TNN

Grandparents like to stay with us, but it's time for them to go home - TNN. Grandda's memory is in his 20th. He likes to look at rice paddy through windows and smells the soil air. Grandda is a farmer over 60 yrs. Grandma is worried about her garden, I know that. So they go home this afternoon.

As soon as we get into Grandda's home town, he knows we arrive, so we see his smile again. It's the same thing on Grandma (my mom's mom); when she was back to Tong Xiao on ambulance, she could smell the sea breeze, the smell of her home town. He looks out of window, tries to reconize the rice paddy and buildings. When we stop in front of the old house, he is ready to get into that house which is not used for ages. It's the house he lived in when he was 20-40. Most of relatvies live near by and some of them move into city. Those houses are different than old time. Grandda looks around, tries to find the house in memory, looks at some of relatives houses with smile. Anyway, since we arrive TNN home, Grandda couldn't stop smile. He talks more and keeps asking about the others. Althought, we have to guess what he asks, but we can see Grandda's happy coz he is at home!!!

It's pitty to have them in this house for such short time. But Grandparents miss their home, we can't keep them so long. As usual, Grandda doesn't reconize me whenever he wakes up. Grandma nags when she is awake. I have learn my lesson - not to listen to her / do not reply or contradict / keep smiling. But this couple weeks, I find something out from them. Even with my own parents, I am brought up by them, we do have some different in life style. Such as bath towel: My parents hang towels in bathroom and I dry my towel in airiness place. My parents narrow down necessary requisties in bathroom (sometimes, even one soap only) and we have around 5-6 bottles which might make my Dad nag at me for a while. So, I can have problem with my parents, how about DC? I only stay with Coffey family in X'mas, how can I know their living habit in such short time? I need to find out more for future reference. Ian, you are included too.

It is not raining, but cloudy and hot. Last couple days rained a bit, the heavy rain had cost some damanges in the North and Centre of TW. Mark is on stand-by for 3 days. This frontal surface is gone, the next one will arrive on Monday. Raining day is fine to me, but pls don't make me get wet. KHH's acid rain is well-known, I don't want to get bald...

Today, PNT government annouces it's OTORO time - Blue fin tuna. Dad says we can go when he comes back from Holland. So, DC, you gonna wait!!! The otoro price comes from 2 million NTD down to 340K NTD per tuna. There was a Japanese TV programme, it's a game on how many days to finish a tuna by 2 men. We saw the part I, they finished 45% in a week and they were in very bad shape coz they only could have tuna for meals. That's not enjoying.