I will continue with the "Notes from the Mango Farm" but first a quick update:
I'm currently living in Adelaide, South Australia. Earlier this week, Trish and I found a job on a, guess what, a strawberry farm! Holy crap, it's so much harder than the mango farm, but the pay has the potential to be higher (they pay per kilo of strawberries, will give the details of farm pay in another post).
All right, more Mango stories:
Day 9, 10/18
Sunday
Work is now boring if anything. It's not very strenuous and we take a lot of breaks. On one such break I talked with Rick about my plans of going to New York and being an actor. What's great about meeting new people is the surprise of finding another person with an artistic outlet. He perked up and shared with me that he writes poetry and even performed a poem of his that he memorized (a very intricate piece about the choices we make in life and how it leads up to where we are now).
I thought to myself, "This guy's an interesting fella." The thing is, you would never guess by the way he looks that he writes poetry or is as intelligent as he is (He looks like a regular bloke, he said so himself [Sorry Rick, your secret is out]).
Later that night, after Rick left for home and all the workers had dinner, we were all bored and we started arm wrestling (in Mandarin: 比腕力 bi3wan3li4). The way they arm wrestle in Taiwan is that you put your wrist across the other guy's and from that position try to bring the other guy's arm down.
I beat two guys, one with each arm. It wasn't really skill, the first guy (with my right arm) gave me some trouble, but once I got him to extend his arm out from him, there was no way he could win. The second guy, a guy from Hong Kong, I just caught him off guard and I beat him to the punch. Thanks to Daniel from back home for teaching me the tricks ;)
Now that I beat those guys though, I'm afraid they might think my head's too big. I'm going to keep a low profile tomorrow.
And for no reason at all, I'll leave you with a picture of our bathroom/shower. Fancy!
1 comment:
Ok, I've decided not to post about wages, however, if any one has any questions about farm pay, please send an email to: zenchinc@yahoo.com.
I can say that I was making less at the strawberry farm than the mango one. However, I'm not the fastest strawberry picker in the world and some of the other coworkers were making more than me.
Mango picking is much easier than strawberry picking (the rule of thumb is: the smaller the fruit, the harder it is to pick). Problem is, mangoes can easily cause rashes and other allergic reactions.
Overall though, I would choose picking mangoes over strawberries 1)Better pay (unless your a real fast strawberry picker), 2)less hard on the body.
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