Nothing too exciting. Just an update. Couple things I need to type up on this here blog.
Anyways, a couple days ago(Wednesday Nov. 21 late evening) I arrived in Taiwan! So I've been here for three months... Take that people who didn't think I would survive that long. ::does the in your face dance:: Anyways, been here three months, and I am enjoying probably 85% of the time. Why not 110% of the time? Well just some stupid stuff due to communication problems with my host family. I tried my best to mend the relationship with them, but it's just not happening. I leave on Saturday at 14:00(2pm), so only a little bit longer. Not delving into the details on this hahahaha. Anyways, it's been an awesome three months here in Formosa. I am glad to have met all the people that I know here, and am very thankful for the new friends that I have met from around the world. One day I will visit them all xD. Anyways, next topic, the switch.
Ok, so I switch in approximately 6 days 12 hours and 10 minutes. (There's a countdown app > _>;)... Yeah, so when I switch, I will try another blog update where it doesn't take two bloody days to upload a video that is a couple minutes long. Not doing that again. I will try to get a new webcam for my vlogs. I have thought of something else too, I can use my headset I look like a gamer in(gaming headsets for the win) and put pictures in the video, or just deal with the terrible camera quality and have the headset on. I will ponder on the decisions. I also will try another camera video, since I like that idea. This is all hoping I will have internet at the house, I'm pretty sure I do, hopefully. Anyways, I will start living in Tamsui next week. My house is a 30 minutes walk from the MRT(Metro/Mass Rail Transit) system. I hope I will have a bike... Tamsui is a lovely place and I can't wait to live there. My second host family is amazing too! Overall, I'm excited for moving. Next thing, what I've been up to...
I have a bad habit of writing like I'm writing an essay for English hahahaha. I've been quite busy the last few weeks. I've been practicing a dance for Rotary for the Coming of Age Ceremony. I'm not sure if I am supposed to keep on doing the first dance I learn, or I will just stick to this weapon routine I'm doing with a group of 14 others. Sudden realization, that I'm the only guy in the weapons group. REPRESENT THE MEN. Anyways, it's really fun, the routine is easy, and the first routine/dance is with a spear :D! The next one(there were other weapons, so I'm just assuming) is with one handed axes. It looks like we will be holding two at a time. I hope so anyway. This routine/dance is going to be really fun :D. I am looking forward to how it will turn out.
I went to the middle of Taiwan last weekend, to the Taichung area. It was really fun, I was mainly there for Rotary and I didn't have too much time to myself until the night where I just looked around the night market near my hotel. We visited a town where some famous person named "Dragon" in my club used to live, and we donated $45,000 NTD which is roughly 1,500 USD to his elementary school. It was a rather rainy weekend too, and I didn't like the rain too much. I brought my canvas shoes, and well, they got muddy, and soaked through, and I had to do a terrible job cleaning them xD. They are still a bit dirty. It adds character. We also visited a flower garden and I found that freaking amazing. There were quite a few cool looking displays. I enjoyed it ^_^. I'm going to a convention tomorrow(secret till I upload the pictures) so you'll just have to look for my picture update. Mwahahahahahaa. I really haven't been around too much, I'm going to Tainan(near the south) on Monday via High Speed Rail, so I will be taking pictures left and right. I'm really excited about that. Oh, another place I went to in the next paragraph.
About two weeks ago, I went to a pottery place. It was in the Yingge township, which is 30 minutes by train... Also, that was my first train ride of my life. A legitimate train ride, not the one at bloody Disney Land. We made some pots, and they should be at our school around Dec. 3-7. We looked around and stuff, and yeah. Were going to Taipei 101 FINALLY, with my culture class this week too! It only took me three months to go! I will bring Kalevi(my version of flat stanley), and flat stanley for my friend's little sister. World's fastest elevator here I come :D. I will take a video, with the chemical brothers playing of course. Pretty sure I will go with them. I'm pretty excited about this. Anyways. Yeah.
Time to wrap this up. I've been drinking coconut milk/water/whatever you want to call it, like no tomorrow. Same with pearl milk tea. That stuff is delicious. I'm also starting to learn parkour now. I suck at it, but I'm learning the basics, and yeah. Should be a fun hobby I'll stick to. CRAP. I forgot to talk about Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving, was decent I guess. I went with my Culture class to Xinbeitou and we went in the hotsprings. It was full body, but it was public, so we wore swimming suits(thank Buddha!). After that, we came back to my home station, and we saw this pie salesman, and we bought pie. One bloke(Michael) bought a whole pie, with a bunch(8) different flavours. We went back to my house and had milk and pie. It was amazing. After that we just lounged around. After dinner I met up with my cousin(she's an exchange student too, distantly related) and our friend and I got an Adventskalendar. I am excited about that hahaha. Anyways, that was Thanksgiving.
There you go. I am POSITIVE I haven't forgotten about anything. There will be a relatively short update next week, just about my house, and a few pictures to upload on the books of my room all messy when unpacking. Anyways yar. Updates next week too.
More to come.
