During this wwoof stint at Fuji eco park, a permaculture showcase park, we have 4 different nationalities wwoofing at the same time. Its quite cute, coz we all speak about 2 languages but not the same ones!
3 Japanese wwoofers - Speak Japanese (good) & English (basic)
2 Taiwanese wwoofers - Speak Mandarin & Japanese (both languages good)
2 Singaporean wwoofers (us) - Speak English and Mandarin (almost la)
2 Swedish wwoofers - Speak English & Swedish (both good)
So when there's something complex our JAPANESE wwoof hosts is trying to say, she'll say it in Japanese to the Taiwanese, who will then translate it to Mandarin for Bjorn and I, then we'll translate it to English to our Swedish friends. Its really fun and really cute. At first, I thought we'd have really strange group dynamics because of this... but it turns out, its just so much fun.
This photo is us as a group, playing scissors paper stone in the morning to decide who does what task in the morning. It takes us about 15 mins to play the games and decide. It could take about 20 seconds if someone just appoints. But what's the hurry? :) That's the whole point.
3 Japanese wwoofers - Speak Japanese (good) & English (basic)
2 Taiwanese wwoofers - Speak Mandarin & Japanese (both languages good)
2 Singaporean wwoofers (us) - Speak English and Mandarin (almost la)
2 Swedish wwoofers - Speak English & Swedish (both good)
So when there's something complex our JAPANESE wwoof hosts is trying to say, she'll say it in Japanese to the Taiwanese, who will then translate it to Mandarin for Bjorn and I, then we'll translate it to English to our Swedish friends. Its really fun and really cute. At first, I thought we'd have really strange group dynamics because of this... but it turns out, its just so much fun.
This photo is us as a group, playing scissors paper stone in the morning to decide who does what task in the morning. It takes us about 15 mins to play the games and decide. It could take about 20 seconds if someone just appoints. But what's the hurry? :) That's the whole point.
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