It has been one month today since I landed in Taiwan and my whole life changed! Ever day feels so long, every week feels like an eternity, but then all of a sudden a month feels like the blink on an eye! Is that normal?
Today Lee and I had the morning off, not working until 5, so we hopped on our scooter at 9am and met our Canadian touching-stone Neil for a day of exploring the mountains! Off to an interesting start, Neil landed a flat tire before we even left the main road, so that set us back only an hour to get fixed! Then we were off for a beautiful scenic drive, through our city out to the country up North, about an hour and a half away until you get to the base of the mountains. Instantly, we could feel and smell the difference in the air! There were trees and lakes and it smelled green instead of like a smoggy city, it was glorious! The whole day was perfect, 28 and sunny, Lee got a bit of a sunburn :o) We stopped along the way to visit temples and explore the little side streets full of shops and food, and we got fresh home-made fried rice and mushroom skewers for lunch, mmmm!! The whole lunch for the 3 of us was $4 Canadian!! And then we continued to drive up the winding roads into the mountains where the view just got bigger and more spectacular, until it got too late and we had to turn around and come back :o( Work was good, I've been giving tests all week which is super easy for me and makes the time fly by! Tonight Lee and I will join everyone else for another night of bowling, and then Thursday is our last day before the holidays! Woo-hoo!!
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Hey,
I would love to catch up with you on the phone, can you call toronto? If so, give me a call or else I will email you soon. Teaching is good, and hard but the kids sure are great! we can swap stories! if I don't talk to you before your trip, have a great time!!!!
Hey ya hun!!! so first things first... how is it that the places you visit are so clean looking?! It's spectacular! I was scared for you for a moment when you said you were going travelling within Taiwan. I didn't know if public areas were on par with the North American cleaniness standard.
Anyways, missing you. I'll tell you something new here if you tell me something new next time you write in my blog! It'd keep things interesting :) hmm... let's see, I'm going to a L'Oreal sale this weekend w/ Brendan!!! They sell so much stuff every year at half price, it's wicked! And it's not only L'oreal, it's Maybelline, Ralph Lauren & the works! Wicked, eh???
OK update me soon. Hopefully your internet gets fixed PRONTO.
hey babe... beautiful pics.. and yes i have been unloyal to your blog the past few days b/c the link to it is on my wireless so i just got it on my desktop b/c i was like "jess.. umm where's michelle??" so she told me about your internet. I MISS YOU!! everything sounds incredible, no words is right i dont even know how to respond. hhe my favourite is the people wanting pictures of you because you are beautiful.
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