It was my first day training and observing classes at Kojen. In my first class the teacher asks the students what is their favorite band. This boy stands up and says Michael Jackson with a serious face. The whole class starts laughing. I loved it! I was observing with a Chinese teacher and we were talking about our appreciation of him. Michael Jackson performed in Taipei and so far a lot of people have told me about it. The lesson was over bands and movies and I looked at the student's book beside me and there was a picture of Leonardo DiCaprio!! And yes sadly I knew when the picture was taken of him -1997 movie premiere of Romeo and Juliet hahaha! The Chinese teacher wrote his Chinese name out for me on paper :) I talked to Drew later and he thinks that in one of the vocabulary lessons the students learn how to say Leonardo DiCaprio in Chinese!! Also there was Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson in the vocabulary but no one knew who Mel Gibson was lol The teacher says is he young or old? Everyone said he was old because they don't know who he is. Unfortunately the teacher didn't ask about Leonardo DiCaprio hehe
After work Drew and I went to Lulalas, a vendor stand where you pick meats, noodles, and vegetables and they cook it for you like soup. I was excited since they had such good variety for a little stand. It was close to my apartment and it was noodle soup which I eat constantly. I put so much good food and Taiwan delicacies like pig blood and intestines in my soup. My soup cost 350元 which in USD is roughly about $15. So I take it home and started eating it and it had a really bad aftertaste but I kept trying to eat it since I thought it was just me since I'm still experiencing jetlag or the food that I put in. Cala was with me in the living room while I was trying to eat the noodle soup and she tells me that they add the spice ma la which is a sichuan pepper. They don't usually serve it in the U.S...and I know why! The aftertaste numbs your mouth since it's so spicy and it tasted to me like a mix of rubbing alcohol and vinegar :/ So yeah I was so sad since I couldn't eat it and I really wanted noodle soup. I hate wasting food, especially Taiwanese food so I was trying so hard to eat it but my tongue and stomach couldn't handle it. Oh well, it cost me $15 to realize I don't like ma la...
-Chihchat
Ahh! I had dinner at a Chinese friend's apartment last year (she was a foreign exchange student) and I had that pepper too! I couldn't figure out why my mouth was going numb!!
ReplyDeleteYeah my roommate Drew told me about it. At first I thought it was just me since I was drinking taro tea. I got sick later that night too LOL
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