Grandfather (おじいさん)

Ojiisan is Japanese for grandfather. I've lived with/ close to my mother's father since I was 5 years old, so he's been a part of my family for virtually my whole memory-producing lifetime. Here are some reasons (in Chinese and English dual translation!) why my grandfather's the most interesting grandfather in the world (sorry, Dos Equiis guy)

为什么我外公是世界第一有趣的外公

当然，很多人会说他们自己家的人是最酷的，没有统一的標準可以用来评價。但我可以想象要是我是别人家的话，我也可以客观地说我外公太有趣了。

1。）我外公已经九十岁半了，十二月份就要庆祝91大寿了，但不显得那么老。从二十年以前好像跟本没有增年龄。天天早睡早起，一大早就做体操，练身体。不抽烟不喝酒，再健康不过了。

2。）中国汉字认识得滚瓜烂熟，滴水不漏。我读报纸时经常问外公字怎么读，他很少不知道，除非是新字。

3。）天天读报纸又读新闻，但看完了就忘记了，问他有什么新鲜事就不知道了。毕竟活了九十多年了，可能消息都混起来了。

4。）吃东西不挑食，原因是觉得味道都差不多，不管是鸡羊猪牛都一样。不过不太喜欢海鲜类的，身体会过敏。

5。）种花很积极。以前住在芝加哥多天冻的冻夏天有兔子吃的吃，总是有点问题，到南加州来后好多了，一年四季可以种，外公現在喜欢种柠檬树，熟了还可以吃，或泡柠檬汁。

Why my grandfather is the most interesting grandfather in the world.

Of course ,many people will say their own family members are the coolest, as there's no uniform standard for evaluation. But I can imagine if I were someone else's family, I could objectively think my grandfather's too amusing.

1.) My grandpa's already 90 years old, in December he'll be 91, but he doesn't look it at all. He doesn't seem like he's aged for about 20 years. Every day he is early to bed and early to wake, and exercises first thing in the morning. Doesn't smoke or drink, can't be healthier than that.

2.) He's like a walking dictionary for CHinese Kanji characters, knows them like the back of his hand, not a single word missing. I'll often ask him how to pronounce a word when I'm reading the newspaper, and very seldom does he not know, mostly because it's a new word.

3.) He reads the newspaper and watches the news every day on TV, but he forgets immediately after consuming the information, if asked what's new in the world he'll have no answer. Who knows? Maybe after living for 90 years, things start to overlap, everything gets mixed together.

4.) Not a picky eater, primarily because he thingks everything tastes the same. Doesn't matter if it's chicken lamb pork or beef, it's all gravy for him. However, not a big fan of seafood, as his body is allergic (mostly in the face).

5.) Very diligent about gardening. In Chicago where our family used to live there'd be winters that froze the ground or rabbits in the summer who ate all the flowers, but it's much improved now that we're in Southern California, where grandpa can plant stuff all year round. Nowadays it's lemon trees, where the lemons can be picked when ripe and eaten, or used to make lemononade. (When life/ grandpa gives you lemons.....)


To be continued!

Fantasize on,

Robert Yan