Past memories+Jiuchong Hu #2

                                  Jiuchong Hu #2 Chin Chen Nong Chang

 (Tea & Mochi garden)
친첸농장 (차&떡정원)

Originally, nong-chang means a farm

but, there is no vegies, animals and even farmers!

I don't know if they are hidden at the back
사실, nong-chang이라는게 농장이란 소린데요
야채도 없고, 동물도 없고, 심지어 농부도 없어요!
뒤에 숨겨논건지

or

if I passed by without noticing

아니면, 모르고 지나쳤는지
or
whatsoever

어쨌건간에

So, I call this farm as a garden :-)

Chin Chen garden

sounds much better huh?
그래서, 그냥 정원이라고 부르기로 했어요
친첸정원
더 나은것 같죠?

Entrance of the garden

정원 입구

it was drizzling

you can feel the wet atmosphere in the pic

가랑비가 내렸어요

사진에서도 느껴지죠?

The giant upturned beetle.

 this looks lonely in this pic, say, kinda funny 

but, if u see the real one, it looks extra funny

pahaha, it has a heart shaped nose!!!!

거대한 엎어진 풍뎅이

사진에선 좀 외로워보이고, 뭐, 조금 웃겨보이는데

실은, 직접보면, 더 웃겨요><

코가 하트모양이에요!!!

Connie & Ady besides cone shaped trees

콘모양 나무 옆에 코니랑 에디

Garden from outside

밖에서 본 정원

Entrance of Chin Chen tea shop/restaurant

친첸찻집 겸 레스토랑 입구

Boss making wooden beetle

You can make one too on the weekends! :-)

나무풍뎅이 만드시는 사장님

주말에 오시면 만드실 수 있어요

Taiwanese indigenous people chair

looks like African tribe though

타이완 원주민 의자

아프리카 원주민 같이 생겼지만요

Tables and chairs of indigenous people

I give 5 out of 5!

원주민들 의자랑 테이블

Ady ordering Mashu and Hakka ground tea

마수(떡)이랑 하카차 주문하는 에디

 Now, It's time for Mashu DIY
이젠 마수를 직접 만들 차례랍니다 

First, Pound warm, glutenous rice paste in a milstone

This paste is quite sticky and oily

need to try hard to pound it well

처음에 따뜻하고 찰진 떡반죽을 절구에 넣고 잘 찧어요

이 반죽 꽤 끈적이고 미끄덩 거려요

그래서 잘 찧으려면 좀 힘들어요

This lady was an expert!

She did it so easily

like, spin, spin, pound, spin, spin, pound

she had her own rhythm and in 10 secs, it's done!

전문가 아주머니!

어찌나 쉽게 하시던지

돌리고, 돌리고, 찧고, 돌리고, 돌리고, 찧고

리듬 타셔서 10초 하시니까, 완성!

Pa-bam! We have our Mashu!

Also known as Mochi

따단~ 마수랍니다.

모치라고도 불려요

Rice paste with sweet nut sugar powder

yummmm!

쌀떡에 단 땅콩가루 같은걸 뭍힌거에요

인절미랑은 달라요

음~

Okay,

Next one is 'Hakka ground tea'

그럼 이번엔 하카차랍니다

Grind a lot of nuts in a bowl with a paddle

방망이로 그릇에 담긴 콩들을 잘 갈아요

Until all the nuts disappeared and leave only fine powder in the bowl

콩들이 다 사라지고 고운 가루만 남을 때까지 갈으셔야 되요

Then put the powder in cup and pour hot water

다 빻은 가루를 컵에 넣고 뜨거운 물을 부으세요

Now, we have our Hakka ground tea!

with dried plums, rice cracker and pumkin seeds 

그러면 하카차가 된답니다!

말린자두, 쌀과자랑 호박씨랑 같이 드시면 되요

It was raining in shower later

so we waited for our antie to pick us up

In this small village, everyone knows each other

 on rainy day, conversation of autie and the people in the restaurant 

with giggles and jokes

I didn't understand even a word,

but, you know, the feeling was so warm and touched my heart

This place is full of humanity

I remind you I'm at Jiuchong Hu in Sinpu township

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Past memories+Jiuchong Hu #1

 Jiuchong Hu Adventure Tour 1.

