Howard Jade Garden Taichung

... Uzo's. It is soooo good! It is really funny because it was packed with foreigners when we were there. I forget just how many foreigners there are hiding in Taichung. It felt like we weren't even in Taiwan when we were eating there. On Sunday I was able to get some Christmas shopping done. Christmas shopping is a little different here. Instead of crowded shopping mall I have crowded night markets. This means little ally ways packed with people and a stinky smell in the air known as ...

... a new teacher in the classroom they started to warm up to me and by the end of the week they were waving to me and yelling "Teacher Ashley" every time I walked by them. Throughout the week I was really amazed at the things that they were able to do, but don't worry there were still really 3 yr. old moments. There is one girl that wet her pants 4 times during the week, a couple days we had students crying when their parents left and we had 1 puke during snack time. Good ...

... how to prepare the tea and then stepped back to make sure he did it right. Of course he didn't so she came running and screaming that he was clearly doing it wrong. Once the tea was made it was really good tea! After eating some food and relaxing for a while we were ready to hit the trails again. We found a trail that was supposed to have a cave with what we thought was a waterfall as well. We were disappointed to find no waterfall. But we did just the ...

... walking around in long sleeves and pants! I was in shorts and a tank top and I was dying of heat! We only made it on 2 rides before we needed to get to the water park! The first roller coaster we went on had a 90 degree drop into a hole in the ground! It was pretty scary looking (that is what you see in the picture). 15 of us staff members all went on it together. We received a round of applause when our car came back, it must have been a sight 15 foreigners all screaming because ...

... of the intersection below from our diagonal, not perpendicular or parallel, observatory window. She arrived at the window and said there were no cars on the road and no people on the streets and sidewalks. We live in one of the most happening of neighborhood; people are ALWAYS walking around, a lot of them! This is strange. There were two police officers positioned at each intersection not allowing any traffic to proceed. I ...

... recognized so we moved on after awhile. We thought it was a little strange that the famous people were arriving by bus and car [with the dealership name on the side]. We went to a Spanish restaurant for dinner. We got home late in the evening, it was great!

... likes it because it provides something educational and cultural for the children to do on the weekends. The school enjoys it because it is really good advertising and word-of-mouth opportunities to send their kids to Cornel. The teachers really like it because it is a well paying job that only lasts one hour on a Saturday morning. I was asked to read the literary epic, Lazy Ozzie, at the Taichung Community Center. The ...

... that I had previously taught back home. When I walked into the classroom during our first day of class, I was surprised to see that I not only had the two boys, Johnny and Ray, but there was also a girl in the classroom as well named Gloria. I started off class by introducing myself and showed them some photographs from home. They seemed very interested, but at the same time, extremely timid. I would ask them questions about ...

... his behavior. I really like him and he has a lot of great things that he brings to the class, but I must admit, I have made him sit at the "sad duck table" about three times in two weeks for poor behavior. These students are a great treat to work with. The most frustrating part of the summer rescheduling is that (as this blog points out), once I get attached to a group of students, I have to let them go and get acquainted with a whole new set of students. It ...

... of years. He has a brochure and e-mail address and appears to be "up with the times." However, as he was talking to me, I couldn't help but notice a GIANT mole that was on his face. The mole had three LONG strands of hair growing out of it and just flowing in the wind. I couldn't help but think of this as I was talking to him... It was later discovered that the Taiwanese intentionally do not remove their moles, nor do they remove the ...