Silly Story in Chinese

在中国:

我在家里要读课文的。我读完了课文，要倍。我倍了一个故事叫“爬天都峰”。我读到“会头一看, 是一位白发苍苍的老爷爷”的是后，我说了“会头一看，是一位白发苍蝇”了。我和诸葛俊兰开始笑了。从这天，她叫我苍蝇。

我在读，读到“老爷爷抓住我的辨子，呵呵他说，‘谢谢。如果没有你，我就爬不上来的。居然爬上来了！’我回答，‘不，我应该谢谢您。如果没知道你也来爬，我就爬不上来了。’爸爸笑着说，‘你们两，一大一小，真有意思。’”我就倍：“老爷爷抓住我的辨子，呵呵他说，‘谢谢。我们爬上来，下不了了。所以我把你扔下去吧！’我回答，‘不对，我应该谢谢您。我要把您扔下去！’爸爸笑着说，‘你们两，一大一小，真有意思。我把你们两都扔-不对，我要把你们踢下去！！！’”然后我们又开始像傻子笑起来了。

Day Seven in China:

Hello! It is day seven in China!! Which means (does mental math) there are 54-7 days left! That’s 47 days left. Yay! Today was a fun day. Compared to all the other days in the week at least. Today we didn’t stay home all day. We went hiking today!!

The mountain was called 宝石山 (baoshi shan, mountain). It was right next to 西湖 (xi hu, lake). We left early in the morning, around 9:30. It was really warm out. I thought it was 37 degrees out (celsius) but it was actually only 35 or 36. There was not a single breeze, which made it worse. We walked to the foot of the mountain. Most of it was covered with trees, so we couldn’t exactly see the top of the mountain. There were tons of stairs up as far as I could see. So we began to climb. Unsurprisingly, Jasmine took the lead, racing up the stairs. My cousin (诸葛俊兰) was right behind her, racing up the stairs too. I was after her, and behind us was my uncle (诸葛军). After one-third of the way (which was very far), Jasmine grew tired and asked for water. So, we all took a break. Then we had to climb.

We saw two little baby chickens running around by the side of the path. They were fighting for a worm. It was the cutest thing. One of them had it already, and it was running around trying to get away from the other. The other one wouldn’t let it stop to eat. It hid in the branches and gobbled down the worm. The other chicken didn’t get to eat it. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find worms for it either. But they were super duper cute!

It was really warm out, or I should say steaming. I wasn’t getting tired, just sweaty and hot. It was really uncomfortable. But we still had to keep climbing stairs. I was surprised Jasmine didn’t start whining and complaining. It was getting warmer and warmer with each step. Finally, my cousin said she couldn’t take it. So did Jasmine. We walked a little further, and suddenly I could see the lake!! Well, partially because it was partially covered with bamboos. And that, was my mistake. I looked down. It must have been super super far because my head started getting dizzy. It was scary. There was a straight rocky drop through the trees all the way into, either the lake or street. Both were bad choices. I drank some water and we headed back down.

At the bottom, I could see the lake. It was right in front of me. There were tons and tons of lily-pads with a couple of lilies. It was very pretty. There were boats in the distance, and willows too. There were little dragonflies flying around and skinny little fish swimming around in the water. I sat in the shade, although it was still really warm. Jasmine and my cousin were throwing leaves at the dragonfly to shoo it away from it’s leaf on the lilypad. Poor dragonfly. Finally, we headed back.

Day Two in China:

Today was one of the scariest days. Today we were going to go the doctor. I was going to get a really, really icky medicine to eat, but one that was healthy and didn’t have tons of chemicals. I wasn’t going to start eating today, luckily. But for the first half of the day, I stayed home and completed my chores. My aunt had to go to work in the morning, but she said she would be back before lunch. She’s a teacher at one of the middle schools, and I guess they were taking tests, so she didn’t have to be there the whole day. Finally, she came home.

I was both excited and nervous for the visit. I was excited to see what kind of doctors they had, but nervous just like when you go to the doctor’s for a checkup. We got there at 1, and my aunt told me we had to wait an hour, at least. The hospital had many people in it. It wasn’t dirty, although it wasn’t clean either. My aunt and I waited a while. Suddenly we saw a doctor coming in, the main one, not the assistants. All of a sudden, tons of patients flooded her with questions about their health, or demands to see her next. Poor her, as soon as she got to work, she was nearly drowned by (maybe sick) patients! She walked into an office and kindly asked the people to give her some time, then closed the door. I sighed; there were so many people, I wasn’t sure how long I was going to wait!

