Archive for September, 2008

Night Out On The Town

We went to Luxy for the first time last night. It was a really fancy club, definitely one of those places where you go to be seen. A girl from work knows someone who knows someone who had a table reserved so we got to get in on that. It’s pretty cool to have connections [ READ MORE ]

Oh, Kids

  • September 25th, 2008
  • Posted in teaching

Stacy handed me an card as soon as she walked into class. I asked her if I could open it right then, and she told me, “Yes, but no read out loud.” It was really cute because she was all shy and bashful when I read it. So cute! We were doing phonics today, and [ READ MORE ]

Home

I haven’t really missed missed home until today. I’ve been so busy trying to settle into life here and dealing with day-to-day hurdles that I took for granted back in the States. It’s all been so exciting and fresh. I finally remembered that I had an iPod which I could really use on my 40-minute [ READ MORE ]

Money in the Bank

Fun Fact: You take a number for everything here: the bank, the post office, the hospital, any government buildings to get things processed, etc. I like it cause it’s more fair. And another thing, all the people who work in retail and the service sector are really really nice. They’re always smiling, always acting like [ READ MORE ]

Penthouse View

We wandered down to Taipei 101 today. It’s a ten-minute walk to the subway station closest to it, and then you can take a free shuttle from the subway station to 101. It looks so much bigger close up. And the stores in the bottom of 101 are ridiculous. Cartier, Tiffany’s, De Beers, Gucci, Louis [ READ MORE ]