Taipei, Dajia River, Diya, and Sanyi
Sorry it has been awhile since I have posted anything. I have been really busy at work teaching, doing lessons plans, and grading homework. This week especially for some reason felt really busy. Maybe it is because I have done so much this week. Today I finally have time to upload pictures and write a post about all the things →
Changhua Buddha
Today me and Lien were trying to think of things to do and decided to jump on a train and head to Changhua. It turned out to be a great idea. The city is huge and amazing. It is abotu 30 minutes by train south of Fongyuan, past Taichung. We first went to a Confucian temple which was really cool. It →
Trip to Taichung
Happy 4th of July! Today we took a trip to Taichung, the 3rd largest city in Taiwan. Some of the group went by bus but a few of us took the train. This is the first time I had been on a real train (trax doesn't count). It was a petty short train ride. Maybe 20 minutes? While everyone else went →
Spiders!!!
Yesterday after training we went to get some fruit smoothie drinks which were really good and then we drank them in a cool park. It is actually the same park from the earlier pictures of the little river and bridges. Gerald (The director's husband and over the English program) took us to that park at the first of the week →
Night Market, Chicken throat, Sushi, and Chinglish.
It is hard to keep track of the days. For some reason it feels like I have already been here for a couple of weeks when this is really only the 4th day. I guess it is because I have done so much every day. We usually go for a morning bike ride around 6:00 am, train from 9:00 am →
Now in Taiwan
I finally arrived in Taiwan. I actually got here a couple of days ago, but I haven't updated my blog or uploaded any photos... until now! The flight was really long but I had about the best seat you could expect. I had an isle seat somewhere in the back but then traded with a guy because he wanted to sit →
Taiwan and Toy Story 3
I am sitting in the SLC airport right now waiting to board my plane for LAX and then to Taipei, Taiwan. I still hasn't hit me that I am moving to Taiwan. Maybe once I get there it will hit me... or maybe not. It never really hit me when I moved to Brazil. I just go with the flow →
Water, Sun, and Fun
Today was Day 4 and the last day of my Colorado trip. We spent the day at WaterWorld, a giant water park in the Denver area. Along with Waffle House, and Dunkin Donuts, it has been a long time since I have been to a water park. It seems this trip is full of things that I haven't done for →
Michael Phelps ain’t got nothin on me!
Today we drove down to Colorado Springs. We started our journey at the USA Olympic Training Center and went on a little tour of the facilities. There was a lot of things we didn't get to see and what we did get to see we saw through glass windows, but it was really cool. After we got our fill of Olympic →
Mile High City
I arrived in Denver, Colorado yesterday to spend 4 days with my brother and sister-in-law and see their new house they just bought. The place is huge; 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms on 3 levels. One cool thing is that the garage and front door enter on the main level but then the basement level goes straight out into the →
Photo Albums and other stuff
You might notice the new navigation bar on the top right and with it the Photos link. I've added all the photos from my old website and now there are 14 different albums. The list is getting pretty long so in the future I might try to organize it further so I will have like a Taiwan folder with all →
Jelloplanet is Back!
After several months (maybe a year?) of being down and a move to a new webhost, Jelloplanet is back. It is still a work in progress, but at least there is something here. The main reason I have been working on getting the site back up now is that I am moving to Taiwan in a few weeks. I need a place →