the offWhites

This evening is the first one that I’ve managed to stay awake past 8:45 or so. This may have something to do with the fact that it’s the first night I’ve had anything resembling supper. Or, it may just be that I’m finally getting past the jet lag - I’m not sure which one, really.

So, tomorrow in training is our first big hurdle - teaching demos! We’re supposed to prepare an entire kindy lesson, but then we’ll only be teaching about a quarter of the whole lesson, but we won’t find out which quarter until right before we do it. So, tonight we’re supposed to be preparing. Only, I’ve been slogging through emails, and talking to my dad (yay for Skype!), and uploading pictures, and setting up a nike+ challenge for some friends, and I think that’s everything. Also, Seth is sick, and in no shape to be practicing anything except not puking. I’m not sure what it was he ate, but I’m guessing it was something from the veggie buffet he went to last night that I chose to skip. So, I think I’m probably just going to get up early in the morning to plan and try to help Seth do the same. Mmmm, cramming at the nearly-last minute…good times.

How about some pictures?

These first two are our hotel room and bathroom. Do you notice anything? Ahh…yes…the room is pretty small. All but one of our bags are all over the floor, as there’s no cabinet or chest to put our clothes in. The bathroom’s nice, though.

These next two are from our tour of Taipei the first day. What does it mean to Enrch Your Life? I dunno. But it must be good, right?

More from the tour. First up is Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world for now. I think there’s another somewhere else in Asia that’s just about finished that will take that crown away from the 101, but for now, wooo! I live in the country with the tallest building! Next, um, is me squinting. Yay.

This one is the statue of Sun Yat-Sen above his tomb. Then, we’ve got the gate in front of the Chang Kai-Shek tomb, I think.

Then me, uh, squinting again. I’m good at that on the days I forget my sunglasses. Finally, the a picture of place we visited, a temple that they tell us is a lucky one - people will come to pray for a good grade on the morning of a test - perhaps Seth and I should take a trip out tomorrow!There are lots more pictures in online - just click on the link up on the top of this page that says “photos” to see the rest. Kindly remember that I didn’t take the time tonight to gussy them up any, and we’re not the best photographers ever. So, yeah. They won’t win any awards, but they’ll do pig. They’ll do.