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dinner smells good can i help

no no patty sit here i'm back with paul

hi uncle john susie ie hi hello patty this is paul he is our neighbor

hi paul hey

let's eat everyone patty try some three cup chicken

three cups of chicken no

not three cups of chicken three cup chicken you need 3 cups of

ingredients 3 cup chicken is really good

mom is the best cook thanks and here is some fried rice

no thanks i love fried rice

mom makes it sometimes does your mom cook much chinese food

no mom cooks more american food

dad likes american food yes i remember

what's that dish oyster omelette

hmm yum

it's really good try it patty uh

okay this is

interesting hey patty do you want the fish head

fish head patty eat some vegetables

thanks susie this vegetable is kong xing tai

in english people call it water spinach kong shin tsai

i like it suzy

thanks for cooking dinner eat more

no thank you i'm full

eat more i can't the food is not that good excuse

me paul

what did you say uh

nothing eat more everyone

suzy aie how did you cook the eggplant

do you like it yes when my mom cooks eggplants they're usually brown but

these are purple i fry the eggplants in a wok with some

vinegar then the eggplant stay purple

my wife cooks the best chinese food i know

suzy ali you really cooked a lot of dishes

she did but you know at a wedding banquet there

are often eight courses of food

really if i went to one i'd probably be stuffed

why eight courses of food the number eight in chinese

sounds like good luck each dish has a special meaning too

that's very interesting ma

what's for dessert tonight i almost forgot

i made something special

that's my coin paul no it's not yes it is the coin is cool

it's gold give it back paul

i can share with you but it's not yours to share

it's mine brian it's okay if paul wants to share it let him

but it's not his both of you can have it

brian we can play with it together paul my teacher gave the coin to me

you were there is that true paul

no mr lee gave it to me

when did you take it from me paul what are you talking about

when did mr lee give the coin to you paul

let me think he gave it to me on april 31st

then paul is not the real owner the real owner is brian

how do you know patty because there is no april 31st the month

of april only has 30 days that's right

fine take your coin my

paul i'm sorry okay sorry

i really don't like paul does he pick on you a lot

yes well

no not really

he gets picked on too paul just needs help sometimes we all do

he wasn't very polite no

i think paul is angry and sad his parents aren't home very much

so we often invite him to eat dinner with us

i try to be nice but sometimes

it's hard i'm glad you try brian

paul is a good kid paul was rude

yes but we need to be kind anyway we are nice to everyone all the time

either no

you're right susie ie well i'll call paul's mother later

susie i can clean up no no

mom you've had a long day we'll clean

okay thank you

thank you suzy ie dinner was so good i'm sorry i can't take you to taipei

i know grandma don't worry i understand your car's in the shop we know

yes and can they fix my baby

i hope so your baby

it's just a car i know but i love my car

it's my baby what's wrong with your baby the brakes

aren't very good i can't drive a car without good brakes

that's right it's not safe you are going to tai bay and safety is

important don't worry grandma the train is safe

the train i'm so excited i can't go with you

i'm sad about that but i have my english class this week

grandma you are a good teacher today roger can teach you about the

train you can take it to taipei i can't wait

patty get a window seat the scenery is beautiful

when are you coming back tomorrow evening our train arrives back

at hualien station around 5 30 pm this is a nice train station

where is everyone traveling all over taiwan

taking the train is very convenient we even have

high speed rail high speed rail

that sounds fun what are those two people yelling about

let me find out is there a problem between the men and

the women it's interesting here's the man's story

the woman sat beside him on the train then the man went to sleep and she took

his wallet did she

she said no and she doesn't even remember this man

the man was in seat 48 but she was in seat 49.

is everything okay patty you have a window seat beside me

you have seat 38 and i have seat 40. but then we aren't beside each other

sure we are all the seats with even numbers are

together and all the seats with odd numbers are together wait a minute then

the man is lying brian dear journal

i'm on the train roger is sleeping and brian is listening

to music i like my window seat something

interesting happened at the train station

a man lied about his missing wallet and blamed a woman for it

but she didn't take his wallet because she did not sit beside him

the woman is okay now

it's interesting to watch people many people are talking on their cell

phones others are reading and many are sleeping

just like roger i'm too excited to sleep

i'm on my way to taipei i can't wait to see taipei 101 and to

meet daisy raja's friend what a fun trip

from the train patty this is taipei

i like it patty

this is only taipei main station just wait until we get out into the city

do you have your ticket no i gave it to the train conductor

but he gave it back to you right look in your pocket

i found it

good you have to give it to the man at the

gate we'll also meet daisy there where's daisy

she'll be here soon let's just go through the gate

can i keep my ticket it would be a nice memory of my train trip

yes just get a stamp on your ticket

here you go patty thanks i'll put it in my journal

hey there's daisy hi everyone

welcome to taipei daisy it's great to see you again

meet my cousin patty hi patty it's nice to meet you

daisy and i went to school together it's nice to meet you too

i'm so excited me too

let's first go to my house and then we can go to taipei 101 for lunch

are we taking the bus yes let's go to the bus stop together

this is my first time to take the bus in taipei

you will have to show me what to do sure do you see this sign

it shows the bus number the bus stops at all these places

so which bus do we take this is our bus number

does our bus stop at your home it stops close to my home we'll have to

walk about a block when does our bus come

soon we'll have to wait here for the bus with

our number on it how much is the bus ride

it's only 15 nt that's cheaper than in america

when do we pay sometimes you pay when you get on the

bus sometimes you pay when you get off

we'll show you a sign on the bus the first character on it is shang

if the light behind that character is on you pay when you get on the bus

the second character is yeah if the light behind that character is on

you pay when you get off the bus stand good riding the bus isn't a mystery

but maybe you'll find another one to solve

you're a detective roger told me about you

here comes our bus so

why do people call this building taipei 101

well the building is in taipei

and it has a hundred and one floors wow that's tall

we have tall buildings at home but none are this tall

well let's go in which way is the entrance

it's over there come on

so what can we do here we can shop

i can see that there are a lot of stores what else can we do

we can go up to the observatory on the 89th floor we can see all of taipei from

up there fun but can we eat first i'm hungry

the food court is downstairs follow me

okay i'm full let's have some fun

let's go up to the observatory all right hey

there's a nice bookstore on the fourth floor can we stop there on the way sure

does this bookstore sell english books yes

this bookstore has a hundred and sixty thousand different english books wow

that's a lot let's go uh patty where are you going

the bookstore is this way right let's go wow this store is big

hey are there any travel books here

why do you want to look at travel books i want to find one about taiwan

didn't you bring one with you no i forgot

well the travel books are straight ahead

i'll show you i'm going to walk around and look at

other books don't get lost

i won't hey patty did you find anything good

yes i did this book is really good

it is all about taiwan it even has a section on hualien

that's great how much is the book

589 nt okay

do you want to buy anything else yes does this store sell cds sure

they are around the corner follow me hey roger

where are you i'm by the coffee shop are you guys

ready to go let me ask the girls

hey girls are you ready to go

i'm ready i just need to buy my things okay roger we'll meet you at the

entrance okay but i have a question

what is it where is the entrance

i'm a little lost just stay there and we'll come find you

dear journal

i had a great weekend my cousins and i explored taipei with our new friend

daisy daisy took us to see a lot of the sights

in taipei we went to the national palace museum

a place called shimon ding

how do you go to work

i usually go to work by bus do you usually travel by train yes i do

yes i do yes i do i love

traveling by train no i don't i usually travel by taxi