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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 |
oh 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 [Applause] |
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 |
so |
[Applause] |
how do you go to work |
i usually go to work by bus do you usually travel by train yes i do |