Haňule z Kyjova

I was a bit sore all over the body today, after the kung-fu class, but I went to school at 9 today, although I didn’t have any classes at the morning. But yesterday I asked the arts teacher if I can come to the class and learn caligraphy went I have free time, and he said yes, so I wanted to take the opportunity. There were no children in the class from 10 o’clock so I had the class all for myself. The teacher showed me first how to make the strokes rightly and in which order. He also tried to explain the meaning of the words, but his English isn’t so good so it took a little longer. Then he left me for myself and so for 2 hours I tried hard to copy his work. And there are the results:

When I showed these to Irene she started running through the office and showing it to all the people, letting them guess which is mine and which is my teachers But everone could guess that I’m still not that good

At 12:00 I had a my first meeting with 4 students. I took my lunch from Irene and went to the 5th floor to a studyroom, where we could talk. Normally we would sit outside but it was very cold today (17 C) and windy. When I looked at my lunchbox I was a bit unsure, because there were little fish, with their heads and internals and I was a bit afraid of them. But it was just a bit crunchy and salty and good with the peanuts and rice.

The students were very nice. They brought me some chicken nuggets and potatoes rings. They really like to eat! They also prepared a few questions and they were very interested in Czech republic. They said that our country is very famous for their couples to go for a honeymoon.

At 2pm I had a class with [Pany], a very active and as she says a bit childish, teacher It was in a class that concentrates on arts, so they have more arts classes than the others. They listened really carefully. I could see that they react a bit differently when they saw the pictures of our sights. Like the artist’s mind was really in them. They were so sweet that some of them gave me their own drawing. They are very beautiful. I think the children are really talented and I’m looking forward to meeting them again!

After this lesson we talked a bit with Pany. We talked about dogs in Taiwan, because she has a dog too. I thought that everyone in Taiwan has got a dog, because I see them a lot around the houses. But she said that many people here don’t like dogs and that they often call the police when they see them on the street. The police also can after 12 days, when nobody wants to adopt the dog, put him to death. And also if you want to have a dog in a flat, it often happens that the neighbours call the police on you…

Claire asked me if I can meet with 2 of her later students, that study nowadays at a university. so we had a little chat after that. They are studetns of English and French language. So a we chatted that I totally lost track of time and suddenly it was past 5pm. I wanted to collect my things and go home, but I met Claire in the corridor and she asked me if I can go with her to her English speaking lesson that she has with some students after school, to say them hello. So I went. And form saying hello there was suddenly asking many questions, learning a bit chinese and teaching a bit czech! and I spend there an hour! SO when I got home it was past 6pm! And I was sooooooo exhausted after so much talking.

When I turned on my computer I had a skype call from Martin and Tomáš from CZE, so I didn’t take any rest at all! (thank you guys :)) And in the evening we went for the night market to the centre of the city. That was really something! SO much food everywhere. We tasted a lot of them. Finally I got to taste the so called “stinky tofu”. And it was yummy! with all the garlic and salad. Then we tried some fried noodles, and I don’t know what, but was probably made of pig’s blood. But all was very good and I am stuffed again. And the drink made of sugar cane with ginger din’t help at all. I have to go to bed to digest and regain my strength for tomorrow! Because tomorrow ……. I’ll tell later nighty night!

stinky tofu

something made of pig’s blood

the fruit is so delicious here!!!

maybe next time!