(1) After learning to drive for so many years and after finally getting my license in October, I drove. By that, I mean I drove in TAIWAN where traffic lights are viewed as "optional". My brother was pretty brave to sleep most of the way because I drove all the way home, from the bottom of the mountain to the top. It was pretty scary and I barely breathed the whole time but I did. I think my dad might be just a bit jealous :P (there's something wrong w/ his eyes so he can only ride motorcycles).
(2) The drinking age in Taiwan is the same as the driving age: 18 (but you can't vote until you are 20). I'll be 21 around Valentine's Day and I only had my first cocktail less than a week ago! Not that I approve of drinking but it was a treat from the restaurant...
I do remember trying to get somebody's attention many years ago and he ended up giving me his beer to make me shut up. I took a sip to get his approval...thinking back right now, that was just silly. Why do they sell beers to middle school students in Taiwan anyways?!
(3) Ron, my beloved terrible brother, got me addicted to Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" song. The hand belongs to Ron and the next two pics of the outside of the Taiwanese version of the album "Fearless".
(4) I saw the cutest Valentine chocolate at a Japanese supermarket (in Taiwan of course).
(5) I have English classes TOMORROW, I'm really looking forward to it. Every time I'm there, there's a moment when I want to cry and/or runaway but for some reasons I really want to do something for them.
Lately I've been having a dilema:
The teaching thing was originally something my father and the doctor came to decisions BEFORE consulting me so I still have no idea whether or not I'll be paid or how much if I do but I've been splurging on the gifts. I don't want to seem cheap but I am saving for college; I'm aiming for tuition exemption but I'll have living expenses to take care of and I get minimum wage for my job at the NPO.
NOTEBOOKS WERE ON SALE(6) I saved the best for the last:
I might get to go to Korea one more time after all!
It's for work because our NPO buy clothes from dealers and sell them for charity (all the profit goes to single moms, victims of domestic violence, classes for poor kids like the ones I teach, etc.). No one at work speaks Korean but negotiations can be made in English. My best friend, Jasmine, will be visiting her relatives in Korea this December so I'm really hoping we could meet up...even if it's only for an hour ><
I miss you, Jazzy!
I might get to go to Korea one more time after all!
It's for work because our NPO buy clothes from dealers and sell them for charity (all the profit goes to single moms, victims of domestic violence, classes for poor kids like the ones I teach, etc.). No one at work speaks Korean but negotiations can be made in English. My best friend, Jasmine, will be visiting her relatives in Korea this December so I'm really hoping we could meet up...even if it's only for an hour ><
I miss you, Jazzy!
Why does Ron have henna ink on his hand? Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't, he's just really into art. He has dozens of black pens in different sizes and draws on anything he can draw on. The picture I posted was a picture of his drawing of a butterfly...he broke a pen when he did that piece and now the ink is everywhere in his room...
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