(Whoever gets that, gets a shoutout)
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Hey, I'm alive, I just been forgetting to post stuff on here.
It's almost been a month since I've posted on this... Where did the time go? Anyways, I'll chat-chit it up on what's been new.
For the month of October, I was terribly broke. I spent over half my Rotary pay money in a week to buy a phone, and put credits on it. That was about $100 USD... Apparently my host family had a phone for me, and they told me I had it, but I don't even remember receiving it... Anyways, that's all behind me now. I have a decent phone(I call it my old man phone, since there is an SOS switch on the back, and the numbers on it are HUGE.) I also bought a Pokémon doll(a Bulbasaur), and named it Kalevi. I'm thinking of it as a Flat Stanley... Take pictures of it with landmarks/something cool in the background. Should be an interesting activity... Though I've only taken two pictures = .=;. Anybody want me to go somewhere unique and have a picture for you? Tell me and I'll go there. Please make it in the Taipei area :p. Back to the money situation. So I hardly use my MRT card for traveling, so I used the money I had on there for buying my low blood sugar food(yes, I still have to do that, which is infuriating), and when I went with my host family somewhere, I was low on MRT money, and they refilled it, and I was like "Oh yeah, more food money" but I also felt bad for it not being used for it's intended purpose :p... I have to take care of my diabetes y'know! So that was how I used my MRT money for the 3 weeks I had no money in October.. On to the next small snip-it I just want to throw in.
COFFEE! My host mom bought me a big box of these coffee packets, and it's delicious. Though I still prefer fresh made coffee, this will be a good alternative for a while.. Thanks Host Mom. Next thing to talk about, packages!
My aunt, and my blood mother(sounds like a cult thing doesn't it...) has been sending me packages for a bit. I've only gotten one from each, but my aunt has one in transit, and my mother has one being prepared right now. The first one was the one that came into my hands, and it had: American deodorant(there's a difference), marshmallows, Hershey's chocolate(SPONSOR!), my father's CHOCOLATE FREAKING CHIP COOKIES(Oh my lawdy, I was so excited to see those in there, I was about to cry. Yes, I will cry over chocolate chip cookies. It was like, God told my dad to make cookies, and God blessed them with the sweet deliciousness of an angel's kiss, and yeah. My taste buds were in heaven. I still have one left.), test strips for my diabetes, and letters. I asked for some letters and I was glad I got some, this package was kind of like a second wind. It made me feel kind of good. Just a memento that I have my own personal cheerleaders cheering me on. Anyways, my aunt's package. It was rather small(only 3 items) but I was bursting out laughing for about 20 minutes. So, I asked her for some khakis for my uniform, and some other stuff(I'm pretty sure the other stuff will come in the next package, but I'm not sure.). So, I opened the package and I see the pants, and I was happy I got those, but they had little bumps in them... So I unroll the package, and potatoes fall on the floor. I sit there for a second, with my mind trying to process what just fell out of my pants. After abut 20 seconds I say to myself, "My aunt just sent me potatoes in the mail..." This was just funny, I'm sponsored by a district in Idaho, so EVERYBODY thinks I have a potato fetish. Sure, potatoes are good, I like baked and mashed potatoes, but I don't have a potato fetish. I was raised in California. Before this gets too out of hand, I will end it here: next sentence about October.
So, October was a rather boring month, due to me not using my money to hang out with people, and using it to make sure I don't go to the hospital. That's it. Now Country fair!
The country fair happened October 28, and it was one of my favorite days in Taiwan. This was a blast, I got to see most inbounds, and took a bunch of pictures, and all that. I got to make cookies too with my cousin, which was pretty cool. Distant cousin, like 5 generations back or something. I can't remember. Anyways, I got to make cookies, and I thought they were going to be terrible, but they came out all right! I wouldn't mind baking some more, let me think about stuff, and just relax for once and not have too much of a care. Back to the country fair. It lasted from 8am-2pm, and we had booths for our country, and we had to put on attire from our country, or colors, or whatever. Just had to look like you were representing your country. I wore my blazer, my Louie's shirt, and some nice shorts. Everything was pretty fun, I got my face decorated with different flags, and I got a Germany flag with the Eagle crest on it. So far my flags are: South Africa(given by Stephanie), Germany(given by Konstantin L), Taiwan(given by Brian), and 'Murrica(I bought it from Walmart.). The food at the event was amazing, and yeah, in general, I had a blast. On to the next, Halloween.
Well, it wasn't much, but I got to hang out with a couple people. We kind of just derped around my apartment for a couple hours and watched movies. It was fun. Some people probably did something, but yeah. Kind of just a simple Halloween. We watched The Husk, and I watched The Princess Bride or something like that? It was kind of funny, and I was told to watch it. Nothing else really happened.
I think that's all I can think about... As I said, October kind of sucked too. I hope it turns around. I change host families December 1st, so hopefully I can do more stuff. Anyways, sorry about the delayed update, I should update more often now. I hope so anyways. I'm also looking at other people's blogs, to see if there are any worth noting of.. I might make a quick post to inform people of blogs. I won't post it on my Facebook.
