2007-02-14 10:49:43阿尼
something about last days..
The last day when I was sitting on your bed, you asked me " what are you thinking about?"
You’re right. That’s something. Something I was hesitant to tell you.
But I think i should tell you.
Actually, what surprised me most this time was when you reminded me to tell you every little thing in advance, including taking a bath or going to restroom. That’s really a shock to me then. I just kept pondering that was that the cultural difference. So the second time you asked why i didn’t take a bath before going to bed. Well, maybe i would rather sacrifice taking a bath compared with telling others that " i am going to take a bath."
In the steaming room, you told me one thing that Japanese won’t directly speak out something or ask questions even he doesn’t understand, in a way to smooth the conversation.But another cultural difference is that (or maybe personal difference), normally Taiwanese won’t speak out that you should have my permission befor doing such and such. Anyway, I treat the total thing as cutural things instead of personal things. So you just don’t mind.
And one last thing I want to explain is that, you once told me that you didn’t know my schedule as going over "rinku town" and "himeji castle". That made me feel i was kind of selfish, and not an undestanding person. Maybe you didn’t mean that. But I just want to tell you that I don’t have a computer, skype or even telephone(i can’t use my cell phone and i have to run outside of our apartment to make a phone call). This inconvenience made it diffcult to constantly inform you what’s the change in my present schedule. And when I made a phone call the day i was leaving for Kobe, i knew you probably couldn’t or wouldn’t go with me, the tone sounded just not right. So I made a change. The whole thing was supposed to be simple and easy to understand, but turned out to be misunderstanding. This was kind of sad.
As to "skype affair", i still have no idea of what’s happening. Not a clue.
These things haunted me those days, and i thinnk maybe you have total different idea. And I just tell you because you probably don’t know waht’s in my mind.
Hope this letter doesn’t bother you.
You’re right. That’s something. Something I was hesitant to tell you.
But I think i should tell you.
Actually, what surprised me most this time was when you reminded me to tell you every little thing in advance, including taking a bath or going to restroom. That’s really a shock to me then. I just kept pondering that was that the cultural difference. So the second time you asked why i didn’t take a bath before going to bed. Well, maybe i would rather sacrifice taking a bath compared with telling others that " i am going to take a bath."
In the steaming room, you told me one thing that Japanese won’t directly speak out something or ask questions even he doesn’t understand, in a way to smooth the conversation.But another cultural difference is that (or maybe personal difference), normally Taiwanese won’t speak out that you should have my permission befor doing such and such. Anyway, I treat the total thing as cutural things instead of personal things. So you just don’t mind.
And one last thing I want to explain is that, you once told me that you didn’t know my schedule as going over "rinku town" and "himeji castle". That made me feel i was kind of selfish, and not an undestanding person. Maybe you didn’t mean that. But I just want to tell you that I don’t have a computer, skype or even telephone(i can’t use my cell phone and i have to run outside of our apartment to make a phone call). This inconvenience made it diffcult to constantly inform you what’s the change in my present schedule. And when I made a phone call the day i was leaving for Kobe, i knew you probably couldn’t or wouldn’t go with me, the tone sounded just not right. So I made a change. The whole thing was supposed to be simple and easy to understand, but turned out to be misunderstanding. This was kind of sad.
As to "skype affair", i still have no idea of what’s happening. Not a clue.
These things haunted me those days, and i thinnk maybe you have total different idea. And I just tell you because you probably don’t know waht’s in my mind.
Hope this letter doesn’t bother you.