A Day Spent with Diego

On Wednesday, my former student Diego (邱元亨) paid me a visit. We went to Costco because he said he'd never been there. He'd like to know what an American-style hypermarket was like. Upon entering the market, we both were amazed at what we saw–crowds of people! It was a weekday morning and we were wondering why there were so many people who didn't need to go to work. Were they all on a leave? Also, we were amazed at the power of the shopping vouchers.

Later we went to the Palace Museum. During the ride there, I asked Diego what he did about his English in the month before the UEE so that he could get a 91.xx in English on the UEE. He said that in addition to doing the past tests, he read the Fortune magazine.

Arriving at the Palace Museum, I practiced the law mentioned in the book The Secret--thinking there would be a parking space for me. And...it worked! After spending around 5 minutes looking for a parking space, we found one--the only one left. Amazing, isn't it? I introduced the book to Diego and told him one story in it. He seemed to have some interest in it.

We spent more than 2 hours in the musuem. We saw for the first time and reviewed a lot of national treasures. Each is a masterpiece. Our conclusion was that without distraction from television and some other modern technology products, people in ancient times had more time to work on art.

Around 4:30 we ended our trip to the museum. It was a wonderful day!