Blogs from Taichung, Taiwan, Asia - page 10

This experience today warranted a short blog entry. I arrived at lunch famished, ready to dig into the tasty lunch box that awaited me. I was even excited about the soup today, there was no seaweed, red beans or dead fish floating around in it. I was excited that was until i arrived at my seat at the table and saw what was there. In addition to my lunch box with chicken, veggies and rice these was a box of.......CHICKEN FEET! Are you kidding me? Did they really think I was going to eat them. I tried to ignore them the whole time I was eating lunch but they were just staring at me waiting for the inevitable. Just seeing them made me lose my appetite. So I made it thru most of lunch and as ... read more

ok so i'm just a few days late with the sports day update but ive been lazy and tired this week, go figure. well sports day was interesting to say the least. leading up to saturday the student practied every day and the teachers got gifts! Sports day falls around the time of the schools birthday and it is part of the celebrations. for my gifts i received a lamp and a paper weight. note about the gufts here they are always practical, so much for something really cool. i got to school at 8:15 and headed out to the field and on my way out kids were screaming at me, hellos and good morning. i think they were excited to see me outside of class at such a big event. once i got to the ... read more

I have decided to make a list of things I love about Taiwan and things a miss about home, I feel like I have been comparing Taiwan to home alot so here is my list..... Things I LOVE about Taiwan: The government giving us a 5 day weekend this weekend!! Moon Festival! Teacher's Day My school, I barely work! My scooter SDC Chicken Bing Lu Cha- Iced Green Tea Green veggies and lunchboxes The train The easy travel Warm weather Tasty street food Mango slushies Bacon Wrapped scallions and sausage Pizza with corn Taiwan Beer Cheap clothes and shoes Super size shampoo Doraemon My paycheck Weekends with my friends Things I miss about home: My BED My Car Target Walmart Meijer My large selection of clothes and shoes, they are so sad without me and I ... read more

Well I will start off with what went on today at school then I can share about my sweet weekend with the gang! So this week marks when I start teaching classes. To start the day we had a stupid staff meeting. I honestly do not see a point in being there since I understand nothing. During the meeting I counted the flowers on the tree outside, there were 14, i counted them about 50 times during the 40 minute meeting, waste of my time. After the meeting I headed to my first third grade class. They were so cute and very smart. I think they are smarter than the sixth graders. I was incharge of reviewing the alphabet and the sounds of the letters, rough! At the beginning of each class the students had a ... read more

So on Sunday I finally got out of this boring town and head to Taichung City. After an hour long scary bus ride, I am suprised I am still alive, people drive SOOO crazy here. I might even be suffering from whiplash! Well I had a note I had to give to the bus driver so I could get dropped off at the right place. That's right folks, I, a 23 year old independent woman had to have a note. Well anyways I got off the bus where he told me to and I freaked out. I had no idea where I was and I have no phone. So like any typical Taiwanese street there was a 7-11 right across from me. So I carefully crossed the street and made a call to my coteacher to ... read more