The best night yet!!

Happy December everyone! The holidays are upon us and I for one could not be more excited! I have a billion recipes on-hand for baking holiday treats, and everyone in the dorm is doing Secret Santa! If it weren't for the cold, windy, non-stop rain, life would be perfect :o)

This weekend was by far one of the best times I've had here yet. I worked Saturday morning but had the afternoon off to relax, go shopping and just chill out. Then at night we went to a good-bye house party for a fellow teacher who is going back to Canada; every single white person in this city was there! A lot of the teachers and everyone I bowl with, along with a few others all joined together to drink and wish well to one another! There was about 40 people in total and we partied until 3am, then headed over to a bar/club here called Desire - we danced until 5 in the morning! It has been so long since I've had a really fun night out with friends and then went dancing, to REAL music, too! It felt a bit like home...!

In the midst of all the drinking/partying, Lee lost his cell phone :o( I called it but there was no answer, and I called the bar but it wasn't there, so we left a text msg for the finder to please call me back - and she did!! One of the girls from the party found it on the ground outside of the club and saw the Canada flag sticker so proudly placed, and called me Sunday morning! Talk about luck!

Sunday was spent sleeping-in and then a few of us from the dorm went out for brunch, which also reminded me of my weekends at Western after partying with all of my friends :o) I went grocery shopping and then enjoyed the rest of my night - it was the most fun I've had in a while! This week includes many more trips to the dentist, Chinese class, and all the rest - with the familiar sounds of Christmas carols filling the background!

I have posted a few pictures from my day at the Taipei Zoo last week for your amusement :o) Ciao for now!