Dodgeball? How do you play that?

Today at school, we had a dodgeball competition with 4 different classes. Going into it, I thought it'd be pretty funny to watch a bunch of little kids pelting balls at each other. I was wrong though. When the game started, one ball was brought out. All of the kids were told to stay inside of the square as 6 teachers surrounded them. Then we threw balls one by one at the scared kids huddled in the corner of the square. One kid did cry because he got hit in the face, but overall it was quite an underwhelming game. I'm not sure if this was the school's first time playing dodgeball or if this is how they always play it but it was strange.

Tonight, I went to Brian's house and had dinner with his parents and three doctors from the Chang Gung hospital. Frank, Brian's Dad, heads up a unit at the hospital and apparently has his disciples eat at his house often. They invited me because their guests spoke English. It was a little awkward the whole night because the main reason we were all there together was because we spoke English even though I was the only native speaker. Maybe I'm thinking about it too much, ha ha. The three women were from the Phillippines. They've been in Taiwan for 11 months and are leaving next month. After a delicious dinner, we played Wii Tennis and Bowling. This was pretty funny. Brian's parents were very excited about getting us all to play a kids game. It was a fun night overall.

Other than that, I'm getting very very anxious about going back to the US and that's pretty much all I'm thinking about. I'm honestly getting a little bummed that I'll have to come back here. I've definitely been enjoying my time here but I feel like I've gotten comfortable enough with everything that the whole experience isn't quite as exciting anymore. Maybe it's my problem and I need to diversify more to spice things up or something. The doctors tonight did tell me that their second half of the year has gone a lot faster so that was good to hear. In a way, it is kind of silly to live life like that, just hoping that it goes faster so you can be somewhere else. So I am trying to live it to the fullest while I'm here. I'm doing my best to supress any negative thoughts and instead I'm trying to make the best of it. I was told that the 6-month mark is one of the hardest periods of being away so that could be what I'm feeling. I'm getting too whiny. I better stop this blog, ha ha. I promise good posts in the future so don't give up on the blog yet. Ta ta!