30 Reasons why I did not get my update done on time:
1. My dog ate it my update.
2. My dog ate my computer.
3. I just forgot!
4. Well you see I got stalled at the drink stand.
5. I was busy spending time learning Chinese.
6. God did not make the world in one day, what make you think I can do it all.
7. The bus broke down, and I was stalled for six hours on the bus with no way to get home.
8.I couldn’t think of anything to write.
9.I couldn’t find the computer.
10.I needed beauty rest.
11.I had to go to Taipei.
12.My team leader was sitting on my head.
13.My sister needed to talk.
14.We were having girl bonding time.
15.Well it is my day to have a manicure and that is a must.
16.I had to chase a ceiling fan down.
17.I had to mop the floor.
18.The MRT ran over my fingers in Taipei, and so now I can’t type.
19.I was busy spinning in a chair.
20.Well Holly made this yummy food, and I really did not want to miss out on it.
21.Daniel locked Lydia and I out of the house.
22.I was distracted and could not think because of the trash truck.
23.I needed to go and get my hair washed and styled.
24.I had to give everyone in Ji Ji a hair cut.
25.My computer exploded.
26.There was an earthquake a few days ago, and I was not sure that it was safe to get on line.
27.I was not sure if I was supposed to update in English or in Chinese.
28.Well I had problems because I tried to use chalk on the computer, and it did not work.
29.It snowed.
30.Well it was raining, and I wanted to play in the puddles.
What a wonderful weekend I had. Lydia, Holly, and I all went to Taipei this weekend. Holly had a doctors appointment, and Lydia and I just wanted to go and visit friends that live there. We left here on Friday afternoon at about 3:00 on a bus to Taipei.
We arrived there we met up with Laura and Daphne, who are some friends that we had met over winter break in Kinmen. All five of us girls went out for dinner at a near by night market. After dinner Holly and Daphne went home, Laura, Lydia and I just hung around for a little while just looking around.
We went back to Laura's house and her mom was up waiting for us, She was so hospitable and so caring we sat around her dinning room table talking in broken Chinese and English. Laura's mom would ask us a question in Chinese and then we would try to figure out what she had said. It was so fun for me to think in Chinese. We ended up staying up until 1:30 talking and trying to communicate.
In the morning we went to McDonald's for breakfast, and then we walked around the town where Laura lives. I enjoyed just looking around and not really having to be somewhere or worry about being late to something. Our time there was so relaxed. That afternoon we met up with Amy and Laura, Amy, Lydia, and I went to Taipei 101, which is the tallest building in the world. There is a lot of exspensive things in Taipei 101, but most people go there becauase there is an awesome bookstore there. The bookstore is like a Barns and Noble bookstore as there are a lot of books in English as well as Chinese. I really like going because it makes me feel smarter.
On Saturday all of the girl TAs from Kinmen, the Ji Ji girls and Ginger from Kinmen went out to eat at this beautiful resturant. Now, when you have that many girls together you know that there's going to be a party. It was a blast to be together with all of the girls.
Sunday after Church Lydia and I went to Subway for lunch with some sweet friend of ours and afterwords headed back to Ji Ji. I really had a fun weekend and I am so thankful to my friends who helped me and for Laura who let us stay at her house.
Sarah,
Ji Ji
