We then went for a short visit at Ama and Agongs house and ate a little dinner because we were still full from the bakery. Every time I go there the cousins are forced to call me 'big sister' in Chinese and they still aren't very comfortable with it. Hopefully after a few more months they will be more comfortable with me in general. Ama and Agong always make me feel very comfortable though, even though we don't speak the same language. Although Amas English is improving, as hopefully my Chinese is too but I need to get more used to speaking it with everyone rather than just practicing. I don't think I will ever feel like I'm learning enough though.
In the evening we joined a Roteract group at a DIY bakery. This bakery only opened a week ago but it was awesome! We all made different types of cakes and cookies. Keyle also joined us and we had fun trying to figure out what to do considering everything was in Chinese. We both made lava cakes and they turned out really well. Again, I would love to bring more friends there but we might need to know more baking vocabulary. I was unexpectedly asked to introduce myself and I think I did pretty well but I still can't really tell the difference between tones. I was asked some questions including where I'm from and if I'm single, but again communication troubles made the questions very few. Either way it was a very fun experience and I would love to do it again and try to make something else (probably lemon pie.)
The day after, I woke up to mama knocking on my door saying we need to hurry because dads already waiting outside to go to lunch. That same little girl came over for a play date after lunch and we had a great day. Her name translates to small rice, but sounds a lot more adorable in Chinese. We played many different games and struggles to communicate all day but sister helped with that. Her parents joined us all for dinner as well. By the end of the day she taught me so much Chinese and was so set on teaching me more. She is probably the funniest, least stressful teacher I've ever had. When it was time to go home she didn't want to but we agreed on one last game of Uno.
Overall it was a great weekend but waking up at
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