Puyuma Tainan

Another week has come and gone and it has brought me to my three month mark. No worries, I am still enjoying every moment of being abroad! It was a busy week with some exciting adventures!

First, something that I forgot to mention in my last blog, I am a proud scooter owner! Uncle Michael, our go to man at school, took me to a scooter sho...

This entry is written in retrospect 5 days later when I had gone back to Taipei. Just a word of warning, if you thought my entry in Taipei about temples is boring, then it's probably better to just skip the latter half of this entry.

I woke up all nice and refreshed. God the bed was good. We were a bit late for breakfast, and so we couldn...

This morning I met up with Katherine and her friend Luke and we took the Taiwan Highspeed Railway from Taipei to Tainan.

All I can really remember about the Taiwan High Speed Rail is that houses were flying by in the window. I think there is a similar kind of train in Japan and if there is, they are lucky because it is a fast and conveni...

Today may have been the best day yet. I woke up this morning around 7:15 after falling asleep around 11:30 and rested in bed while my roommates got dressed and took showers and stuff. My phone rang around 7:30, which wasn't too surprising since I have been receiving some random calls from European and other such numbers for the past couple of da...

A couple of weeks ago I visited Kenting beach and national park which is in the most southern tip of Taiwan. To say I had a great time would truly be an understatement. A friend of mine who went to Virginia Tech last year and took some classes with me invited me and planned the trip, her name is Tess. I invited Sara and Tess's friend Renee also ...

This particular blog has a lot of pictures of food that I have been trying. The past couple of days have been really interesting. I celebrated my birthday, went to 2 different night markets, rode on the back of a scooter, and rode my bike around the city! I have went to a couple of department stores here and they are very nice. The Far Eastern d...

Das FSJ ist bald um und nun kann ich zurueckschauen auf fast ein Jahr Arbeit als Freiwillig**. Ich habe mich aus freien Stuecken dafu** entschieden, diesen Dienst zu machen und in ein** sozialen Einrichtung Erfahrung zu sammeln. Mit viel Elan bin ich anfangs rangegangen und das hat man offensichtlich auch gem**kt, denn nicht selten habe ich geho...

Taiwan hat sein ganz eigenes Profil und es gibt einige Charak**istika, die jedes einzeln, ab** vorallem in ihrem Mix ganz eindeutig das Bild dies** Insel zeichnen. Also mal d** Reihe nach... Anshinban ist die Nachmittags- bzw. Abendschule, die hi** so gut wie alle Schuel** besuchen. Urspreunglich von Japan ueb**nommen, findet das System hi** gro...

Melinda and I checked into our hotel about 9:30 pm. Our hotel is small, but modern in many ways. It has an elevator, though it doesn't fit more than 2 people if you have luggage. And, in order to access it from the lobby you must walk up about 9 steps. Melinda's room is on the 5th floor and mine is on the 3rd floor. I thought we were 2 floors ap...

...haelt Leib und Seele zusammen. Das ist mit Sich**heit eine taiwanesische Weisheit, die sich die Einwohn** dies** kleinen Insel ganz besond**s zu H**zen nehmen und vor allem ganz besond**s geniessen. Hung** auf Infos? Dies** Artikel ist wirklich lange, ab** in kleine Einheiten geglied**t, einfach nach den fettgedruckten Wo**t**n aussschau halt...