I need to wash my bowl. Can you hand me that rag? Yeah, the one with the raw meat sitting on it. Thanks.

This past weekend, I hopped on the ol' high-speed train to meet up with my friend James. We used to work together at the Millennium. It's hard to believe that it actually took me 51 of my 52 weeks here to meet up with him but we made it happen. When I first arrived, we went out to eat. I had curry, which of course had plenty of bones in it. Then he said he had relatives staying in his house so he bought me a hotel room. Nice guy huh? The hotel was alright, but it had a terrible view. See the flickr picture. Anyway, the next day we cruised around town with his friend Norman. We saw a bunch of historic places, and dined at a German restaurant, and saw some fishermen not catch any fish. It was good to get some sun though, and experience more of Taiwan!

Tonight was a going-away party for me hosted by the Chinese teachers at school. We went to KTV, which is their equivalent of karaoke. It was a lot of fun. We played a good mix of English and Chinese songs, meaning one half of the room would be completely bored while the other half sang, and vice versa. They also gave me a giant card with lots of Chinese written on it so that'll be a good keepsake. Other than that, I've got two days of school left and I couldn't be happier and more relieved knowing that it's almost over! It's been a great year but I can't wait to go to Australia. Very exciting! Kelly found a house for us and I have a job interview next week to work at a running store. I'll be keeping my blog running I hope when in Oz although I'm predicting the stuff I do won't be nearly as strange or interesting as what I've experienced here. But, who knows...