Rip Van Wrikle 與南柯一夢

我發現我的短暫專注力讓我總是沒有辦法讀美國文學太久，不是看不懂就是看五分鐘不到就睡著，然後醒後來又看不到幾分鐘後就睡著。直到讀Rip Van Wrinkle我才覺得讀文學有那麼一點趣味，這是因為這篇故事跟中國的南柯一夢有點類似。

Rip Van Wrinkle喝了一點酒後醒來，已經是二十年後...
而南柯太守在樹下一覺醒來，也是二十年後...

我這裡的日子是不是也是南柯一夢呢？

不，雖然還是不太相信自己人真的身在美國，而且很累(教課、上課、與人交際)，但我一定會讓美國生活多采多姿。

First American Football Game 首場美式橄欖球賽

I was lucky that I was introduced to a Taiwanese family, the Lin's family. Later, there would be a plenty of adventures and experiences that all had to thank the Lin family.

September is also happened to be the American Football Season, so Lin invited me and my roommate to watch our first American football game. It was so fun and I listed some things I learned today.

Tailgate Party

When I was asked if I would like to check out tailgate party, I was very confused and wondering if there is some sort of party held in the back of the gate because of the name tailgate. When I was there for the tailgate party, I soon learned that the tailgate is the back door of the car and people have party with games and some drinks before the football games start.

Part of the Tailgate Party( As shown, this part of the party supports VF team)

車尾門派對 (如圖這一邊是支持VT 隊伍) 

Jelly Shots

Jelly Shots (VT V.S. ECU)  好像在tailgate party中才有的名產(含酒精的果凍)？

Corn Hole

This is me playing corn hole, the game they may play at tailgate party. It's simply. You just have to throw the sand bags to the opposite board with a hole on it to score. 

(Corn hole是一種遊戲，把沙包丟進對面有洞的箱子裡就得分了。)

The game is ON!

You may notice that it's the purple team's court since it is mostly purple color around the court. It's East Carolina University's home court (purple color) and Virginia Tech (orange color) is the guest team. I did not know too much about American football but it was a fun experience to see the game and feel the spirit of American football.

                        

                 

Dinner at Megan's house Megan家用餐

Megan昨天邀請我們去他們家用餐。

一進Megan的家她的老公就很親切的跟我們聊天，很喜歡他們的房子-很舒適、佈置的也很有品味，更重要的是住在裡面的人非常親切。^_^

看到他們準備的晚餐我就非常有食慾，每樣東西都看起來很好吃，尤其是義大利餃，好吃到我吃了一半才知道裡面是起司(因為平常不太吃起司，吃太多會頭疼。)，而且還吃了兩盤。

接下來的點心-藍莓蛋糕也當然好吃囉，吃起來一點都不膩，也不會太甜喔！

用餐時，大家聊得很愉快，聊了一些Megan他們的新婚生活和認識過程，看著Megan和Dew恩愛的樣子，讓人真是超羨慕的。用完餐後，當然還有活動囉！玩遊戲~~~

剛開始的時候我還蠻擔心自己的英文，因為都是英文遊戲，但是Megan和Dew兩個人都很有耐心的"偷偷"指導我，所以到最後我也玩瘋了，管他什麼英文說得好不好，玩的愉快最重要。

Dew說你所得到的卡就是你的特質，而他們也很訝異我都是拿到好的，巧合巧合，至於我是不是真的擁合那些特質，我們等著看吧！



Joking and Keeping Distance 開玩笑和保持距離

我來美國已經一個月了，除了我室友和指導老師外，沒有跟我開過玩笑，但昨天是第一次有我不認識的美國人跟我開玩笑。

I have been here for about a month but no one joked with me except my supervisor and roommate. Yesterday was a first time an American I don't know joked with me.

我在Walmart找白菜，有個男生擋在我面前缷貨，他問我需要不要什麼蔬菜，我微笑地跟他說不用，謝謝。然後，他指著一堆菜跟我說我應該要拿一些，可是因為我不知道那是什麼菜，所以我笑著說：「可是我不知道這是什麼菜耶！」但我還是拿了一些菜瞧瞧到底是什麼菜，接著他跟我說他只是開玩笑的，但是謝謝你微笑回對。

I was looking for a cabbage at Walmart and there is a man putting all the frest vegetables on the shelves and asked me if I need any vegetables since he was blokcing the way. I smiled and said " No, thank you." Then, he pointed to a kind of vegetable and told me that I should take some of them. Then, I looked at the vegatable and told him with a smile that I don't know what vegetable is this but I still took some to take a close look. He then said that he was just joking, but thanks for smiling back.

有時候我覺得自己是個特別的訪客，因為大家對我會保持一些距離，可能也是因為這裡的亞洲人很少，這會不會也是因為美國的文化就是與不認識的人保持距離? 我確實覺得當他們會離開很近時或是要經過你身旁時，會比台灣人還常說不好意思(excuse me)。

Sometimes I feel like I am a special guest here and people keep distance from me since there is only a few Asians here. Is it perhaps an American culture that keeping some distance with people they don't know? (I do feel that people here says more "Excuse me" when we do in Taiwan, expecially when they are getting very close to you or want to pass by you.)

喔，對了，那個我不知道的菜是芹菜，因為這裡的芹菜比台灣的大又粗，所以當下沒有認出來。
BTW, I figure out what vegetable it is. It is celery. I coudn't recognize it because it is bigger and thicker than the one we have in Taiwan.