Luckily, I brought my Nook (awesome). So I was reading and reading, and reading some more. Finally, when I look up at the clock, it was past 2! I couldn’t possibly have read that long! But I was wrong. I asked my aunt how long we would have to wait, and she said she would go check. After a couple minutes, she came back and told me probably another hour. So I took a break from reading, observed the other people, drank some water, and went back to reading. Soon, another hour had slipped by. This time when I asked again, the reply was: I really don’t know now. I realized I just had to wait.

In the end, I waited until around 5, maybe a little before. But seriously, 4 hours to see a doctor?! And the whole checkup process was minutes! She asked me questions, checked my pulse, and that was it. No thermometer or any other gadgets. That took me by surprise, even though I was told that usually it was like this in China. I got my medicine prescribed (two types) and we went home exhausted.

As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t eat the medicine today. But I just want to share the details: The first medicine is swallowed with waters. There are about sixty tiny balls (about { } <=that big) that I had to swallow down with water. It isn’t bad, because after you’re finished there’s no taste left in your mouth

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The second is much, much worse. Well, especially with comments from my cousin’s grandma. She said she had to take it for 6 years! She also told me that I had to be careful, because I would feel like throwing up afterwards. So I got really scared that I would. I held my breath, and gulped down as much as possible (pretty much all of it). Even when I held my breath, I could taste the disgusting bitterness!! But really, it wasn’t that bad (still doesn’t stop me from whining). Right after, I rinsed my mouth with water, and stuff a huge sugar cube into my mouth. It was sweet and sugary. At least I knew it wasn’t too bad, and I might be able to live through it [twice] every day.

Day One in China:

We got out of the airport around 10 and we were home by 2. The flight was especially boring. It was 14hours and 10 minutes long. Well, except for the 2 hour delay.There was a half hour delay in the airport, and when we got on the airplane, we had to wait two hours! I fell asleep for an hour so I didn’t even realize it was that long, thankfully. It was one of the worst days, because it was raining. Finally after a three hour drive, we got “home”. Jasmine and I ate some food, and went to bed. We really weren’t that tired, but we did manage to sleep.

The next day, we had many tasks to get done. First, to get our hair cut (our hair is long… I felt sad to see it get cut, but I was beginning to get bored of it, and I wanted it to change… in a good way, of course). So Jasmine, my aunt, and I went to a friend of my aunt’s who cut hair. The hilarious thing? The salon was called “Beaver Professionals”!! Seriously!! But they were really good. I got layers, where the front is short, but the back is longer. It isn’t too short; when I put it into a ponytail, it looks cute. At the end, there was a huge pile of hair on the ground! It was probably as much as the hair on my head! I like my new hair, definitely, and so did Jasmine!!

 

Later that day, we went to check out the “piano houses”. They were pretty much piano houses where you rented a piano for a period of time. The first one was alright I guess. But the parking was really bad, and there was no AC. How does someone live without AC in China?! I didn’t mean that literally, because plenty of people do, although I can’t. SO that one was immediately crossed off my list. The next one was much better. There was a better parking spot, and air-conditioning. The pianos were…eh, okay. There weren’t any “good” ones. There were two Strauss, a Goldstein, and a Forrest (did I spell that right? It might be Forest). The best were probably the Strauss pianos.

But before all the fussing around, we stayed home. We actually went shopping. The place where my aunt lives is an apartment like building. We live on the second floor. It seemed small at first glance, but actually after a while it didn’t seem small at all. It is a gated neighborhood with only apartments. Actually, never mind, not only apartments. Because that day, we went to buy watermelon! Yes, buying watermelon was one of our tasks, the one I created myself (I love watermelon). And the day was done!!

At night in China, it is warm. Really warm, especially with a blanket. But I guess it’s the same in the day. Still, I had no trouble sleeping (did I mention that I come from a family of pigs? Or maybe it’s just me?). And I definitely needed that sleep to get through my next day!!

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