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Eating Etiquette

Fun Fact: In the mall food courts here, you do NOT have to clean up after yourself. You can leave your trays on the table, and there are people who will come and bus your table. It’s pretty awesome and quite laziness-inducing. There is also no sense of personal boundaries when it comes to eating. [ READ MORE ]

Love Is In The Air

Teaching my junior high class is really great for my ego. Seriously, how could you not feel good when you have boys (read: plural with an S) professing their love for you on a daily basis. In the middle of asking a question such as “What two parts does every sentence have?”, I get answers [ READ MORE ]

One Less Thing To Do

Fun Fact: The banks have machines here that will balance your checkbook for you. There are barcodes on the checkbooks which are personally issued and linked to your account, and you just stick it in the machine. It then prints out every single transaction ever made neatly and efficiently in the columns. I didn’t realize [ READ MORE ]

Always Keep Your Receipts

  • September 30th, 2009
  • Posted in fun fact

Fun Fact: Most of the time, when you buy something, you get a receipt. Most people throw them away. In Taiwan, you keep your receipts because they are cash money lottery tickets. Every two months, the government releases six numbers, and you can match the number at the top of the receipt to their numbers. There are [ READ MORE ]

TW -> HK -> LA -> DFW -> Nashville

Four connecting flights and 27 hours later, I’m back in Nashville. My mom picked me up at the airport. She looked so tiny standing at the exit. My parents moved last December, so it was a bit strange driving home. I had no idea where we were going. The new house is big and lovely [ READ MORE ]