KTV, Kaohsiung,Dr. Miau Birthday dinner, and class
Trip Start
May 15, 2008
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Trip End
Aug 13, 2008
Tainan,
Taiwan
Monday, July 28, 2008
Also as many of you know in addition to my research I also teach in the Foreign Language department, its called English Corner
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. I have also included a couple of pictures of me and my class, etc. I really enjoy participating in this experience and have learned a lot from the students as well. The students are so eager to learn but its like pulling teeth to get them to answer questions. Many of them speak English very well but are not confident in their abilities and are afraid of making mistakes.I definitely would consider coming back to Taiwan for a year or two to teach at one of the university's. The cost of living here is wonderful and besides the summer weather I think I would do fine. One weekend a group of us went to KTV which is a karaoke bar, but unlike in the states you only sing to your group. I really their style of doing karaoke. You get a private room that has couches and tables and couple of flat screen tv screens. Their is also a buffet included on the outside that has very delicious foods and drinks. Their are waiters that come to your room to take your orders for alcoholic beverages. We sang alot of songs and yes I did participate! I cant remember all the songs that I did but I remember there was some TLC, Natalie Cole, and Maroon 5. They had a lot more American songs that I thought they would. We all sounded a hot mess which made it even more fun. The KTV place looked like a luxury hotel or something, I tried to take some pictures of the lobby decor.. very nice.
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We took a trip one weekend to the Kaohsiung which a city just south of Tainan. They were recently hit pretty hard by the typhoons since they are a port city. The day trip was really nice and we visited the British Consulate that occupied the city years ago. The views were absolutely amazing from just about every part of the pier and consulate.Their was a man playing a flute type instrument as you walked up the steps to the consulate..so many steps, and he played the entire time we were their nonstop! Really soothing music. We watched the sun set from the consulate and as you can see from the pictures it was amazing. It went down so quickly that if you were to blink you would have missed it. You will also see some pictures of my adoring fans....just look at the pictures. I think I will miss my celebrity status here a little:) We also went to the famous Liuho Night Market in Kaohsiung for dinner and just to see the sights. I had some crab legs, Mei fun noodles, and another oyster omelet for delicious!!! As with any night market there are always sights to see and there was no shortage of that here. There was also a restaurant that sold snake and snake poison..apparently the venom works much like Viagra. To take a quote from Night at the Museum... "Moving on!" Next we went to Love River, at night it is bright with lights and colors. You can also take a ferry ride around it but unfortunately we ran out of time:(.
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Last week Sara's parents and aunt came to visit here and we all went to dinner together at a traditional Hot Pot restaurant which is actually next door to where we live. The owner's who are sisters are very sweet and you can see them and some their family in the pictures. The Kim Chee hot spot was my favorite!
I also added some pictures from one of my dinner with my friends Mindy and Minlu. There are students in the Institute of Education and have been helping me with my research. We went to a Japanese restaurant as the food was great especially the Sashimi( raw fish) I love it, especially the blue tuna.
