This writing is for you, John, because I wrote my entry in Chinese first. I started my volunteer work for the small community college this Thursday morning. This picture is a cactus I found next to the public libray.
Today's job is an one-time job. Mr. Hsien told me over the phone that I could come to help with dying the fabrics. These costumes are for the upcoming parade on Oct. 15 as part of the Tamshui Art Festival events.
I showed up at 10 am half sleepy since I didn’t go to bed until 3 am. But a promise is a promise. I met with 3 or 4 other female volunteers and we worked together to die 32 skirts (see picture below). I saw an older man who was pasting paper onto a huge boat float as the picture to the right. It's made of bamboo structure and then pasted with paper, and finally it will be patinted. Different people are working on different things. This is the first year that I stay in Taiwan in the fall so I don’t know much about the event. I was told that this type of event has been going on for three years.
I was told also that there would be an outdoor theate
r in Battery Park on Oot. 22. I hope I will be able to see it. Today’s experience is not too exciting and I’m not sure if they will call me for other tasks. I walked home with an old lady who happens to live close to mine. On the way, she showed me and told me the names of the plants we saw. She seemed to be very knowledgeable. But I took some photos of these flowers and two of them are on the bottom.
今天上午十點，我準時來到電信局前等待謝先生，他是志工召集人，我十分鐘前去阿給店吃早餐，昨晚三點才睡，人有些昏沉，今天就都在外面吃吧。家中還有一些辣雞丁，沒有青菜了，也沒有水果。原來就在旁邊有一個社大工作室，我看到幾位女性在搬東西，大家只是笑一笑，不知誰是主導者。
我看到有人在糊紙船，是為十月十五日的淡水藝術節踩街活動準備，這是一個新詞，以前叫作遊行或嘉年華會吧！後來終於知道我是要來染布，共有四個人，已經有人把布條裙子車好，我們就是用五個顏色手染。這也很好玩。我們十一點半就完成了，難度不高，我回家時與一位退休媽媽一起走回家，她是從內湖搬過來的五年左右 我們一路上看各種花木，她幾乎全部都認識，我也隨手拍一些照片。
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