조총후 관광 첫번째

Jin Gu Nong Chang (Golden Valley Farm)
진구농장 (황금계곡농장)

15m far from where I live

내가 사는 곳에서 15m정도 떨어져있음

closed on Monday

Beautiful garden, Ming pond with fountain, little train, cafeteria, DIY on weekends

월요일엔 휴무! 정원이 예쁘고 밍분수와 작은 기차, 까페가 있음

YOU CAN

feed ducks and fish

take photos (free entrance)

buy flowers, cactus, vase, composed soil

have a picnic

오리랑 물고기 먹이도 줄 수 있고,
사진도 찍을 수 있고(들어가는건 공짜!),
꽃,선인장,화분,비료도 살 수 있고,
물론 소풍도 가능함

little birdy cactus

love it so much T_T

definitely gonna have one when I get back home

새모양 선인장!

완전 이쁨!

집에 가면 꼭 하나 살것임

You are right.

I am wearing scarf and well wrapped up

believe me

it's WINTER!!!!

맞아요.

저 목도리 둘둘 말고 있는거.

저 믿으셔도되요.

여기 지금 겨울이거든요!!

but you still can see flowers everywhere in this farm

Isn't it great?

겨울인데도 여기저기 꽃이 만발이랍니다.

완전 멋지죠?

All mighty me

Ahaha

손에서 물 나오는 나

아하하

Everyone has done this before.

Right?-_-

다들 한번씩은 하잖아요.

그렇죠?-_-

X-mas flower?

X-mas plant?

Oh whatever

크리스마스 꽃?

크리스마스 풀?

음 어쨌건

looks like a red carpet

꼭 레드카펫 같음

Cactus babies*
선인장 아가들*

Feel the air

I am in the middle of nature ha!

공기를 느껴보세요

나 지금 자연 한가운데에 있음, 하!

Now, I'm a cactus lover

선인장러버

another random pic in Jingu nong chang

진구농장 랜덤사진

told ya, this garden is a beauty.

말했죠, 이 정원 진짜 이쁨



There are more coming up

사진 더 올릴꺼에요

I remind you

다시한번 말씀드리지만

This is Jiuchong Hu *

여긴 조총후 입니다~

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Ngie in Taiwan

My third week in Taiwan has already started and now I am starting my blog :D

Just don't get a wrong idea. It is not like I am starting this late because of my laziness. I didn't bring my laptop so I needed some time to get used to this Taiwanese computer. Since I got here, they provided me two computers. One in the room and the other one in the office. When I use the one in the office, I have to be extra careful. Otherwise, it will just be turned off without a warning and blow all my works.-_- Zhi Xiang at the same office promised me to find another one by end of this week -u-* and I let you know that this computer has just rebooted again-9th time of the day. 

Let me introduce a bit of myself and a bit of my life here.

I'm Angela, a Korean from New Zealand. I came to Taiwan on 13th of Dec. Patty(Pei Jung Tsui) is my TN manager and on the day I arrived here, she and Ivory came to pick me up. 

Patty,Ivory and Me

I am living at Jiuqiong(Jiuchong) Hu in Shinpu township in Hsinchu county. Only two days ago, I had a roommate called Connie from Malaysia but she had gone back to her country so now there is no one who speaks English in this house. No, I was wrong. Here are at least two people who can speak broken English that is much better than my Chinese.

I wake up at 8.30 am, have breakfast at 8.50 am and start working at 9am til 6pm.

During working hours, I design some mascot charaters for this village and translate some English articles into Korean. I teach English to Zhi Xiang, the other Taiwanese worker, for an hour, write blogs and sometimes join to community activities and take photos. Later after 3 weeks, I have to record a video about this village and my life here and Taiwan. After 6pm, I am free to go but there is no transportation to get me to the town so I stay at home and watch some Chinese movies with English subtitles. If I am lucky, I can go on a trip to near places with Zhi Xiang :D

This is it. My everyday life here at Jiuchong Hu.

Does it sound bit boring? My weekdays? Yes, sure it is. That's why I wait my weekends so much><. Every weekend, I plan to go out and see Taiwan. I already had two great trips for the last two weeks with friends I met here. So, just wait. It won't be long.