Paintballs, Rock Walls, Fun For All!

I went paint balling for the first time in my life with my fellow foreign teachers on Sunday. It was a lot of fun but I don't see why I would do it again. The first game, we played 4-on-4, guys against girls. We played inside of a square field with about 16 little fence walls on each side. The second game, we played inside of a more rugged course. This one had berms with trees planted on them as cover. There was also a flag in the middle that one team had to race to grab. The third game, we played against a group of 12 Taiwanese that were there also. We lost pretty badly but it was still fun. After paint balling, we also had a barbecue. During this, one of the Taiwanese came over and he wanted to meet us. While I was attempting to talk to him, one of my friends said "he wants to arm wrestle you." I was thinking, yeah this is just what I need. So he beat me soundly in arm wrestling, as well as the drinking competition that ensued.

We also played a lot of the miniature basketball game, and they had a rock wall which I horsed around on too. That was fun but I'm definitely not a natural like someone in my family...Dad. After that, we went a rode some go-carts. For me this was definitely the highlight of the day. These go-carts seemed like something that'd be illegal in the US but I'm in Taiwan so that's convenient. They had 250 CC engines which were very fast and loud, but it was awesome. I had an epic showdown with my friend Chris but he took me down in the last few laps. We're no longer friends. Well, I'm just joking but I am indeed bitter about the loss. It was a cut-throat competition.

We did have a driver from the paintball place that drove about an hour to pick us up in Linkou, then he drove us to paintball. After paintball, he drove us to the go-carts about 15 minutes away. And then he drove us back after that, another one hour drive. Apparently, because it was Mother's Day, they weren't as busy as usual so he had the time for us. He did make sure to run every red light he could while driving. Oh, Taiwan. One cop did stop him and he made a joke or something and then the cop let us go. It must've been a good joke!

Other than that, no real significant highlights. Well, at school today, a student got his head stuck in a railing for about a minute. That was pretty funny. I'll potentially have a big weekend this weekend so perhaps some good stories are on the way. In less than two weeks though, I leave for Australia so there'll be good stories after that for sure. In the meantime, try a round of paintball or climb a rock wall...

I did post a bunch of pictures from paint balling so check those out!