Well, you know it's not Monday when I put my last post up hahahahaha. Totally lied. Shouldn't happen again... I hope. WELL, here we go.
Ok, so last time I posted I told you I was going to talk about my new (not so new now) information... So, I figured out where I am going to be living, I'll be in the Zhongzheng District in Taipei, Taiwan... I'm being hosted by the Chi-Shan Rotary club.... Um, I will be living in an apartment building I think. It's pretty close to the Shangdao Temple Station.I will be going to National Taipei College of Business. I will be arriving at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport... I have two host sisters, one will be in Europe while I'm staying at her house(she is 18), then I have another sister that is the same age as me, so I'm pretty excited about that.
Nothing is really new now, our inbounds in the district are starting to leave now, so were a bit sad. It's life and it just happens. Um, been working on my visa stuff, which is a pain in the butt. So much stuff is needed for that hahaha! It kicks your butt sometimes. It's due this Friday, and I STILL need my medical forms... I blame the diabetes (just this once).
Oh, I leave around Aug. 17th. So I'll have my first Taiwan video around a week after I arrive... Before school starts lol. Umm, my host sister seems pretty awesome from the time I've talked to her, and my host parents don't know much English, so I hope my Chinese will be good before I leave so I can communicate with them hahahaha. Hopefully my other host sister knows some English... I'll get through it, I will learn through immersion :D
Studying is going really well actually, still have a hard time with forming sentences, and writing, but I know some words. It will all click (with what I know) when I get there. Well, I think that's it hahahaha. See you next time... Also, planning on a video maybe? I won't know what to talk about though. Maybe just more introductions lol. Idk. I will plan on it!!! Till next time.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
A lot of information, and my weekend.
Well, it's been 3 months... I hope you guys didn't think I was dead or anything or think, "He isn't going to be on an exchange anymore. That butt!!!" Since it's May, I had my last Rotary Conference, it was a melting pot of emotions, but it was fun!
So, I figured out that I'll be hosted by the Chi-Shan Rotary Club in Taiwan District 3520... But I can't find the club in the internet so I don't really have more information on that... I get my guarantee forms on Monday, since the head honcho said he sent them out on Thursday, so I'm pretty excited to learn more about where I'm going to be headed (school, house, first host family ect.)! Umm.
Oh, so I have decided to sever A LOT of friends when I go to Taiwan. Now the sever might seem drastic, but it's true. There will be a vast majority of people I won't talk to over the next year. I think there will only be 3 people I will talk to every 2 or 3 weeks, heck maybe every month? Yeah, that would involve a conversation during the weekend on Skype, but that's about it. (And by friends, I mean like people in the US. I'm pretty sure I'll still communicate with the other outbounds in my district.) I'll probably send out emails and have an update every so often when I either talk to somebody, or if it's urgent or something like that. I would be trying to update this blog every week, even if it's little information that's going on, or hell just some pictures of cool stuff I found hahaha. But yeah, there will be 3 people that I will keep in touch with while I'm in Taiwan... I should tell you why only 3... Well, I don't want to be in Taiwan, and America at the same time. I simply won't give a flying rat's butt about your friend's finger being broken or your stupid boyfriend/girlfriend. It's stuff I don't need to know about! I'll be going through some crazy crap while I'm in Taiwan, I'm going to have my own stuff on my plate to try and eat, I'll be in a different culture and will want to learn about it more and more over the little time I have over there. It's a year, and there is only so much I can do there for crying out loud. I don't need to listen to your problems. It's harsh but it's true. I don't want a foot in Eagle, Idaho USA and a foot in Taiwan. I want both feet in Taiwan, and a finger in Eagle, Idaho USA. But like I said, I won't care about your boyfriend/girlfriend.
