On Friday, my Taiwanese friend Jodi took a few of us down south to SuAo township to visit the famous cold springs -- one of only two cold springs in the world! On the way, we stopped at a beach and drank coconut drink in the sunshine. Unless you get it freshly squeezed from a street vendor, juice is impossible to find in Taiwan. Everything is called "____ drink," which has resulted in the constant quoting of Dave Chapelle.
I BOUGHT MY SCOOTER TODAY! While it was pretty expensive, it's only a year old and is really cute and popular. Looking cute is important because a cute scooter will have a better resale value at the end of the year if it looks cool, like mine does. I'm in love.
I've been getting lots of good use out of my Columbia rain clothes, as it's been pouring for the past two days. Taiwan's surrounded by THREE typhoons right now, building everyone's hopes up for a "typhoon day" off from school. Scootering in the rain has been an adventure, thankfully I invested in a super high-quality helmet a few days ago.
As for work, my school has been AWESOME so far! Today, I was introduced to the whole school at assembly and presented with a beautiful bouquet of red roses as a welcoming gift. The kids are so fun, I've taught all four of my sixth grade classes and love all of them - even the bad class. Working with my new co-teacher has been interesting, we planned our lesson a whole 10 minutes before class started today. Luckily she's been teaching English for about 8 years and we have really similar teaching styles, so we work well together in the classroom.
I had a genuine teaching moment in one of my classes today, explaining that not everyone in America is white although we are all Americans. People are generally puzzled by my mixed ethnicity, commenting on my nose and green eyes. Yesterday, one little boy chased me down the hall yelling "GREEN EYES??!!! GREEN EYES??!!!!!" before running away in terror. I took his fear as a compliment.
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