These slides are for our free group class. They are multi-lingual–the flags are language buttons.
On a dark, cloudy day, my wandering feet brought me Westward, over the bridge, to the outskirts of the city. There on the quiet highway is a historical stone structure. It is a beautiful structure, but in such an odd place. There isn’t anything else around. Up a dark stair to the top, I climbed and stood above the highway. It felt dangerous. People in the past lived with danger more than we do now. I would have liked to…
You may be wearing old shoes. And even though they are old, you may not want to replace them. Perhaps you are fond of them. I am fond of my shoes. I am fond of my bike. I am fond of this place I call home. I would like to keep wearing my shoes and riding my bike and calling this place home. Q. Are you fond of your shoes? Have you had them a long time?Q. Tell me about…
The highway out of the city feels exciting. There are great big trucks on the highway North. They blare their horns and the ground shakes. On the roadside are big pots of steaming rice and chung cakes being wrapped and sold. I got one, and it was still warm. The highway out of the city is vibrant and chaotic. It feels fun. Q. Tell me about a big event in your life.Q. Have you ever wrapped a chung cake? What…
Some nights, when it’s late and I feel hungry, I go to Michi mart for instant ramen. Michi mart is open 24/7. There’s a hot water dispenser and bowls and chopsticks that I can use. This frog is sitting and waiting for a bug. I almost stepped on it by accident. If you’re sitting awake at night and want to eat ramen, then you can go to Michi mart. Q. Did you eat dinner yet? Some people think junk food…
I want to stay in the shade and lay in the cool soil like a worm. I looked under the weeds, and it looks comfortable under there. The worms are relaxing in the shade while I’m roasting out here like a peanut. If there were bun cha under the banana trees, then I’d stay there all day. I’d like to have what the worm has. Q. agree or disagree: I usually feel relaxed.Q. I’d like to have _.
Doing the same thing, following a pattern everyday, might be nice. Maybe eating the same thing for breakfast is a little boring. But the familiarity is nice. I wonder if I’ll still be doing the same thing when I am old. I imagine it would be nice. Q. What do you do regularly? Why?Q. How do you imagine yourself in old age?
After getting rained on a couple times, I finally decided to buy an umbrella. Today I used it for the first time. When you walk outside with an umbrella in the rain, it feels nice. The rain is nice to look at. The world looks different in the rain, and with an umbrella you can go out and see it. At the coffee shop I like to go to, there are big umbrellas to sit under. The storefront faces a…
After the rain, there were puddles and leaves all over the ground. The air was cool and still. There was nobody at the park. Some insects were examining fruit that fell from a tree. There were flags waving in a puddle’s reflection. The soccer nets hung damp with water. Yesterday evening was a different scene. There were football games going on, and there were many people waving. It must have been dreary during the rain. Now the flags are waving…
Rice paddies are so beautiful. I had never stood in one before. I stood and watched the wind in the grass. My eyes explored the water. It was so green all around. The sun was so hot. After that, I ate mangoes like a monkey. I drank bottled water. The rice paddy gave me an appetite. I wanted to see a rice paddy. I am hungry for Vietnam. Q. How was the weather today? What do you want to see?Q….
It is a beautiful day. There are many interesting things to see. A restaurant sign says ‘buffalo’ and ‘pho’ on it. Inside the restaurant, there is buffalo pho. Capybaras are suddenly in fashion. You can see them everywhere. Hundreds of them staring at you from the sidewalk. Many interesting things can be seen. Q. How was your day? Did you see anything interesting?Q. Tell me something interesting about you?