The other day I realized that living the rest of my life as a kindergarten teacher is not for me. I enjoy the kids at times they are fun, but the process of the teaching here drags a little. At times I feel like the education I bought is just going to waste. Althuough alot of people I know feel the same way by working a deskjob. Probably they ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a national holiday for taiwan. It is called Double Ten day. This is when Chang Kai Shek camew in and wiped the country clean so to speak. It also celebrates in some way the supposed succession from China. Although the ironic part is that China has the same celebration the same day. So we went to the parade yesterday, which was ( Read more... )

Okay so I have not written in awhile but I will try my best to catch up now. I am glad to here that you guys are going up to homecoming, actually I find it somewhat ironic. I wish I could go but since I am half a world away it makes things hard. Besides I have to keep helping the fight against the reds. So I am still working as a teacher. I ( Read more... )

Well life here has become quite the adventure, everyday has it's own bizare, sometimes surrealistic quality. As a result of my observation I tend to forget all of the information that has become evident in my travels. I think someone calls this hyper reality, i.e. that which the brain does not have the time to process before it has been sent out ( Read more... )

The whirlwind of my journey so far has been filled with turbulance. Although nothing bad just really bazzar. A few examples might suffice my wild excursions. Well besides the last journal thigns have been a little weird. Let alone the fact that I get paid about $18.00 us to teach english per hour to kindergartener's, there are many other odd ( Read more... )

The whirlwind of my journey so far has been filled with turbulance. Although nothing bad just really bazzar. A few examples might suffice my wild excursions. Well besides the last journal thigns have been a little weird. Let alone the fact that I get paid about $18.00 us to teach english per hour to kindergartener's, there are many other odd ( Read more... )

Well Journal I hope you are ready for this one. I have not written in awhile but I think htis will explain most all. I am finally moving out of the Taipei Hostel. Thank the lord because I was not sure how much more if the hostel I could take. I enjoy the people there, most of them are really cool. Although living there hiding behind a brownish ( Read more... )

Life here is well. I have been doing good actually better than I expected. I get paid on tuesday so that will alleviate the little stress I have here. I will be looking for an apartment in the coming weeks so I will not have to live in the hostel anymore. The hostel will be missed,certainly not for it's facilities though. I will miss the ( Read more... )

Well another day at school teaching the children parts of the house, such as roof, windows, doors, and of course the "Bedroom". I explained this is where they were all made, just like the ginger bread man in the oven. They seemed confused at first since they are only five, but the only boy in the class gave me his understanding as he winked at me ( Read more... )

Well as of May 24th I will have been here for about a year. Wow time flies, but I don't really care about time anymore. It is just there-little attention getter- waiting for you to worry. At times a little tired of people approahing me and wanting to practice english. Usually it ends up being school kids who think it is funny to say hello to a ( Read more... )