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| Elizabeth (Liz) |
Quote of the day
What's the character for sesame?
- Iona
Greetings everyone!
For those of you who didn't know I was sick last week (which yes totally sucked because I legitimately sounded like Beloved, ugh!) But it did give me a chance to try some weird medicine, that Caroline's mom bought for me (which was SO sweet of her!!!). First was this weird flower paste called Chuan Bei Pipa Gao. It came in a jar and was almost as thick as molasses but definitely did not taste like it. It honestly worked though, I could feel it coating my sore throat and soothing it. The other weird thing I tried was pear with rock sugar. This is honestly genius because it worked, the first day I did this I did not cough nearly as much. It in a way was like natural cough syrup. I was very sweet and warm and I wasn't sure if it was gonna do anything but boy was I surprised. This too decreased my coughing, which was nice. But now I am better so I don't need any more medicine, which is also quite nice.
Runny nose and coughing fits aside we also have been taking some interesting classes like calligraphy. Now the thing with chinese calligraphy: it's really hard. Not only must you replicate the complex strokes required to form a character but you also need to keep in mind the order in which you do so. Thats why it takes years of practice to perfect such a skill. More importantly it is why all of us struggled during this class. We were given the appropriate tools (ink, paintbrush and paper) and a book that we could use for reference. And then the circus began. We all attempted to recreate our favorite and familiar characters such as kou and ren with the help of our teacher and Eren and Irene. I practiced my chinese name, Liu Ze Hui which is a lot harder with a paintbrush. After playing for a bit, our teacher put on a movie about The Monkey King which is a character from one of the most well known novels in China. It was animated and was really cute to watch while practice our "skills".
That's all for now!!!
For those of you who didn't know I was sick last week (which yes totally sucked because I legitimately sounded like Beloved, ugh!) But it did give me a chance to try some weird medicine, that Caroline's mom bought for me (which was SO sweet of her!!!). First was this weird flower paste called Chuan Bei Pipa Gao. It came in a jar and was almost as thick as molasses but definitely did not taste like it. It honestly worked though, I could feel it coating my sore throat and soothing it. The other weird thing I tried was pear with rock sugar. This is honestly genius because it worked, the first day I did this I did not cough nearly as much. It in a way was like natural cough syrup. I was very sweet and warm and I wasn't sure if it was gonna do anything but boy was I surprised. This too decreased my coughing, which was nice. But now I am better so I don't need any more medicine, which is also quite nice.
Runny nose and coughing fits aside we also have been taking some interesting classes like calligraphy. Now the thing with chinese calligraphy: it's really hard. Not only must you replicate the complex strokes required to form a character but you also need to keep in mind the order in which you do so. Thats why it takes years of practice to perfect such a skill. More importantly it is why all of us struggled during this class. We were given the appropriate tools (ink, paintbrush and paper) and a book that we could use for reference. And then the circus began. We all attempted to recreate our favorite and familiar characters such as kou and ren with the help of our teacher and Eren and Irene. I practiced my chinese name, Liu Ze Hui which is a lot harder with a paintbrush. After playing for a bit, our teacher put on a movie about The Monkey King which is a character from one of the most well known novels in China. It was animated and was really cute to watch while practice our "skills".
That's all for now!!!
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