Blogs from Taiwan, Asia - page 118

I actually wrote this in Taiwan.... cos I got internet access that day. Well, the night before, I was chatting with my group leader, Nicole until late at night.... I'm guessing it was about nearly 4am and then I woke up at 7.30am to go to Yie Liu. We suppose to meet at 8.10am. So I actually kinda tired and was falling asleep. We first set off to Kee Lung and we went to a place (dunno what is it called - cannot find it) where we took some pictures with Kuan Imm Mah and also Mee Le Fo (Happy Buddha). That place can see the Kee Lung Port. So we spent about 30 mins there to take come pictures. Nice place though. Next we set off to Yie Liu. Yie Liu is actually located at ... read more

Day 3 was the major day for us as we'll attend the MTV Feng Shen Bang Wan Ren Yian Chang Hui (MTV Concert). We set off after we finished our breakfast to Mao's Princess House down town. On the way there, I saw something spectacular....... hahaha! We saw at least thousand of youngsters already queuing up to get into the stadium where the concert will be held. Gosh... some of them sit on the pedestrian walkpath, some sleep on a cardboard, some play cards, some just chatting, some feeling board, some sms-ing each other and blah blah blah.... kids, haven't you got something more important to do? On our way to Mao's Princess House, Andy told us an anecdote. He spoke about how deer's fetus can help to cure asthma and testimony of Song Ai Ling, ... read more

and I am now heading off to see my friends---god help me as i venture on the train by myself-most know I had a hard enough time in Germany with someone with me, now by myself--yikes!! Ok well I just finished my last class of the day and it went ok. I say ok because I am not for sure if my students really understand the words that are coming out of my mouth, but I can see that they react well to gestural movements and love to do memory and repetition games--total plus! The kids enjoyed the pig noises I made as i explained to them that Iowa, the state I am from, has a lot of pigs---they even put their finger on their nose and scrunched it up flat like a pig---we had some ... read more

When I first arrived to Taiwan over two weeks ago I kept asking myself why I just didn't stay home and teach in a small town in Iowa. I would have been in my own comfort zone, culture zone, and with my own close group of friends. The culture is so much different here in Taiwan than the U.S. and Germany for that matter. I never had this big of culture shock when I lived in Germany maybe because I lived and taught on an U.S. army base. The first few days passed and I began to hang out with a group of people, some from Canada, England, and the States all so funny and special in their own ways. We had some good times, at the Aboriginies festival and Son's and William's, even the local ... 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