Online Class Notes (Jesse) [5]

Today is the fourth day of the Mayday holiday. Happy time always pass so quick. I stayed at home in the first three days in a row, because I don’t know that I needed a nucleic acid testing result which available in 48 hours then I could go anywhere. I planned to go to a painting class, and I found out that I couldn’t go there without the testing result. So I bought a set of artistic oil painting sticks and painting equipments through online shopping and I painted at home by watching online painting videos.
My mom went to her friend house for meditation four days ago and the meditation will takes 7 days in total. So there was only me at home during the holiday. It’s quite freedom but the problem is nobody cook for me and I don’t like cooking. My mom had made some dumplings before she left. So I ate dumplings or order take-out foods in these days. One of my friends who has been isolated at home cooked meals everyday. She is a freshman for cooking, and she said it took her 2 hours for cooking and less than 30 mins for eating. That’s the reason I don’t like cooking.

Today is the fourth day of the Mayday holiday. Happy times always pass so quick. I stayed at home for the first three days in a row, because I didn’t know that I needed a nucleic acid testing result which is available in 48 hours and then I could go anywhere. I planned to / I was planning to go to a painting class, and I found out that I couldn’t go there without the testing result. So I bought a set of artistic oil painting sticks and painting equipment through online shopping and I painted at home by watching online painting videos.
My mom went to her friend‘s house for meditation four days ago and the meditation will take 7 days in total. So there has been only me at home during the holiday. It’s quite free but the problem is nobody cooks for me and I don’t like cooking. My mom made some dumplings before she left / My mum had made some dumplings when she left. So I have been eating dumplings or ordering take-out foods in these days. One of my friends who has been isolated at home has been cooking / is cooking meals everyday. She is new to cooking / She only just started cooking for herself, and she said it takes her 2 hours for cooking / to cook and less than 30 mins for eating / to eat. That’s the reason I don’t like cooking.

Vocabulary

buddhist – fo jiao de

many years before – many years ago 

sit crosslegged
eg. you need to sit crosslegged for many hours
eg2. you need to sit and cross your legs for many hours

sit in one position

position / situation
the situation is that I’m sitting in a room with other people meditating 
the position is crosslegged

beads / bracelet

chanting – “singing” for meditation

ancient people / people from ancient times

Pronunciation

vipassana – “vip pars san na”

Grammar

it called XYZ – it is called XYZ

I called my mum in the first 3 days = inside this 3 day period, you called her maybe one
I called my mum for the first 3 days = I called her the whole time

I am happy
I was happy
I have been happy

I am free
I think freedom is important

I am really happy these days (recently + now)
I have been really happy recently

Pronunciation

found – faaa ooooo nnnn d