"The Days Are Just Packed..."

Friday night kicked off a full weekend with almost every spare minute filled with opportunities.  Two of our Taiwanese friends came over (Phoebe and Kitty) and we worked on a puzzle that we had bought at the night market last week.  When we got really hungry...we biked into the Chaojhou night market for dinner.  On the menu: Japanese cabbage and egg cakes.  It wouldn't have been too bad except for the gross mayonnaise they use over here for icing.  Saturday we left home around 11:00 to go into Pingtung and watch our school compete in a sports day.  After our school won the relay, Kitty picked us up and we went to the Taiwan sugarcane factory.  We had the best pineapple ice cream ever!  On Sunday, we went into Kaohsiung with two teachers that were visiting us for the weekend and went to church with Florence and Jennifer, who are teaching assistants from summer camps.  We were fortunate enough to have someone translate the service for us, and afterwards, they wouldn't let us leave without eating their traditional Taiwanese potluck with them.  

As a result of all the business that has bombarded us lately, I managed to develop a small amount of sympathy (or tolerance) for the people who have ever complained to me about pulled muscles.  I used to think... "What a baby, it can't be that bad...just toughen up!"  It was a new experience for me to suffer any serious physical malady usually only incurred by brunt manual labour, but now, I have three smarting muscles in my back just asking for people to feel sorry for them.  But I have tried to learn from this experience...from now on, if anyone comes to me with a pulled muscle, I will make it an earnest endeavour to give them the compassion they are looking for :D