Friday was a bit slow for the beginning(This was the Rotary conference). So I wake up at 7:30 and I leave the house at 8, and we get to Sun Valley at 11:30. We meet up with everybody and chat it up for about 15 minutes, then we went to go and eat lunch. And oh my good god, this lunch was amazing. It was like a 3 course meal, first was this salad thing, then we had salmon and rice, and we had red velvet cake. All good. Then after lunch, the inbounds/outbounds went our separate ways and we gave our speeches. Mine, was bad... I think I could of done a better job, but heck they still want me to go to Taiwan, so I'm studying my butt off hahaha. So that's what I'll be doing for the next 3 months... After that, we had some talks with the coordinators, and went to go eat. We had some soft shell tacos, and I got to make guacamole with an Ecuadorian and a Finnish girl xP that's something you don't get to do every day... Also, new verb: " guacin' ".
Second day was hectic, we wake up at 7 am, we go eat at 8, we hang around our lodges till 10:30, then we go to the inn, and we do the flag ceremony. We do a bunch of Rotary stuff, and I stood for what felt like 2 hours, in a hot room, and I'm trying not to lock my knees so I don't pass out hahaha. So after that, we have another delicious lunch, but... We only got salad. When they were handing out the cake, (it was strawberry shortcake, and oh my good god, it looked delicious) they announce, "All the outbound Rotary young adults need to go follow Mr. Dave Shaw." I was heart broken. I wanted to flip a table, that shortcake looked SOOOOO GOOD. Then I saw an outbound girl eating some, and I was like "What the flux capacitor? I want some freaking cake." Well, I didn't get any. Oh well. After my heart break, we had a few hour talk, and we said our good byes and headed home. There was also some other stuff in between all the other main parts, but that's for my thoughts :).
I think that was about it. Ummm, I will put another blog post on Monday, to talk about my first host family and all that jazz.
-Benjamin Michael Thomas
(Eagle, Idaho USA -> Taiwan 3520 Chi-Shan Rotary Club)
So, I figured out that I'll be hosted by the Chi-Shan Rotary Club in Taiwan District 3520... But I can't find the club in the internet so I don't really have more information on that... I get my guarantee forms on Monday, since the head honcho said he sent them out on Thursday, so I'm pretty excited to learn more about where I'm going to be headed (school, house, first host family ect.)! Umm.
Oh, so I have decided to sever A LOT of friends when I go to Taiwan. Now the sever might seem drastic, but it's true. There will be a vast majority of people I won't talk to over the next year. I think there will only be 3 people I will talk to every 2 or 3 weeks, heck maybe every month? Yeah, that would involve a conversation during the weekend on Skype, but that's about it. (And by friends, I mean like people in the US. I'm pretty sure I'll still communicate with the other outbounds in my district.) I'll probably send out emails and have an update every so often when I either talk to somebody, or if it's urgent or something like that. I would be trying to update this blog every week, even if it's little information that's going on, or hell just some pictures of cool stuff I found hahaha. But yeah, there will be 3 people that I will keep in touch with while I'm in Taiwan... I should tell you why only 3... Well, I don't want to be in Taiwan, and America at the same time. I simply won't give a flying rat's butt about your friend's finger being broken or your stupid boyfriend/girlfriend. It's stuff I don't need to know about! I'll be going through some crazy crap while I'm in Taiwan, I'm going to have my own stuff on my plate to try and eat, I'll be in a different culture and will want to learn about it more and more over the little time I have over there. It's a year, and there is only so much I can do there for crying out loud. I don't need to listen to your problems. It's harsh but it's true. I don't want a foot in Eagle, Idaho USA and a foot in Taiwan. I want both feet in Taiwan, and a finger in Eagle, Idaho USA. But like I said, I won't care about your boyfriend/girlfriend.
Friday was a bit slow for the beginning(This was the Rotary conference). So I wake up at 7:30 and I leave the house at 8, and we get to Sun Valley at 11:30. We meet up with everybody and chat it up for about 15 minutes, then we went to go and eat lunch. And oh my good god, this lunch was amazing. It was like a 3 course meal, first was this salad thing, then we had salmon and rice, and we had red velvet cake. All good. Then after lunch, the inbounds/outbounds went our separate ways and we gave our speeches. Mine, was bad... I think I could of done a better job, but heck they still want me to go to Taiwan, so I'm studying my butt off hahaha. So that's what I'll be doing for the next 3 months... After that, we had some talks with the coordinators, and went to go eat. We had some soft shell tacos, and I got to make guacamole with an Ecuadorian and a Finnish girl xP that's something you don't get to do every day... Also, new verb: " guacin' ".
