Pu Pu Coffee
Belly dancing...I'm taking a class at the local Salsa/Ju-Jitsu Studio! (Always the crazy juxtaposition) It's a brand new class and only 7 women are taking it. They're mostly older Taiwanese women. I can only assume that their children are all grown up and their a little bored. It's tons of fun and it's taught by a middle eastern man in his late twenties. It's about an hour and we've already learned some crazy stuff. We spent the first class learning only four steps. Needless to say after endless repetition, every muscle in my body was sore. I'm still having a problem learning to go from standing up to sitting on my feet and back again without using my hands, but I want to have it down before the end of the class!
I made some new friends today. When we first got to Taichung we all took a walk and passed a place called Pu Pu Coffee and Tea. We joked about how it would be great to get a t-shirt, and when I passed it again a couple of days ago, I couldn't resist asking if they had any. The man behind the counter spoke pretty good English and after some explaining ("Why do you want waste your money on Pu Pu Coffee t-shirt?") he said that he would have one for me the next day. I went back and it turns out he only had an old one, but it fits and it says Pu Pu Tea on it! Then he told me that he would give it to me for free! So I had a milk tea and sat down to talk to Angus and his friend Dorothy who also works there. We chatted for about an hour and we have tentative plans to go dancing sometime! They are really cool! Before I left, he came out of the kitchen with a bag of fruit. "This is for you!", Angus said. "He make a gift," Dorothy told me. I smiled and accepted the fruit. I love Youdza (it's the Moon Festival fruit that makes your lips numb, kind of like sweet grapefruit)!
It's weird to get random free stuff! It's not uncommon, but it's still pretty weird! Today I went to the 7-11 to get buy cigarettes. When I asked if they had lighters, the man behind the counter reached under it and pulled out a nice electric one and said "This is for you!" Thanks! This has been quite a day!
I made some new friends today. When we first got to Taichung we all took a walk and passed a place called Pu Pu Coffee and Tea. We joked about how it would be great to get a t-shirt, and when I passed it again a couple of days ago, I couldn't resist asking if they had any. The man behind the counter spoke pretty good English and after some explaining ("Why do you want waste your money on Pu Pu Coffee t-shirt?") he said that he would have one for me the next day. I went back and it turns out he only had an old one, but it fits and it says Pu Pu Tea on it! Then he told me that he would give it to me for free! So I had a milk tea and sat down to talk to Angus and his friend Dorothy who also works there. We chatted for about an hour and we have tentative plans to go dancing sometime! They are really cool! Before I left, he came out of the kitchen with a bag of fruit. "This is for you!", Angus said. "He make a gift," Dorothy told me. I smiled and accepted the fruit. I love Youdza (it's the Moon Festival fruit that makes your lips numb, kind of like sweet grapefruit)!
It's weird to get random free stuff! It's not uncommon, but it's still pretty weird! Today I went to the 7-11 to get buy cigarettes. When I asked if they had lighters, the man behind the counter reached under it and pulled out a nice electric one and said "This is for you!" Thanks! This has been quite a day!
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