As the title suggests, new pictures are up! I added about 30 or so around Linkou and from the Hash runs I've done. As I type right now, it is pouring rain outside. This is my first rain storm of potentially many, many more. Also, my stupid alarm clock went off again. It inexplicably goes off at noon, 1 PM, and 8 PM everyday but I can't operate the clock because it has 4 buttons on the back labeled 1-4, and the instruction manual is Chinese. I should get it translated perhaps. The alarm is kind of humorous though so I don't let it bother me that much.
School is going well. It's been a stressful week but it's almost Friday and I cannot believe another week has already gone by. More hashing this weekend so that will be a lot of fun. Plus I'm going to eat breakfast with my doorman on Sunday so that should be fun, and interesting. I'm going to be going on a hike with my other doorman one of these days. The doormen are really funny and they like practicing their English with me, plus they teach me some Chinese here and there.
Speaking of Chinese, I finished my first week of Chinese classes at the Taipei Language Institute. It's very difficult and all we're working on right now is tones. Then again, Chinese is based on tones so that's definitely important to know. I can't wait to start learning some words and sentence though so I can put them to use on the streets...did I mention it's 99% Chinese here? So any Chinese I learn will come in handy. I'm taking the class with one of my fellow teachers at the school so we commute together. It eats a lot of time up in the day that I'd normally waste in my apartment watching Rambo 4.
One more thing I may be doing in the next week or two...tutoring. One of my co-teachers doesn't want to do it anymore so I might take over the job of tutoring one kid 2 hours a week. More on that later...
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