desperate holiday
Monday was, for the most part, a fairly boring day. In the morning, I did discover the goodness of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," which is apparently the most popular Chinese novel of all time. At least, every one I talk to has read it. English translation for me though :p
Military training boasted us carrying tables down 4 flights of stairs then unloading boxes of test papers from a truck. This all only took one class, though due to the extreme heat it turned out to be pretty sweaty work & we were thus gifted with "Pocari Sweat" ion-restoring beverage (a japanese import). The second block featured the ever-popular "read your own books--no sleeping" policy. At least there was air conditioning. mmm...
Speaking of A/C, some classes at my school have it. Naturally the offices do--a few office staff have more need of cooling then 40 students in a smaller space--but it turns out that Junior 3 & Senior 3 are likewise equipped. Their "need to prepare for the test" is so much greater that they have air conditioning. Too bad I am not in that grade. In music class we started watching "The Phantom of the Opera," and this is the first time I have seen it.
We postponed for one week the 'talk talk' dinner invitation put forward by a random office lady at my school. Alex cancelled to go look for his cell phone, & Ivan didn't have permission to go on such short notice from his host parents. During '3 principles' class I got tired and so fell asleep. Unfortunately, when I woke up the last class of the day, Physics, had begun, so I was unable to leave at 4:00 as is my preference. Partway through that class, to my great dismay, the skies opened up and rain began to pour down, as is typical in Taiwan and the Wanfang area. I got thoroughly wet walking down to the MRT / bus stop.
Tuesday brought another cancellation~ I couldn't go to lunch with my Chinese teacher because Sandy decided I can't leave during school at lunch, for any reason, even accompanied by a staff member. Go figure. I was too stoked to read more "Three Kingdoms" so I went to the library for an hour instead of playing drums. The weather was a bit nicer though.
Today was gonna be the day they were gonna throw it back to you. Well, actually it wasn't. This morning I did practise drums for 2 hours, and the weather was a little bit cooler. Art class was o.k. We watched a video of some guy painting fruit, then we all painted fruit. Mine ended up looking pretty shitty, especially compared to the examples; however, it wasn't as inept as the work of some of my classmates. Way to paint things in one solid colour when we're working on light & shadow, gradients, etc. lol
Saturday still promises to yield either a Rotex event or choir, followed by a wedding reception / something. It's like a combination of Taiwanese wedding & Mormon wedding, so I will get to see 2 new things. whee
Rock on.
15 Comments:
Talk about an interesting and sheltered and unsheltered life. Do they think an 18 yr old can't handle himself with a teacher? Or is that due to the sex scandal? :p
I am interested to hear more about this book you are reading.
good song. I caught that song line hahahaha.
-Megs
you're going to see MY mormon wedding! or..atleast the reception. Romance of the Three Kingdoms...would 'fub and I like it?
except I don't think it's possible for you to see an actual mormon wedding
You're getting married?? Any by getting married, I mean getting married some time soon, and not just a general "Yes, I should think I would invite Kevin when I finally find someone with whom to sare my life with" sort of thing?
haha, no...I'm not getting married any time soon (as far as I know). and Bethany yes that's what I meant by "or..atleast the reception"
Haha, well if they are getting married inside the temple (which they are) then no, but I guess I am invited to the reception then. I like receptions. Sometimes I get fooled, where I go to some event and there is like a mass or some other religious service with a reception afterwards.
Eveverything's possible, Bethany, under certain circumstances. Members of the church are allowed in :p Though that would be a pretty unlikely situation. Maybe not possible for me.
You guys might like this book... probably not though, as it's based on Eastern morality, and women & love play a very, very small part. However, you never know, might want to give it a try. Everybody I've ever met likes it; we men concur it is quite 'badass' with many epic duels and battles. And just plain "ass kicking."
rock on
yeah Oasis! And oh, Phantom of the Opera is just about the best thing in the world, just TRY and argue!
Why isn't he allowed to see the actual ceremony? Is there a "rule" along the lines of "Really sorry, but this is a Mormon only event" ?
And what would happen if you were marrying say, a Jewish person? I am muchly confused.
actually, I think there is a rule that only mormon's are allowed in the mormon temple.
At first I didn't understand why you already had twelve comments and it was only the day after. But now I understand.
Connie
P.S. It's my birthday tomorrow (27th)
Oh.. is there a particular reason? Not that I mind, it just seems that something of that nature would have a reason behind it.
what if one pretended to be morman.. is there like a members club get-into-temple-free card? I am interested as christians (myself) can walk into any church of any christian denomination... what do the temples look like? I bet they're amazing.
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