Not going to be as informative as Mei's previous post, but...

We're in Penghu and having fun! Mei just wrote what we have been doing here. I know that because I'm right next to her and can see what she is writing.

But I will write THE NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WASN'T MENTIONED!

Have I gone red? Well, sort of. My chopsticks usage is ok, but my chinese... well, no, what I really meant was have I been deep-fried like a lobster? No! I'm doing okay! Constant, 15 minute intervals of sunscreen will keep me nice and pale. (Status: slight burn)

Any more road rage? We rented a scooter today and drove to some of the beaches and stuff on the main island. A LOT less drivers, and I didn't even crash. I did't have to suck on tail pipe until I was actually back in the city of Magong!

How are your fantasy teams doing? This is what EVERYONE likely wants to know. Baseball? Ok.. we're in the playoffs, I'm in position to make the finals, but won't know until Monday. Football? The season is early. But I already lost my top WR for the year (Walker) and a potential RB sleeper in Anderson, who likely will lose his job. But somebody dropped Trent Green, and I nabbed him, so we'll see how that works out.

Haha. Having fun here. Actually enjoying being told to do this, do that. We'll have our time later to do our own thing without any tours. But as there is one minute left I must hurry and post this...

Penghu is fun!

We are on the third night of a four day tour in Penghu, exhausted, but lovin' it. We have gone squid fishing (entirely unsuccessful), fish fishing (Andrew caught 2), Andrew caught small crabs and a fish by hand, seen a lot of small islands, went snorkeling and saw gorgeous blue fish, and eating lots of yummy fresh seafood.

Today was not as packed, in the morning saw a famous bridge that is famous because the ocean waves have a lot of speed, if you were to fall in the water, in one second you would be moved the distance of two cars. Apparently if you just floated the waves, you would reach the southern shore of Taiwan in about 4-6 hrs. We did some food shopping of Penghu food specialties (dried fish, crackers, peanut candy) and the afternoon rented a scooter to see some beautiful beaches near the main city of Magong. After dinner we were let go to explore the downtown area and while we were exploring found this internet cafe!

Tomorrow we have a 6am morning call, and will be picked up by the tour bus at 7:10am. SO EARLY!! (Now you know why we are so tired....) We get to see some southern islands and then our plane leaves at 5:10pm to Kaoshiung, where we will take the train to hook up with Kate in Tainan and spend Saturday evening and Sunday with her and Clayton.

Don't know when I will have time to post again. I have a feeling not until we are in Beijing. That and I have received the confirmation for our three gorges dam three day cruise (YAY!), so I have no super pressing need to check my e-mail. So until then, wish us luck in our travels (we have been doing well so far, but only three days in...) Or as the Chinese say, "On the road, go with the wind."

Last post while in Ban Chiao!

Feels good to say that. Too bad I have about 1 minute in which to do it.

Anyway, work is ending quite well. My second to last day on monday I got pretty setimental with the kids. I felt like I did for the first 9 months, when things were going well. The last 3 weren't as good, more yelling less having fun, I think. But yes, yesterday went quite well. And today is a quarter day! Yay!

The parents and teachers were so kind to me. They threw me a little going away party over the weekend. Very nice, very nice.

To do still: mail our boxes! See Todd. Go to work. Go home. Sleep. Leave at 6:30 in the AM to go to the airport to start our travels. Awesome awesome awesome. I am definitely ready to head out and go have fun.

I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing you guys, so I hope you all keep in touch and we can hang out when I get back. Whoops. 50 seconds. Until then!

Two more days!

Two more days and we leave for Penghu. I can't wait! I will try to post updates to the blog while we are travelling, and I will definitly upload my pictures when I get home, for everyone to see. Hope everyone is doing well! I'll be home in a month and six days!!! YAY!!!

Want to mail us something? Hold off on that...

Hey everyone. Just thought I'd point out that if you're waiting to send us that fine china, it's too late to send it to Taiwan. We're leaving in about a week, and that's probably the time it takes mail to get here. We're still checking our mail, and will check it before we go, but... just send the expensive stuff to our parents. Haha.

Oh. I found out a problem with my addiction to milk tea drinks here. 2 cavaties!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Although, really, that's not all that shocking, considering... Anyway, the "cleaning" cost 100 NT (3 US). All he did was scrape the teeth. But get this, the 2 fillings cost a whopping... 100 NT (3 US). Total. I tell you, there's something great about the health insurance program here.

Work is winding down. I can't wait to escape JoJo's evil clutches. The kids I'll miss, from afar! Haha. But I'm definitely looking forward to jumping ship and seeing what else is out there.

We're OK!

Quick Update: Typhoon Talim hit with strong winds and heavy rains, and luckily, N. Taiwan was spared most of the damage. So we're ok. South Taiwan didn't do as well, lots of flooding going on there, especially in Tainan. But the second typhoon that was coming suddenly slingshot itself north, and is now heading straight for Okinawa, Japan. And the last I heard it was a Category 5 typhoon. I hope no more people die this year because of flooding.

Me: In Lungtan this weekend to see my family before heading out. Officially ten days before we leave our apt. in Banchiao! YAY!!!!!!!!!!