Le Parker Hotel Taichung

... wouldn't be too bad if I didn't have to get on my scooter.Luckily it is still warm during the day here! I am hoping the weather will get warm next weekend. We are going to Green Island and I am looking forward to sitting on the beaches and enjoying the sun! <br><br>Oh, one last thing. I have booked my tickets to Thailand....I leave Dec. 1st! I am so excited. I am going with one of the other teachers here! <br><br>That is all for now...Until later.....love ya and miss ya! <br><br>

... parents was a positive one, where the parents just wanted their child to succeed and be happy. <br><br>This week with my third graders I was able to practice some of my Spanish. We were reading a story in class that was written in English and Spanish. When we started the story I read the Spanish on the first page and then told them they needed to sit quietly as I read if they wanted any more Spanish read to them. It took them about 6 pages for them to realize they ...

... students called out to me, "Teacher look so much faster!" I look over to see that he had opened the stapler up (like you do when you staple something to a bulletin board) and was stapling his zebra to the hardwood floor!!! I couldn't help but laugh, I told him yes it was faster but his zebra was going to be stuck to the floor! He thought he was being so clever! haha <br><br>The pictures in this blog are of the students working on their zebras! <br><br>Until later....love ya and miss ya!

... of jewelry made of jade and other stones. You can also buy some Chinese tea sets and beautiful scrolls! We made our way home and then it rained the rest of the day so I ended up staying in the rest of the day. <br><br>Today at school I had my first observation by my supervisor. It isn't like an observation that you may have in the states where they make notes on your teaching practice. The main point of this observation was to check up and make sure my ...

... oasis. This was a foreign concept to us, we sought out the best hot spring hotel to fit our needs. Due to our late arrival in town we decide that it is worth the extra money to just stay the night especially since it included a dinner and breakfast. We stayed at the Four Seasons. It was very nice and modern, clean, the food was more than we could have imagined mostly because it was healthy and mostly vegetarian which was our newest pursuit. We had a great day and ...

I purchased my tickets to Thailand today! I am really excited for this trip, which we will be taking over Chinese New Years. Here is the plan for the trip (so far): I am leaving Taipei with about eight other staff members on January 25 and will be arriving in Bangkok after a four-hour flight. We will be staying in Phuket, which is one of the world's most famous beaches, for ...

... on a good note, I changed the channel. I decided to put on Taiwan ESPN. Although the channel is entirely in Chinese, it is sometimes nice to watch the sports highlights from the local baseball teams and watch the occasional re-run of the New York Yankees game (they are OBSESSED with the Yankees here because one of the team's starting pitchers, Ching Ming-Wang, is from Taiwan). But to my surprise, there was no Chinese ...

... resort or museum. It is a popular place for Taiwanese and their families to visit on the weekends. The grounds consist of a huge house (serving more as a gift shop and a restaurant), a very large coy pond, a man-made waterfall featuring a walkway that you can walk through, and a whole host of gardens and flowers. It was really interesting to observe the locals at this place. First, most Taiwanese women wore clothing that keeps their ...

As many of you know, a recent tropical storm (Tropical Storm Kalmegi) hit our island recently and has caused a lot of damage (read about it here). I thank many of you for emailing and asking about my safety. God has been watching over us because no one within our teaching family was severely affected by this natural disaster. I woke up on late Thursday night/early Friday morning to the ...

The summer program at Cornel is divided into two sections: summer camp and the summer session. Summer camp consists of fun activities and field trips for those students who wish to remain in school for the 2 week recess, while the "Summer Session" is essentially the regular school routine with some minor changes in the schedule. Summer camp lasts about two weeks during the month of July. I really play very little role in this because administration has set that ...