Plaza International Taichung

... for a while. We then called it a night and rented some movies and watched a movie. It was a good SMU Alumni weekend Taiwanese style!

Oh and one last note we got a new T.V. this weekend! We have been watching T.V. with no color for the past month. We had complained a couple times and we finally got a new one....a nice flat screen! Thank you Cornel!! :)

Well that is all for now, sorry this one was so long!

Until later....love ya and miss ya!

... starting to really know my way around town and be able to recognize some street names! I am finding some of my favorite places to go. One of my favorites is the stationary stores. I love sending greeting cards. Some of them are just so ridiculous and the Chinese to English translations make me laugh. Feel free to email me your address and I will try to get some mail to you while I am here! I enjoy writing letters home! I also love going to the 10NT store ...

... the light to turn green. They will begin going when the light going the other direction turns yellow. I have gotten into the habit and that could turn into a problem when I get back to the states!

2. On scooters most adults wear helmets but it is so storage because you will see adults on scooters with kids and the adults will have helmets but the kids won't! I think that is so strange! Don't you think you would want to protect the kids?? Also kids ...

... class or I had to remove the rest of the students. It was exhausting dealing with him so Monday and Tuesday night the roommates and I just laid around watching movies and drinking wine! On Wednesday the school decided that they were going to move this student to another class in hopes of helping him be more successful in the classroom. It was nice because it lightened my load but it was sad to see him go also. I am now down to 5 students for the rest of July!

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OK...so I am going to try this again!

I made it to Taichung early this morning. We came in around 1:00AM Taiwan time. The flight was long, about 24 hours of travel total. It was pretty uneventful which was wonderful. We had a 2 hour delay in MN where we had to wait in the plane, meaning that added 2 hours of plane time to the already 12 hour flight. Luckily we didn't miss our connecting flight in Japan ...

... other's company while we ate some of Chiayi's home cooking. She then took us on a very nice tour of her house and her dad's business. We then returned to the street and enjoyed a nice cup of Oolong tea and continued good conversation. Later, in true Chinese fashion, Chiayi pulled out the fireworks and sparklers where we had a nice show in the middle of the street for all to watch. The police were not called by the neighbors and the loud ...

... a consistent fifteen or twenty minutes on a crowded highway. However, that didn't stop him from changing the radio station numerous times or trying to hold casual conversation with a group of people who know no Chinese. When we arrived at the lake, we got out of the taxicab and started walking toward a convenience mart to purchase some snacks. I had a sudden feeling of awkwardness and decided to check my backpack for my camera. As I paged through my backpack's ...

... logo...even the police have one on their squad cars and headquarters). What made this experience pretty neat is that I also received a small stamp with my name written in Chinese letters. I would write it on here in Chinese, but I do not know how to write in Chinese on my Mac. However, I can give you the phonetic spelling of my Chinese name: Ann-Szuh-Kai. I believe the first part of the name deals with my family name (Anderson ...

... plan in case one struck during the school day. Her response was rather alarming (probably due to the fact that I come from the Midwest where earthquakes are very rare) stating that, "Well, we really don't have one. Earthquakes are so short that there is really nothing you can do as a teacher about it other than try to keep the kids calm." I did log onto the Internet and did a little ...

... elementary school penmanship) that were addressed to me. I smiled and wished him a "xiexie" (prounced: shey-a-shey, meaning "thank you") and took the packages up to the 19th floor apartment. I went to my room and opened them in private. I cannot say how nice it was to receive items and e-mails from loved ones at home despite the fact that I have not even been here for one month. My family (including both my grandparents) had written letters ...