Scooter Tales

I saw this guy the other day, on a scooter, on the MOTORWAY, with one hand on the accelerator and the other arm around a teeny tiny baby. Like, about 3 months old. I was appalled.

The kitchen has a life of its own...

I bought a kettle. It was cheap, and it is rather alarming! I try to keep out of its way when it is almost boiled...

Last night I decided to clean my kitchen before putting away my meagre groceries. I unscrewed the little extractor fan thingees over the gas elements, and to my horror, both were holding about half an inch of sticky grease, and one had a dead cockroach preserved in it. It took me 2 hours of hot water and soap to get them even vaguely clean, and I had to throw out the sponge. EWWWWWWWWWW!

Then I juiced up my ipod and warmed up the place with a couple of hours of truly atrocious dancing and singing.

My Birthday

Hey everyone - thanks for remembering my birthday yesterday! And without my 90 day countdown too...

I had a pretty good day - a bit of work, a nap, and then I went out for dinner with Alex and David, Alex and James, Sanchia and Cueba. We had Mexican, believe it or not. Got some awesome presents as well.

Today at school we have the combined birthday party for September, so I believe I get cake and coffee. Sounds GOOOOOOOD...

First Day

So, I survived my first day of classes by myself. Man, I sucked. I can't dance for shit, nobody knows or cares about my extollations of the letter A, and my Chinese Teacher informed me that I don't get the teacher's chair any more, I have to sit on the floor.

I told on her and got it back by lunch time. In your face!!

I should have worked my way around the world as a sandwich board freak. I'm way more qualified for it.

The weather is nasty

Take an umbrella out today folks, because the flying pigs might shit on your head.

It turns out that I cannot hold my drink in Taiwan! Apparently it's something to do with the heat and how much more dehydrated you get. I had 4 drinks on Friday night and it's been years since I felt so bloody awful the next morning.

I am going to have to be a 1-beer loser.

Abode

Huzzah! I am no longer homeless. I sign a lease on Tuesday for my very own teeny weeny flat in Nei Hu, which is kind of North-East of the city centre and over the river, and a 10 minute walk from work. You guys should see this place. It's miniscule, and the ceilings are only about 6 inches above my head. I have a little kitchen, a living room that will only take 1 couch I should think, and a downstairs bedroom with an en suite where you have to take the loo paper out to have a shower because it's basically over the toilet.

There are all sorts of built in cabinets though, and beautiful wooden floors, and it comes with a bed. One of the other teachers lives 2 doors along on the same floor, and it's on a quiet little street that really reminded me of Italy. I am so excited!!!

And I'll be able to move in the day before my birthday. Perfect.

What do you do at night?

I had my first classling yesterday. Just for 20 minutes. I was supposed to introduce them to the concept of night and day. Didn't go brilliantly I have to say - I got a lot of solemn and blank little faces! Until I pretended to be a sleeping bear getting into bed, with bear snoring. That was a huge hit...

Nobody wet their pants, but someone did throw up. Sigh. It was pink and foamy and he also managed to stand in it.