First Class
Location | Taipei
Today I had my first class. The teacher kind of taught the class as if we were second graders. It was a complete flashback to first year Chinese school… I hope it gets better…
Anyway, I went to try out the Taiwanese II class, but I ran out, because well, while I can understand Taiwanese, it takes me A LOT longer to speak Taiwanese… and most of the people in the class had a grip as to how to speak Taiwanese… so I thought, this is definately not the class for me.
I went out for brunch with this grad student at U of M’s mom. She’s really nice, but I think she is trying to hard to “be my friend.” Hehehe.. I dunno, everyone here is just trying to be helpful, but sometimes it is just scary. She doesn’t need to buy me anything! LOL… she kept on wanting to buy me stuff… it’s ok it’s ok… LOL.
Oh, in a few days I get to go to the largest bookstore in Eastern Asia: Page One. It’s inside the Taipei 101 mall… and Taipei 101 is the tallest building in the world (as of date). I’M SO EXCITED TO GO TO THAT BUILDING!!! Plus they have tons of books in English, so woohoo!
I bought another book on “Cultural Taipei.” It’s really interesting and there are lots of pictures. It was only $4.50, so if you’re in Taipei, I suggest you buy it, it’s a good buy.
I think my cousin also said that she’s going to take me to a hot springs sometime in the future, so I’m kind of excited about that. Also we’re going to a street that specializes in electronics so I can buy a cheap mp3 player and webcam! YAY! Lots of things to do. Tomorrow I’m going to go to The Taipei World Trade Center to visit my cousin at the International Compudex Show. Yay for all new computer technology!
Ok, so I’m starting to enjoy Taiwan a lot more… only because when you have people willing to go with you place, it’s a lot more interesting.
[This entry was taken from my old blog, Away from Home. Formatting may have changed when moved to Explore!]
