Courtyard House in Beijing

I got up before 7 o'clock, the weather was cloudy. I left home at a quarter to 8, to the DaAn Sports Center. While waiting for Bus 909, I enjoyed observing young swallows flying back and forth under storefront overhangs near the bus stop. They are eager to hone their flying skills and grow their wings before they embark upon their journey to the south to spend the winter.

I arrived at DaAn Sports Center at 8:40, the bus was crowded with people, young and old, the traffic was jam packed on the street. I usually go to the DaAn Sports Center in the afternoon, it takes less than 20 minutes from my place to the sports center. But it took around 45 minutes this morning. While running on the treadmill, I saw the broadcasting of the Roland-Garros 2025. I looked at the tennis players with admiration. Their arms are full of muscles. I only ran for 30 minutes, not as long as 40 minutes, because the guy running next to me had the armpit odor, I could barely stand. While using the weight lifting facilities, I saw a muscular woman training her legs to lift the barbell. I wish someday I can do the same.

The reason why I went to the sports center this monring, it's because Brother Jimmy and I had an appointment at noon with a relative's friend from Beijing, about the inheritance of our grandparents' courtyard house in Beijing.

At noon, I had lunch with my farm house friend and my Korean teacher till 2 o'clock. We listened to the presentation of Riway's Purtier, an expensive product of deer placenta for an hour before lunch. I'm not interested in direct marketing business. I only joined the lunch gathering to pay the traveling fees of NT$8,880 for five days shopping tour to support my farm house friend who is in the direct marketing business.

I didn't take a nap today. I watched No. 6 DVD of Demon Slayer. I ran into an interesting podcast for intermediate Japanese learners. I also recommend it to the Monday online Japanese classmates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu2HUZqG-LQ

From 9:15 till 10 o'clock, we had online Toastmaster Magazine reading in English. As I was in charge of tonight's reading, I selected the feature article about visualizing your goal by creating a vision board. Four of us shared our ideas and thoughts. https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2025/june/visualize-your-goals