Kao Yuan Hotel Taichung

... size crowd that showed up. We had different booths with games to play. There was also a Halloween sing-a-long, the Chinese teachers did a dance and then the Rainbow Time staff (ME) performed a skit to one of the stories! It was my acting debut. Good thing I only had 3 little lines to remember! haha Everything went really well and it was fun to see all the kids dressed up in costume. I didn't have many of my third graders there but it was fun to see all the other Cornel ...

... in simple language. Many times the Chinese teachers would have to repeat directions in Chinese because the students have only been around English for about 2-3 months. I will miss them because they had so much love to give. I loved the little hugs they would come give me, way better than my 3rd graders whining about too much homework! haha <br><br>Also this week I started my 2 writing classes. I have one with 2 1st graders and 1 2nd grader and then my other class ...

... the music instead. This was a lot of fun. <br><br>I had quite the last day of our summer program. Friday brought the end of a long week. The kids were a little crazy. This may be because many of them will be starting up Chinese school on Monday or who knows what. I had one student who had brought a Fanta soda (orange pop) to school and wanted to drink it. I had to remind him many times that we only drink water in class and that he needed to put his pop back in his bag. Well I had to ...

... been taking some pictures of my students and will be able to post those soon! I will be getting 3 more of my students on Monday! Because of the summer program the parents can pick when the students will come. It is annoying for the teachers because we seem to always have kids coming and going. I am excited for the regular year when their attendance is more consistent. <br><br>Well that is all for now....Until later.....love ya and miss ya! <br>

... my Polaroid like mental state paid off and I recognized our surroundings pointing us to the correct stand to ask for GuGuan. Unfortunately though, we were 4 minutes late for the departure to GuGuan and the next wouldn't be until 2 hours later, at 10AM. This was frustrating at first but, as we do, we quickly looked to the positive, opening up a couple hours to get something to eat and introduce ourselves to the surrounding area.<br><br><br>We caught the next ...

... when compared to the support in the states. It was an interesting experience to talk to the parents through a translator. Almost all of them spoke little to no English at all (which, again, could explain the low turn-out). So when Sandy would translate what I was saying to one parent, those who were waiting in line to talk to me would form a circle and listen to all of my comments about that particular ...

... up the whole show with me and helped me calm my nerves. There was a crowd of about eighty people who were laughing the whole time. The kids were involved and interested and the whole thing was a tremendous success! What made the experience extra special was that Bih Huah, the school's founder, called me into her office on Monday morning and provided me with a box of chocolates because she had heard that I put so much ...

I was invited on a sort of "bon voyage" afternoon trip this weekend for Cullum, one of my roommates during the summer months. Cullum is from the Toronto area and has been living in Taiwan for about three years. He taught at an English school in Taipei for two years, and has been working at Cornel for one year. He is fluent in Chinese and has done a lot to show me the ropes around the neighborhood near my apartment building. Cullum is ...

... candy bars. You also have to buy your food when you buy your tickets, because there is no separate counters for tickets and food. 5) When you buy your ticket, you are assigned a seat in the movie theater. It is similar to the way you are assigned a seat at the ballpark or on an airplane. If the show is not sold out, you can tell the cashier where you would like to sit. However, it is first-come, first ...

... tour was his goat farm. Like most trips to the farm, when we entered the barn, he gave the kids grass and pellets to feed to his goats. However, the twist in his tour is that he asked two or three kids to help him milk his goats. Instead of showing the kids how to grab the udder and milk a goat properly, he had them stand at a distance and open their mouths while he attempted to practice his aim by shooting milk into their mouths. The ...