We asked for some hot water at a house and were invit3ed for lunch with a middle aged couple. A Chinese man won a race on T.V., maybe it was a trial for the Olympics. He didn't look much older than me it seemed. He was so happy. It's strange to think I'll be 21 soon. Soccer was on next but Alek hates soccer event hough he's from Bosci(Brazil) and so he didn't watch. Pretty cool how sports are universal that way though, like music and dansing, no language barriers needed. Alek and I have been having a hard time getting along because we're both so stubborn. Tonight went really well though. We talked about books that we read him: a book about a young architect who challenges the old ways of doing things and sticks to his guns and passion; A girl going through the communist revolution of 1917 and how she lost everything, family riches...) We pondered what Orion's (Orion's Belt) voice would sound like, figured that he was Greek and had dark curly hair and dark skin. Maybe shooting stars are his arrow shots to warn his village of danger. It took a long time to cook dinner on the fire but it was well worth the wait. We ate stir-fry potatoes, carrots, onion, tomatoes, garlic and red, green and orange jalepeno peppers. A gourmet meal for us, after so many monotonous nights of potato, tomato, garlic and noodle soup.
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