Happy Halloween from all of us at HsinFong and Fu Long Elementary schools! Wishing you the spookiest of holidays and candy-filled trick-or-treat bags!
Ultra Expressive!
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Oh the expressions one ends up making while teaching children English! I'm glad I don't have to see too many of these pictures!
Homework?!?! But I'm the Teacher!
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
I got to school today at FuLong and the director {bless his soul he tries so hard with his English I love it!} Tells me he wants to dance with me on Friday ... well good morning to you too lol.
I'm a little confused about what he's talking about, and then the music begins to play on a computer in the office, and the director excitedly points to it and says "you, me, dance, this" ... and that's how I got my first dancing homework assignment.
OK, to clarify things a bit (I sure wish someone would do that for me here some days lol) my students at FuLong are participating in a field day with other area schools for a good portion of Friday. I was told they would be doing Sport Events and the Teachers could Participate if They wanted to! Apparently a School Wide Drum / Dance routine is now Also Considered a Sport, and Participating is optional unless you are the Lone white Chick in Town, then it is Highly, HIGHLY encouraged!
Sooo, Long Story Short, I've got to memorize this by Friday Morning Dance routine. There Will be 4 Children dancing in Front of Me, then the Director and myself, and then the remainder of our US Students Behindlaughing at the crazy white Trying to Dance Girl dancing as Well.
All I can say is ... Wish me luck!
I'm a little confused about what he's talking about, and then the music begins to play on a computer in the office, and the director excitedly points to it and says "you, me, dance, this" ... and that's how I got my first dancing homework assignment.
OK, to clarify things a bit (I sure wish someone would do that for me here some days lol) my students at FuLong are participating in a field day with other area schools for a good portion of Friday. I was told they would be doing Sport Events and the Teachers could Participate if They wanted to! Apparently a School Wide Drum / Dance routine is now Also Considered a Sport, and Participating is optional unless you are the Lone white Chick in Town, then it is Highly, HIGHLY encouraged!
Sooo, Long Story Short, I've got to memorize this by Friday Morning Dance routine. There Will be 4 Children dancing in Front of Me, then the Director and myself, and then the remainder of our US Students Behind
All I can say is ... Wish me luck!
Tuesday's Taiwan-ism {money, Money, MONEY}
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Who doesn't love money...I mean, I know they say money can't buy happiness, but it most certainly can buy popcorn && gummie bears (and those make me happy!), and money can buy new paint && craft supplies (and those make me really happy!) anddd money can buy plane tickets to fly next door or half way across the world (and that makes me really, really happy!). Yes I understand, there are many things that money can't buy, but sadly, in reality, it is a necessity.
So low&behold, there is also money in Taiwan; though it brings about different feelings here. For instance, I get paid once a month here, and that monthly paycheck (simply looking at the written number) is more than twice my yearly salary back home meanwhile, going out for a $65 dinner sounds like a great deal!
Conversion, conversion, conversion! Sadly, I am not a millionaire here! The current conversion rate here is $31 NTD (New Taiwanese Dollar) to $1 USD (United States Dollar). The Taiwanese money is referred to as Yuan (and if I had a Chinese keyboard I would try my hardest to show you what that looks like...but for now...use your imagination!
Because the currency exchange rate is so different right now though, it took some getting used to what looked like crazy high prices for everyday goods!
Dinner $65 --> $2.09 USD
Pants $300 --> $9.67 USD
Water $20 --> $0.64 USD
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| $1,000 ($32.25) {you feel rich with a few of these bad boys!} |
A Little Keelung and a Whole Lot of Mushroom Rocks!
Monday, October 26, 2015
Date Disclaimer! (I'm a weekend behind still!) This was from LAST weekend October 24 & 25 {oops}
All week I was looking forward to the weekend and staying home andworking on things sleeping (let's be honest I'm a little sleep deprived at the moment!) BUT, when Tina called me Thursday night with the prospect of exploring a new town....all sense of drowsiness went out the window! (Lucky for me she's not crazy and wanted to wait until late morning to meet up on Saturday...sleep && travel makes for one happy Tracy!)
I hopped on the train in Xinfeng, picked up Tina in Taipei and we headed off to Keelung for a weekend of exploring!
Once we arrived in Keelung we grabbed a quick lunch of rice and braised pork (benefits of traveling with someone who knows the language much better than you...they tell you what you are eating!!!) We quickly then found the bus we were looking for and settled in for a 45 minute ride north to Yehliu Geological Park. Since I hadn't been the one to plan (or really do anything for this last minute trip lol) I had NO idea what to expect!
All week I was looking forward to the weekend and staying home and
I hopped on the train in Xinfeng, picked up Tina in Taipei and we headed off to Keelung for a weekend of exploring!
Once we arrived in Keelung we grabbed a quick lunch of rice and braised pork (benefits of traveling with someone who knows the language much better than you...they tell you what you are eating!!!) We quickly then found the bus we were looking for and settled in for a 45 minute ride north to Yehliu Geological Park. Since I hadn't been the one to plan (or really do anything for this last minute trip lol) I had NO idea what to expect!
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