These slides are for our free group class. They are multi-lingual–the flags are language buttons.
What comes next I can’t tell. I don’t know. I didn’t know before, and now there’s this cat. I didn’t expect that. Now I really don’t know. It attached itself to me. I thought I couldn’t keep any pet, and then as if it read my mind, it said “I can be a backpack cat.” It’s true I needed a cat. And I can ride my bicycle with this cat. But Dee Dee, what am I supposed to do with…
This person sells eggs. They probably have chickens. If I had a place to keep chickens, I would get some. This person sells flowers. They probably have a flower garden. If I have a place, I can probably make a living. Q. Tell me about your place. Would you get chickens?Q. What can you produce? Could that make a living?
When I’m very tired, what I need is sleep, not tra sua. But tra sua tastes good, and I want to sit down because I’m tired. Today I had many opportunities to take a nap, and I missed all of them. Instead I played on my computer and rode my bike. I’ll probably want to go to Michi mart for noodles after dark again. Q. What is something you enjoyed today?Q. Agree or disagree: school prepared me for adult life.
This cafe I think is a nice place in my neighborhood. In the mornings it is so calm at this cafe. There is piano music playing. It’s near a small lake. I like to bring my computer and sit for hours. The cafe has an upstairs, which is an English center. In the evenings when the English center is open, there are people in the cafe. It’s a small, friendly place. Q. What would you like to spend more time…
Standing around at a bus stop may be a dangerous thing for me to do. When some bus comes, I may feel an urge to step onto it even though I don’t know where it goes. For now, I will get lost in the leaves. I will be gone in a book. I will ride my bicycle on the outskirts of town. Soon enough, I will be able to get on the bus. Q. where would you like to go?Q….
My stomach wakes up slow in the morning. I’m up, but my stomach is still asleep. A little bit of pineapple to wake up my sleeping stomach. In the afternoon my head was in a daydream about a boat on a river. Let me sleep another day. I don’t want to work tomorrow. Q. What was breakfast? How was your day?Q. agree or disagree: movies are a waste of time.
when you are angry, you need to let it out. When your head is full of words that you want to yell, your head becomes big and round and orange. I sat under a big round orange and someone was there to listen. You need to let your feelings out. You need a place to put them. Q. Do you write your thoughts? Have you ever kept a journal?Q. What did you think about today?
I only want to do this. I want to ride my bike, take photos and write. I don’t want to do anything else. I want to look for places like this. I want to sit and do nothing. I want to drink coffee. I don’t care about anyone else’s business. I only want to do what I’m interested in. I want to sleep on this bamboo mat. Q. What are you interested in doing?Q. What is your plan for the…
I got a rice cooker for my room. It feels good to make my own rice. I got a small 1kg bag of rice for 20k. Next I will buy a bigger bag. It will feel good having that. I know that if anything happens, I will have food. Even if I can’t go out for some reason, I can make my own rice at home. It’s a good feeling knowing I have that. Q. How was your day? Did…
One of the things we did in Hanoi was ride the train. There were many others on the train that day. There were many families with kids. We rode the whole line just for fun. The train is a good way to see the city. On the train you can get a long view of the city. You can see the landscape changing. I liked the train. I liked riding with people. I liked viewing the city. Q. What did…