Here in Taiwan the Father's Day falls on the eighth day of August, which is the eighth month of the year. As you may have learned, the number "8" is pronounced as "ba" in Mandarin, and we usually call our father "baba" (sometimes spelled as papa). So it's no wonder that our Father's Day is on August 8 -- the 8th day of the 8th month!
Well, it's not Father's Day today. But some of us who are fathers suggested that we celebrate this special Day ahead of time, so that we can enjoy spending the real Father's Day with our own papa and other members of our own family. This was a good idea, indeed. And so we got together at Zhuhe and Yanling's home this afternoon -- Zhuhe and his wife Yanling are our good friends at St. James' Church. They had cordially invited us to their home to celebrate this year's Father's Day. We did have a wonderful time chatting and eating and drinking together for hours; we drank very good tea, and we even tasted some extremely old whiskey.
Oh! Thank you, Lord. None of us have ever been drunkards. We just tasted a bit of spirits on this particular occasion.
[附註：Spirits are strong alcoholic drinks such as whiskey and gin. Spirits (複數) = 烈酒；又，spirits (複數) = 情緒、心情，或興致。Your spirits are your feelings at a particular time, especially feelings of happiness or unhappiness. 例如說：After supper, everyone was in high spirits.]
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