the backyard (gefährlich!)
The next morning, I will only mark "DAPAO" (big cannonball ^ ^) Will be removed from the glass case. He was very grateful ^ ^ (do not worry, I've been asked for the mistress! Probably the cat and locked only when night or just jumping around too many people) It was then for all NEN Toast (getoastet! Toasted! ! Jahahahaha) and then we went to the evaluation of the karaoke competition. The participants were subsequently brought to the stage and were allowed to do what ever instead of a price ^ ^ The program was quite funny for the Taiwanese, but with my limited Chinese skills I could follow the events very well have limited ne? ^ ^ ^ ^ By the way won Yifang Afterwards then the bulk of the troops who played the funny Ballonzertretenspiel. In the blazing sun. I was not the only one who has renounced .... And then Kam. Very thick. After we had as nice a lot of time wasted, we could climb in the blazing midday heat (no mist or fog as the day before) the mountain to the next village. Levels. Seeeeeeeehr many levels. I would have made a photo for you, Mom, but I was just shortly before the collapse. And a girl has collapsed after it.
6th Taiwanese should not accept the plan. Seeeeehr bad idea. If break even Taiwanese in the project, then it's definitely not just the climate that made me create ....
I was of course according to mood. But honestly, who would not be? I'm not quite unsporting and for me we went to the limit.
We arrived in a mountain village, a kind of tourist stop, we on the railroad one could see from the bus. There we have our girls fell short in the market (yummy, yummy!) And drove home. We had not returned to the group to Taipei and the girls also had something else before what seemed to me quite contrary (there were many, many steps).
I've dusted off yet but a new camera bag. In the form of a "Eggplant," no idea what that is in German. I'd look so, but now it is DEFINITELY evening (18.28 clock) and I still have no Internet. -> Addendum: It is an eggplant ^ ^
At the weekend we had just described everything very lucky with the weather (after weeks of drizzle finally sun!), but this:
prospect and market
only briefly to this week isses weeks already crappy, because the next typhoon is present. So we have built our beautiful girls with eating and shopping ^ ^ Tuesday we were in Ximen. Less successful for the slightly fuller Jessica and me, but our 2 "Durchschnittsasiatinnen" (not meant bad, right?) Have stocked properly. The two can actually buy clothing without testing them .... Unbelievable! I've done it at least still Earrings ^ ^
In the middle, and right tasty meal with Zaire on Monday (a very cute little Japanese restaurant)
Oh! I see just right is also my camera bag in the picture ^ ^ Isse non cute? XD
Thursday evening we were in a really interesting Japanese restaurant. So half club, half bar, half restaurant. Of course, was correspondingly expensive, even though each of us got off below 20 €. I had a great faaaaaar soup - in the bread! So rather large pita bread, but it was still the best I've eaten here so far ^ ^ And then we settled in the bar area and sipped cocktails ^ ^ They were GIGANTIC! Images speak louder than words:
From left to right: Zaire, Jessica Burns, Jessica Chen. And then our great cocktails and ice cream!
Sun That's it from me again. I very much hope today to have dinner or the Internet. Finally, is Friday. I wish my readers a pleasant weekend. Let there you go!
PS: Now my internet works again. Saturday morning ... ..