Second day was hectic, we wake up at 7 am, we go eat at 8, we hang around our lodges till 10:30, then we go to the inn, and we do the flag ceremony. We do a bunch of Rotary stuff, and I stood for what felt like 2 hours, in a hot room, and I'm trying not to lock my knees so I don't pass out hahaha. So after that, we have another delicious lunch, but... We only got salad. When they were handing out the cake, (it was strawberry shortcake, and oh my good god, it looked delicious) they announce, "All the outbound Rotary young adults need to go follow Mr. Dave Shaw." I was heart broken. I wanted to flip a table, that shortcake looked SOOOOO GOOD. Then I saw an outbound girl eating some, and I was like "What the flux capacitor? I want some freaking cake." Well, I didn't get any. Oh well. After my heart break, we had a few hour talk, and we said our good byes and headed home. There was also some other stuff in between all the other main parts, but that's for my thoughts :).
I think that was about it. Ummm, I will put another blog post on Monday, to talk about my first host family and all that jazz.
-Benjamin Michael Thomas
(Eagle, Idaho USA -> Taiwan 3520 Chi-Shan Rotary Club)
Sunday, March 11, 2012
So, I went browsing on amazon for some bags today, and here's what I'm planning on getting.
This one for personal stuff (diabetes, laptop, ect.)
Freaked out for a second since it was a big picture. I need one now anyway so I was like, "Might as well get one now."
This one for all the other stuff I'm bringing, (my flag, clothes, other things) but I'm not too sure because it's 36 inches (which is freaking huge.) I'll probably ask some rotary people if they know what bag size I should get.
Hopefully I'll be able to get these soon, since the backpack is like 40$(50$ cheaper) and the duffel is like 180$ cheaper xD. Also had a stupid mistake on my end, I'm not going to District 3480, but District 3520. Whoops. They're still pretty dang close, but 3520 is more in the mountains I think.
On a side note with personal stuff, I got a job working at a Idaho Italian food place called Louie's, and I'm a busser there so I should have money to save up :) only took like 7+ months to get a job though. More money = more stuff to do, more things to eat... Also, another thing I want to do, is try some different foods you guys want me to try... Now I'm just sitting at my computer thinking of what to type since I kind of already typed out what I was going to type out and all that. No cheesy endings or anything. I swear. Maybe if I think of something good.
This one for personal stuff (diabetes, laptop, ect.)
This one for all the other stuff I'm bringing, (my flag, clothes, other things) but I'm not too sure because it's 36 inches (which is freaking huge.) I'll probably ask some rotary people if they know what bag size I should get.
On a side note with personal stuff, I got a job working at a Idaho Italian food place called Louie's, and I'm a busser there so I should have money to save up :) only took like 7+ months to get a job though. More money = more stuff to do, more things to eat... Also, another thing I want to do, is try some different foods you guys want me to try... Now I'm just sitting at my computer thinking of what to type since I kind of already typed out what I was going to type out and all that. No cheesy endings or anything. I swear. Maybe if I think of something good.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Well hello there.
As the title says, this is my first blog. Exciting right? Probably not for you, but for me. Man oh man, I don't know what to talk about. Well, this blog is for my foreign exchange year from sometime in August 2012- Sometime in Summer 2013. I'm type one diabetic, so that will add some spice to my year abroad. Basically this blog will be about me in Taipei, Taiwan going through all the ups and downs with everything else in between. I think this will be fun. I will put videos on my youtube channel also, and you can subscribe to that with the link below. (Not a RWJ reference.) I also have a meeting in May where I have to do a speech in Mandarin only so I'll have to put picutres up from that and my 5 minute speech xD. Stay tuned for more information. (It might be dead for a few months. Nothing going on except for me studying my Mandarin.)
-Blog to you later? (That was awful, I'll think of something later.)
Benjamin Michael Thomas.
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-Blog to you later? (That was awful, I'll think of something later.)
Benjamin Michael Thomas.
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