Hooray for the weekend! I might have a job! The people at the Carlton Spa want me to teach English for one hour each week. I asked Ms. Liu how much I should charge and they said $1200-$1500. Cool huh! We went to the Pig and Whistle for dinner. I liked it much much more than I thought I would.
Author: Doris
So Mr. Hung and my dad both are OK with respect to their kidneys. Hooray! 🙂 It’s a turbulent time these days, my mind is filled with weird moving and stuff. Ugh!
Rumor has it, we’re not moving to Singapore next September. More later.
The big news for today is that I went swimming in the pool close to the nanny’s house. It’s always a bit awkward in the changing room because I’m just not used to the procedures and customs. It’s also weird because I can see all these signs that say, PLEASE DON’T something or other and I don’t know what it says. I had a nice 10 lap swim. I’m thinking of extending Vince’s time at the nanny’s for 3 hours a day.
Spoke today to Diane, a lady at the Carlton Spa and found out she is here for 3 years. She’s trying to get together a bunch of expat wives to do activities. Also spent an emotional lesson with Mr. Hung, he’s not feeling so well these days. Also talked to Olivia’s mother, who is struggling with taking care of Olivia who is refusing to go to school. Also went to the post office, everytime I go, there is a new procedure or a different price (last time the postcarts were 11 dollars, this time 13 dollars). I’m not sure what the deal is. Oh well, whatever. Big news is brewing at AMD. We will find out tomorrow. Leah has midterms tomorrow, we gave her a PEZ dispenser to cheer her on…
Today, I spent a long time talking to my family and then we had a *long* expedition. We went to Carrefour in ChuBei, then we tooled around HsinChu and went to the port. There were these beautiful, beautiful kite stands that were being blown by the gusting wind, there were many, many kites set up and I picked one that had a long, colorful dragon tail. We flew kites for a little while and then went downtown to look for eyeglasses for me. No luck. Then a nap and finally dinner at a little restaurant that Jeremy’s Chinese teacher recommended. Finally, we say a movie that’s a spoof on these old Chinese movies. Had moves from Pulp Fiction, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. So many jokes that I didn’t get…
At a military post on the island.
At the entrance to an underground ship dock.
At the Smith’s house in Taipei.
At the drunken party in Kingman.
