Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Rollerblading B.B.Q.



We rollerbladed under the scorching sun for 3 hours, going thru the uneven, definitely not smooth road, from Shinagawa station all the way to almost like Haneda airport. These is my rollerblade group's tradition to have the mid summer B.B.Q. party every year. There we go.

It was so hot that I took the lead to dive into the not so clean water. Everyone then followed. There is not much damage in water fight this year because all crazy kids were in the water soaking wet anyways. Somehow it is not exciting or mischevious enough to pour a bucket of cold water over someone's head.

Elementary School Reunion (2)

My classmate really put a lot of effort to make the pictures look nice.
More drinking and fooding.
We were, we were... Uh, having a little too much to drink...
There were 56 kids in our class, 10 classes or more for one grade. roughly 600 kids grew up in the same school for 6 years. The classes were dismentled and re-assambled every 2 years. Every faces looked so familiar. Also living nearby, we probably played dodge ball after school or had fought each other in the park. It was all very nice memory, at the old times, kids were running around wild on the streets after school. Most of our parents were all too busy to figure out what we were doing. We solved dispute our own way, we spoke different language from the adult (I still remember I dare not to talk to adults when little) and made new friends (or enemies) in the park and dodgeball games. It is so different from modern parenting.

Elementary School Reunion (1)


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On my recent trip back to Taiwan, I ran from the airport with my backpack, to meet Irene, do some yoga and go to the elementary school reunion. This is the first time for me after 24 years (Oops, everyone knows how old I am now).

The gathering was planned for weeks, some delayed the flight to return to US, some made the early booking to return to Taipei earlier.

It is amazing to see everyone, it seems like we never change compared to 20 years ago.