Mother's Day in China
This occassion is definitely generating more interest in China. At Mass (Nantou Church), the priest distributed flowers at the end to all the mothers there, which like anywhere else in the world was more than half the church. Several people who speak some English came up to me to tell me that the flowers were for Mother's Day. Graciously I thanked them for letting me know.
After Mass we gathered around the Grotto for some Marian devotion and hymn-singing.
One of the best parts of Mother's Day was when, at the bus stop waiting for the dirty and dangerous 226, Myles noticed that the 332 stopped there. He said to me that the 332 went to Hai Shang Shi Jie. I wasn't so sure, so I checked the schedule. Sure enough, Something Shang Shi Something was a stop on that bus's route. Being that Shui Something Something was two stops previous, this was proof enough for me that we would have another option, a better option to get home.
The 332 has air-conditioning (ahhh), and since it is a 3 kuai ride to Shekou, instead of a 2 kuai ride like the 226, it is significantly less crowded. Yup, that 1 kuai, 1 RMB, 1/8 of an American dollar, makes all the difference on how crowded a bus will be.
After Mass we gathered around the Grotto for some Marian devotion and hymn-singing.
One of the best parts of Mother's Day was when, at the bus stop waiting for the dirty and dangerous 226, Myles noticed that the 332 stopped there. He said to me that the 332 went to Hai Shang Shi Jie. I wasn't so sure, so I checked the schedule. Sure enough, Something Shang Shi Something was a stop on that bus's route. Being that Shui Something Something was two stops previous, this was proof enough for me that we would have another option, a better option to get home.
The 332 has air-conditioning (ahhh), and since it is a 3 kuai ride to Shekou, instead of a 2 kuai ride like the 226, it is significantly less crowded. Yup, that 1 kuai, 1 RMB, 1/8 of an American dollar, makes all the difference on how crowded a bus will be.
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