Till next time!
Some crazy foreigner in Taiwan.
For the month of October, I was terribly broke. I spent over half my Rotary pay money in a week to buy a phone, and put credits on it. That was about $100 USD... Apparently my host family had a phone for me, and they told me I had it, but I don't even remember receiving it... Anyways, that's all behind me now. I have a decent phone(I call it my old man phone, since there is an SOS switch on the back, and the numbers on it are HUGE.) I also bought a Pokémon doll(a Bulbasaur), and named it Kalevi. I'm thinking of it as a Flat Stanley... Take pictures of it with landmarks/something cool in the background. Should be an interesting activity... Though I've only taken two pictures = .=;. Anybody want me to go somewhere unique and have a picture for you? Tell me and I'll go there. Please make it in the Taipei area :p. Back to the money situation. So I hardly use my MRT card for traveling, so I used the money I had on there for buying my low blood sugar food(yes, I still have to do that, which is infuriating), and when I went with my host family somewhere, I was low on MRT money, and they refilled it, and I was like "Oh yeah, more food money" but I also felt bad for it not being used for it's intended purpose :p... I have to take care of my diabetes y'know! So that was how I used my MRT money for the 3 weeks I had no money in October.. On to the next small snip-it I just want to throw in.
COFFEE! My host mom bought me a big box of these coffee packets, and it's delicious. Though I still prefer fresh made coffee, this will be a good alternative for a while.. Thanks Host Mom. Next thing to talk about, packages!
My aunt, and my blood mother(sounds like a cult thing doesn't it...) has been sending me packages for a bit. I've only gotten one from each, but my aunt has one in transit, and my mother has one being prepared right now. The first one was the one that came into my hands, and it had: American deodorant(there's a difference), marshmallows, Hershey's chocolate(SPONSOR!), my father's CHOCOLATE FREAKING CHIP COOKIES(Oh my lawdy, I was so excited to see those in there, I was about to cry. Yes, I will cry over chocolate chip cookies. It was like, God told my dad to make cookies, and God blessed them with the sweet deliciousness of an angel's kiss, and yeah. My taste buds were in heaven. I still have one left.), test strips for my diabetes, and letters. I asked for some letters and I was glad I got some, this package was kind of like a second wind. It made me feel kind of good. Just a memento that I have my own personal cheerleaders cheering me on. Anyways, my aunt's package. It was rather small(only 3 items) but I was bursting out laughing for about 20 minutes. So, I asked her for some khakis for my uniform, and some other stuff(I'm pretty sure the other stuff will come in the next package, but I'm not sure.). So, I opened the package and I see the pants, and I was happy I got those, but they had little bumps in them... So I unroll the package, and potatoes fall on the floor. I sit there for a second, with my mind trying to process what just fell out of my pants. After abut 20 seconds I say to myself, "My aunt just sent me potatoes in the mail..." This was just funny, I'm sponsored by a district in Idaho, so EVERYBODY thinks I have a potato fetish. Sure, potatoes are good, I like baked and mashed potatoes, but I don't have a potato fetish. I was raised in California. Before this gets too out of hand, I will end it here: next sentence about October.
So, October was a rather boring month, due to me not using my money to hang out with people, and using it to make sure I don't go to the hospital. That's it. Now Country fair!
The country fair happened October 28, and it was one of my favorite days in Taiwan. This was a blast, I got to see most inbounds, and took a bunch of pictures, and all that. I got to make cookies too with my cousin, which was pretty cool. Distant cousin, like 5 generations back or something. I can't remember. Anyways, I got to make cookies, and I thought they were going to be terrible, but they came out all right! I wouldn't mind baking some more, let me think about stuff, and just relax for once and not have too much of a care. Back to the country fair. It lasted from 8am-2pm, and we had booths for our country, and we had to put on attire from our country, or colors, or whatever. Just had to look like you were representing your country. I wore my blazer, my Louie's shirt, and some nice shorts. Everything was pretty fun, I got my face decorated with different flags, and I got a Germany flag with the Eagle crest on it. So far my flags are: South Africa(given by Stephanie), Germany(given by Konstantin L), Taiwan(given by Brian), and 'Murrica(I bought it from Walmart.). The food at the event was amazing, and yeah, in general, I had a blast. On to the next, Halloween.
Well, it wasn't much, but I got to hang out with a couple people. We kind of just derped around my apartment for a couple hours and watched movies. It was fun. Some people probably did something, but yeah. Kind of just a simple Halloween. We watched The Husk, and I watched The Princess Bride or something like that? It was kind of funny, and I was told to watch it. Nothing else really happened.
I think that's all I can think about... As I said, October kind of sucked too. I hope it turns around. I change host families December 1st, so hopefully I can do more stuff. Anyways, sorry about the delayed update, I should update more often now. I hope so anyways. I'm also looking at other people's blogs, to see if there are any worth noting of.. I might make a quick post to inform people of blogs. I won't post it on my Facebook.
Till next time!
Some crazy foreigner in Taiwan.
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