Yeah, I live in Taiwan!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Update, well, not much to update, but an update all the same

As you can see, I changed the title of this blog as I discovered there was someone else with the same name. I may change it again but it doesn't matter because the address will be the same. Wow, that was a bunch of meaningless babble.

Last week I got a scooter. The streets of TW will never be the same. It takes a little getting used to but I guess once I get over it, I'll be fine. Lately it's just been sitting out in front of my apartment staring at me to ride it.

In other news, it's completely summer here with the heat and humidity.
And I hear it will get worse too. For me at least, it makes sleeping difficult. Once the sun comes up, it's only a matter of time before I can't lie in bed anymore. We have A/C in the apartment but it's not that great. My roommate and I are expected to move in August though to a different place and it should have better A/C- it better!

I found out that when the semester resumes in August (I'll be off from a certain class for a month in July), I will not be getting this one class that I hate. So that's a good thing. :)
I've also applied to an adult teaching division of my school that is starting. I think that would be really good- and it pays even more.

Last Sunday I went to a swimming pool facility. Two HUGE pools indoor and outdoor and a waterslide and also many little pools that had rose water, aloe water, ginger, etc. Pretty cool and a great way to beat the summer heat.

Other than that, not much is new.

Anyway, on to some pics of my scooter and the swimming pool place.
Talk to you all later.

Oh, and the pic of me- (before the jokes come in) we were required to wear the swimming caps.





Monday, June 9, 2008

Yep, I'm still alive and such. Haven't had a whole lot to write about really but I been trying to keep busy. Yesterday was a beach day as the weather was scorching hot and humid. Trouble is, it took 2 hours by public transport to get there which kinda sucked but whatever. I put money down on a used scooter today. It's a 2000 Yamaha 125 cc. Pretty good shape and about $692 converted to US, so cheap. I'll be posting a pic of it once I pick it up at the shop on Thursday for all of you to see. This weekend I'm flying to Penghu Island for some relaxation. This is a small island about 45 minutes off the western coast of the island of Taiwan. I'm looking really forward to it. And yeah, like I said, the weather has turned nasty with humidity through the roof. Today it thundered complete with lightning very very hard. It was like a mini typhoon I think. Hmmm... Not much else new really. I'll leave you with some pics. I took these outside the bus the other night on my way home. The second one I changed the color but I like how it came out.






Sunday, June 1, 2008

Just a couple of pics I took off the balcony of my place.  Kinda experimenting with long exposures / shutter speeds.






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