Wednesday, March 5, 2014

cultural observations

BOOOORING week. interesting but boring. im working hard now

at the international store they had rittersport samplers with european quality!
the first time i ever had german chocolate was in berlin at cecil and john's apartment. i ate this same package



a religious experience
I left my backpack on the bus with my ipad in it. good thing the taiwanese are honest! someone brought it to the bus station. earlier my friend also lost her wallet full of money and someone brought it to the police station. thank you honest taiwanese people!

i joined a chinese orchestra!
i learned how to read chinese notes on the spot at the rehearsal


japanese people seem awesome

holy crap some of these students are bad! i've never even had a class in glassboro that was nearly as bad as my class monday.


i let the good kids out early. they peaked in the windows from outside at the rest of the class
I think that after 10 hours of day of school they need to let out some craziness. they think since i'm american they can get away with it. haha no way i'm going all asian on them. maybe i should start reading tiger momma's book.

also i think they need to bring back the ruler



asians drivers need to have their licenses taken away! they just turn and merge whenever they want wherever they want. they drive slowly so that you have enough time to get out of the way

i love night markets. lots of fun foods
i just found out people work in our office from 8 in the morning to 9 at night. that's not even considered weird. People's lives revolve around school and work. same in korea and japan. however, i know they're not being productive all the time



interesting fact about taiwan. the root of all the polynesian languages is from taiwan. the native people (pre chinese immigration) look like polynesians


the cuter version. had to buy it
our boss treats her students like slaves. they'll do anything it’s hilarious. we need to get dad a teaching position here in taiwan


earthquake drill. every day i walk in and i have no clue what's going to happen next
our boss told us to take one of her students to church because he's a bad kid. i love how that’s ok here. she said "he evil child"



We went to an orchestra concert that was a tribute to michael jackson. it's what i've always wanted!


with asian dancers!

5 comments:

  1. I think you should play the cucumber/pepper trumpet. That is definitely the best.
    Scott's friend's wife is Chinese. They took us to Chinatown to their fave restaurant. We had chicken feet, among other such Chinese cuisine. They taste just as disgusting as they look. Yuck!! I have discovered I only like the American versions of Chinese food. Yay for Chinese buffet, Glassboro style!

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  2. Did you notice that when describing the Taiwan/ Polynesian similarities you showed pictures of pigs? haha!!

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  3. chinese food is reallyreally good (especially taiwanese) you just have to get the right stuff.

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  4. Then you will have to take us out & show us what the right stuff is.

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  5. haha ill try but i often don't know what i'm eating i just know it's delicious

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