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"Mr. Typhoon come over mountain"
Welcome friends! And welcome Typhoon Sinlaku. "Sinlaku" is Micronesian for "godless." As you can see, we are experiencing our first typhoon. It is a category 4 and may become a 5 which would classify it as a super typhoon. Classes and church have been cancelled for the entire weekend. This is an especially bad weekend for the typhoon because it ( Read more... ) -
Tea + Mountains = Awesome.
喂！我很想你。
Well, Tiphanie and I had an awesome weekend. As you know from my previous journal, we went to the mountains this past Saturday. Two ladies from our church took us. We started at the top of the mountain in the tea garden! There were just fields and fields of tea leaves (which I LOVE) all the way to the cliff side. Within the gardens there ( Read more... ) -
See food "ahhhhh"
Hello!
It's been a while since I have written but I've been keeping myself busy this week with planning for our first classes and doing PR for our church. It's been fun but also exhausting.
I am extremely excited about tomorrow! A member from our church is taking us hiking in the mountains and then to the Taichung port for a traditional seafood ( Read more... ) -
Roachs! Meet your Maker!!!
Hidee Ho Neighbors,
Today was the day of answers. I found out that I start teaching full time next week. Wednesday morning I teach children ages 6-10 years old for an hour and then Tiph and I teach God's time followed by a song. On Thursday morning I teach the beginners adult English class and then Tiph and I do Gods time and song. Thursday evening ( Read more... ) -
I heart taxi cabs!
Hey, how's it going?
Well, it's 2:27AM and I can't sleep. I've cleaned the entire apartment, replied to all my emails, and even organized my dresser drawers and I'm still totally awake. Don't be worried or ask me why I'm still awake...I don't know and I'm still chipper at 2 in the morning.
Anyway, it has been a fun couple of days. Friday morning was ( Read more... ) -
Silly girl, Volvo's hurt.
Hi!
It has been a great couple of days. First and foremost, our coworkers made it safely to mainland! They landed in a major city and are heading to many beautiful cities soon. ;) Anyway, lately I've been trying to be a wallflower and watch other people. This is not an easy task considering the big red x that is innately placed on my forehead. ( Read more... ) -
Q & A session
Ni hou ma? How are you?
Hi friends! Some of you have expressed concern that I haven’t written for a few days, fearing that I may have been hit by a bus or died of food poisoning. Well, I’m alive and kickin’ it. I’ve decided that this journal will be an answer session to the questions that I have received via email, facebook, and phone call. Okay, ( Read more... ) -
A conglamorate of funnys and almosts
Hi!
With much determination I have successfully memorized all 37 symbols and how to make them correctly. My teacher tested me three times today and told me that she has never had someone write and recognize them so quickly. Maybe she was just being nice or maybe she just needed a reason to cover two new lessons today instead of one. Both Tiphanie ( Read more... ) -
Hi, my name is Ge Jia En
Hello everybody!
Today was my first day of Mandarin classes. The teachers gave me my new Chinese name! Obviously, my name is in Chinese characters but I can't type those on LJ so I will tell you the meaning of each Pinyin (English pronunciation of each Chinese character). Ge represents Graebert and this is my Chinese family name. So my students ( Read more... ) -
*I like to ride my bicycle*
Hey everybody! So last night our Pastor's daughter took us to this college neighborhood in downtown Taichung. It reminded me of Madison's State street meets the State Fair bazaar. It was so much fun and it turns out that Taichung is a sweet city. I love it here! I bought a a huge purse for 100 NT or $3! And I also found a two shirts for 150 NT each ( Read more... )