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.