Little Bee Practices Drumming (太鼓教學參觀日)

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The preschool that my first grandson goes to has set a day for students' parents and/or grandparents to watch what the drumming class had been learning, and how they would be further taught, about the Japanese traditional drums called "Taiko" (わだいこ or 太鼓). It is this afternoon that this teaching-and-learning process was open for us to watch.

Since Little Bee's mother was busy taking care of his little brother (Little Shine) and his father is far away in Hong Kong, Jean and I went and attended this particular event instead of them: We watched the little children's performances and were very impressed by the way the teacher led such a young group of kids. If I were the teacher of them, I would not be able to handle those kids well -- They are still "untamed" animals, aren't they? Ha, ha, ha!

小宣學掃地啦 -- Little Shine Sweeping the Floor!

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My second grandson, Little Shine, will be one year and two months old in three days -- Well, by "in three days," I mean next Tuesday, November 24. It's fun that he's learning how to sweep the floor!

[Note: A good friend of mine has found a mistake I made: I entitled the film "Little Shine mopping the floor" (see below); in fact, he's not mopping it. You know why? Ha ha ha!]

再過三天（十一月二十四日）是兒子的生日，感謝主，兒子的次子（我的第二個孫子）似乎耳濡目染，已經學會掃地了。再過三天「小宣」正好滿一週歲又兩個月大呢！

A Reunion of Jean's Former Classmates

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Jean and I went to attend a reunion of her former class (中師 66 己班) today. I was one of the five men joining our wives, who belonged to the same class (己班) when they studied at Provincial Taichung Teacher's Junior College (台中師專) from 1972 to 1977.

It was my first time to join Jean in her Class Reunion, but I didn't feel "uncomfortable" at all. As I had been told, Mr. Youfu Huang, Mr. Wanshuang Wang, and Mr. Youzai Li (all of whom I had known for long) came to this reunion as well. This made me happy and, to tell the truth, their coming was a very important reason why I decided to come. Well, another important reason was that Jean very much wanted me to accompany her on this special trip!

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Gao Yueqin and Huang Yueqin:

Both of them have the same given name!

The hostesses of the Class Reunion (see above).

Brother Xue (or spelled Hsueh), 

whose birthday (Nov. 20) is celebrated today!

The entrance to 天染工坊, 

in Zhongxing New Village.

The front door of 天染工坊, 

in Zhongxing New Village.