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Hello everyone, well
yesterday I thought about writing a post a few times but that is as
far as I got but I am going to get this written and posted before
taking Leo to school and I am going to update my diary.
After taking Leo to
school yesterday Jessica and I went and got another tattoo on my
body, I had wanted it on my left hand but it was shaking a lot and
Jessica and the tattoo artist both thought it would be better to put
it on my back. So it is now on the left shoulder area of my back
and Jessica said I should add the other grandkids later on. It didn't
hurt at all in fact I barely felt him doing it, the guy who did the
tattoo kept calling me dear. When I told my mum about getting it last
night I could tell she wasn't interested but both her and dad do not
get people getting tattoos.
I was going to tell you
about having a typical meal in a typical Chinese household, well the
rickshaws dropped us of at the home which was in a laneway we entered
into a courtyard where two tables were set up seating 8 at each
table. Then a lady brought out bowls of food there was boiled rice
aka sticky rice and cabbage as well as beef, chicken & pork
dishes the food wasn't to my liking but most of the tour group seemed
to like the food.
After the meal the
woman who lived there played for us on this but I cannot remember
what it is called.
We then had a chance to
look around and take photos, the kitchen was the size of my parents
laundry and the bathroom was up some step stairs and there was a
dinning room and a living/lounge room but NO bathroom, they had to
use a toilet outside in the laneway and we couldn't see anywhere to
have a shower.
The house was 400 years
old and has been in the same family all that time, the woman's
husbands family. Now there is only the husband and wife with their
daughter living there, in the past there has been two generations of
the family living there.
While I am not a tat person, I can see why you got it and if it makes you and the kids happy, why not?
ReplyDeleteI am not a tattoo person either- but a lot of people are!
ReplyDeleteHow VERY INTERESTING~! I loved that. 400 years old - no toilet or shower? Gosh we are so blessed here.
Sandie
I have one the size of my thumb nail on my right shoulder blade. That was in 2004. It's all run together and is a yucky purple-looking mass where it was a tiny flower. I'm not up for any more but then, I did the one I had done by allowing myself to be persuaded. I'm older, and we older folks tend not to. Just how we came up...no one much had them except on their arms and usually men. My Dad had a star on his right forearm. He got it when he was in the army.
ReplyDeleteChris.......I know many people don't like tattoos and that is ok
ReplyDeleteChatty......Yes tattoos are not for everyone, yes we have it good with our bathrooms, I cannot imagine having to walk out into a laneway to use a public toilet.
Katie.......Yes once a pond a time tattoos were only something men got not 55yr old women
Love your tattoo, it says so much about your priorities.
ReplyDeleteYou are so brave to have a tattoo done on your body. I do not like needles and heard that it is painful. I have not been to China but many of my friends had.
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