Sunday afternoon. 1:20 pm. I'm hungry. Let's go get some food. Mmm. ma Ja Mien sounds good...
Riding bike...hear some drumming...go down temple road....see big crowd. Let's check it out.
I slithered my way through the crowd to see my school's Jembe african drum team and dancers. They were in front of the temple doing a performane, with news crews all around. How cool! I watched them do their last couple dances, then they were finished. My students ran up to me to say hello and were so happy when I gave them high fives. While I was talking to some students, a lady came up to ask me some questions. I figured she was a parent and just interested...but then she said can we say that all one more time? Before I know it a camera crew is in my face and she is asking questions again. Let's step back and consider it's a Sunday afternoon and I'm a lazy bum. So, luckily I had makeup on and my hair was pulled back. Was I dressed for a camera? Nope. I had on sweatpants a hoodie, and um....no bra. ha ha ha. No one seemed to care...they were just so excited to see me there. After the camera take, I asked someone where the best Ma Ja Mien was and they pointed me toward 7-11. I got there and all the shacks near 7-11 were closed....so the next person to say hi to me (a peanut vendor) told me that it's BEHIND 7-11. So I bought some peanuts from him and hoped back on the black dragon (that's what I named my bike. Hey Long is how you say it in Chinese). I got to the shack and one of my cheerleaders was eating with her family. Being a typical shy Taiwanese, she pretended she didn't see me until I stared at her long enough to catch her attention, then she was "so surprised and happy" to see me. Her parents bowed and smiled to me while I ordered my Ma ja mien. He bagged it up and I was on my way. Oops, almost forgot to get a drink. I went to the closest tea stand to get some black tea and I had a brain fart when they told me the price. I couldn't think of any numbers. Everyone in line laughed when they had to type it on a calculator to tell me 15. Uh duh! yi suh ooh! Stupid me! lol. So, I have my peanuts, my ma ja mien, and my hong cha....perfect lunch. It's a beautiful day in Shin Kang, everyone is saying hi to me and waving, I saw an awesome performance, and will be on tv later tonight!
I will post the performance on youtube and if I catch myself on tv tonight I will post that too!
Riding bike...hear some drumming...go down temple road....see big crowd. Let's check it out.
I slithered my way through the crowd to see my school's Jembe african drum team and dancers. They were in front of the temple doing a performane, with news crews all around. How cool! I watched them do their last couple dances, then they were finished. My students ran up to me to say hello and were so happy when I gave them high fives. While I was talking to some students, a lady came up to ask me some questions. I figured she was a parent and just interested...but then she said can we say that all one more time? Before I know it a camera crew is in my face and she is asking questions again. Let's step back and consider it's a Sunday afternoon and I'm a lazy bum. So, luckily I had makeup on and my hair was pulled back. Was I dressed for a camera? Nope. I had on sweatpants a hoodie, and um....no bra. ha ha ha. No one seemed to care...they were just so excited to see me there. After the camera take, I asked someone where the best Ma Ja Mien was and they pointed me toward 7-11. I got there and all the shacks near 7-11 were closed....so the next person to say hi to me (a peanut vendor) told me that it's BEHIND 7-11. So I bought some peanuts from him and hoped back on the black dragon (that's what I named my bike. Hey Long is how you say it in Chinese). I got to the shack and one of my cheerleaders was eating with her family. Being a typical shy Taiwanese, she pretended she didn't see me until I stared at her long enough to catch her attention, then she was "so surprised and happy" to see me. Her parents bowed and smiled to me while I ordered my Ma ja mien. He bagged it up and I was on my way. Oops, almost forgot to get a drink. I went to the closest tea stand to get some black tea and I had a brain fart when they told me the price. I couldn't think of any numbers. Everyone in line laughed when they had to type it on a calculator to tell me 15. Uh duh! yi suh ooh! Stupid me! lol. So, I have my peanuts, my ma ja mien, and my hong cha....perfect lunch. It's a beautiful day in Shin Kang, everyone is saying hi to me and waving, I saw an awesome performance, and will be on tv later tonight!
I will post the performance on youtube and if I catch myself on tv tonight I will post that too!
***I just found out that the performance will be part of a tv show about my town. It will air on January 23rd at 10:00 pm. So, if someone records it for me, I will put it up on here***
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