Observations...

Hello Everyone,

First of all, sorry for not posting in a little while. This time I wanted to share a couple of things I wrote down today at work. I kept thinking to myself, if I were asked to give a presentation about what I learned in Taiwan....what would I say?
I came up with a list of things that were interesting/different. This post is not meant to pass judgment, I just wanted to share them with you in case you were interested. Here it goes:

1. People eat all the time
2. Students/professors do not dress-up for presentations
3. People recycle a lot
4. Printing two pages in one side and reusing the back of the sheet is common as well
5. Cups have a plastic seal- no matter where you buy it from
6. Students can have finals after their graduation ceremony
7. No December commencement ceremonies
8. Residence halls do no have an oven
9. We are currently in 99 not 2010 ( figure it out!- hint: 1911)
10. Secretaries do a lot more than clerical tasks- they would be Advisors/Coordinators in the U.S.
11. All MCU students eat lunch between 12:00-12:50pm
12. One may nap at your desk after lunch
13. People will do anything to help you. If you ask, you shall receive!
14. Birthdays are not a huge deal
15. You do no buy your drink where you buy your food

These observations are personal and is not representative of the entire country.

What else would you like to hear?

FOOD

Katy this is for you! I drank this sweetened soy milk and it was delicious! I can get used to that. ps: This is a drink from Thailand.
I have eaten these dumplings twice, they are very tasty! In case you were wondering... I did eat all of them. They only cost 45NTD- food is cheap over here. In case you felt like you had seen enough about food. Here is so more. After going to a traditional Japanese Hot springs on Saturday, my friends and I went to a Korean restaurant. Needless to say the food was to die for- it was spicy but I loved it. I ordered kimchi fried rice and look all the food I got. All for 90NTD.



I should mention more about the hot springs. It was definitely and experience- a great one. I was not aware of the proper attire, until we were on the train. But I got over it before we even arrived. The place was gorgeous, we were in the mountain and the view was beautiful. Thankfully it was not sunny outside, instead it was dreary and wet- which made for an even better Hot springs day. If you ever get a chance- try it. I have never been so relaxed before. I enjoyed the women trying to speak to me in Chinese- as if I could even say where I was from- but they tried. As the southerns would say- "bless her heart."Oh yea...I thought this store was selling scooters....well it turns out it is a parking lot. Why didn't I think of that?

Hope everyone is doing well....

Next time I will be telling you all about their graduation ceremony. I will be attending one on Saturday.

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE PROM NIGHT

Here are some pictures from the Masquerade Prom I went to this past weekend
Notice my awesome mask. It represent BRASIL! :) My awesome roommate- Ruth- bought it for me. This is the nicest dress I brought from home, I did not know I would be going to prom... well it was very fun. We had a live band, food, and friends. I enjoyed myself. Prom was not like High School, but everything looked great. It was smaller scale, and started at 6pm, by 9:30pm I was already home with my friends opening a can of beer. Classy huh? We were just

Gaby & Irene

Everyone dresses up for Prom :) Love it

Gaby, Ruth & Maria-Liz
I am going to miss these girls

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUTH!!!!!!