On the way to Algeria

I think I have kept in touch with my Algeria penpal over one year. But my Arabic handwriting is always for greeting only. So don't ask me how about my Arabic learning. I would run away.  It is not very short time and distance between Taiwan and Algeria in Africa. Mostly it needs to take four weeks to arrive there from Taiwan, and six to eight weeks to arrive to Taiwan from Algeria. Still, I am interested in Africa culture. What's more, I prefer to interchange something with different countries and cultures.

 

The above picture is the letter I got from Algeria. And she told me that she was born in August. So I went to stationary to buy a cute pen for her as birthday gift. Though it is not expensive gift, I hope she would like it. And this month all I think is dolphin. That's why I drew a dolphin which brings gift of friendship. Actually our sea shores can see dolphins, whales and many marine life. But our people never found it is really precious. So there is a boring HK guy to ask me why not I find a boy friend, suddenly I miss dolphins. I would rather to spend my time on feeding dolphins or takeing care our forests, stray dogs, old people, but not for sexual kind of things. Since then, I really want to think a good way to make sure my job and after job I could do those things I yearn for. I like to: pile a sand castle, swim with dolphin or dive with them, plan some plants, lie on the grass and hold whole sky in my arm, make something from clay, listen to the voices from the heartbeat of earth, watch the night sky and divine the future's weather, build a secret base and conduct a retreat...

I think this summer is a qualitative change in my life. After I finished my pupa period, I want to change my name.

How To Eat A Crab

Today is Moon Festival here. Actually I am not active, I just have a day off and eat a great dinner with duck meat and crab. I don't have the appropriate person to play the sparkler at night. And sparkler costs much money. I would like to stay at home, because I go to sleep before 21:30 now.
I still remember I have promised Linda to show her how to eat a crab by photo. Because she was confused how we eat crabs with hard shell. So the first picture just as you see.

And then I seperate with 8 feet and then turn its body to the back. Open it then as you see, it's the part you can eat. As for the shell, we don't eat that. We just eat the orange-colored part of a cooked female crab consisting of its roe, and then the white meat. You can use fork or chopsticks to eat that. It depends your habit. Mostly I use chopsticks. So if one day you come to Taiwan, don't forget to eat our crabs and other kind of seafood. If you don't know how to eat, you can tell our people. Our people would be really happy to teach you how to eat that.

Fly to Finland

I know I reply to the letter too late. All I can say is sorry and forgive me. But I also don't want to reply the rough-and-ready letter.
I am excited that my Dutch friend study in Finland, and I can receive the stamp from Finland. In addition, I cannot wait to know my friend's life in there.
Thanks for Linda, I tried the Stroopwafels cookie. It tastes yummy. I would think other idea to show our snacks or food. Besides, September is a big month for us because of Moon Festival. We can have a day off on Moon Festival. On that day, we watch a full moon and firework shows. Then we eat moon cakes with tea, in addition, we do barbecue together. You can celebrate with family, friends or couple, that would be fine.
I think the best way to introduce the Moon Festival is not for the text introduction only. Therefore I made a card for Linda. The following pictures are the frontage, leaf and the reserve side.

It's a sentence or you can say the poetic couplet which related with moon. I specially wrote the two styles of calligraphy. You can guess the meaning of the four pictured words. From the right to left, they are: fish, moon, bird and sky. As for the meaning for the poetic couplet, I am seeing the fish reading moon quietly and smiling at the bird chatting with sky.