Weekends are not only wonderful, they are in fact blissful. This blissfulness comes from the many wonderful things that I get to do that I can not do during the week. I get to sleep in, I get to rest my voice (which fyi has never fully recovered since I started teaching and is still on the verge of being lost), I don't have to correct Chinglish mistakes all day long, I can travel to other cities and see new things, I get to go church in Taichung, and I get to spend time with the great girls that I work with. LOVE!
I can hardly believe that I am almost at the beginning of another weekend, and I still haven't posted about hardly any of my previous weekends.So here it goes,
The weekend after my trip to the Taipei temple, we planned a day in Taichung. We started with a the botanical gardens. They were beautiful!
We probably would have spent more time there but it was incredibly hot. A few of us decided to also go to the science museum as well. It ended up being a great choice. The air conditioning probably saved my life. The heat had really drained my energy so it was nice to just relax and wander around the museum. They didn't have a ton in English but it still really interesting. Definitely different than other science museums Ive been to.
Our next stop is what made made my weekend:
tortilla chips, tortillas, salsa, granola bars, and peanut butter were a few of the wonderful things that I bought. We also ate lunch there and I enjoyed a very American hot dog:)
Our next stop is what made made my weekend:
Me + Costco = a very happy me.
We ended our day by attending a baptism of a lady in our branch. It was a good but long day.
Then on Sunday I gave a talk in church. I don't think I will be getting much of a break in our branch because there are so few people I will have plenty of opportunities to teach and to give talks.
The past couple of weekends have been good relaxing weekends. I didn't do too much traveling.
Last weekend I went out to eat on Friday with a couple of the teachers from school and then we wandered around the night market before heading off to see Cowboys and Aliens. For those that know me well, you know that I hate most alien movies, especially they throw it in as a twist. I hate it. Why ruin a good movie with stupid aliens (aka the last Indiana Jones movie). Surprisingly, I really liked Cowboys and Aliens. I was prepared for the alien-ness and having Daniel Craig as a cowboy helped too. It was a fun night. Saturday morning four of us headed out for scooter lessons with two of the Chinese teachers. I was terrified at first and it was more intimidated than you might think but by the end I felt more confident and after a week of practice I am feeling even more confident. Taiwan is about to have another scooter driver on the road.
On Saturday I also went to Tiger City (a mall in Taichung) with Sara, Kylie and Nice to meet our friends Cam and Lauren. It was Cam's birthday and so we went out to eat at Chili's. It was wonderful!
The only bad thing about weekends is that they never last nearly long enough. I am looking forward to tomorrow and the start of another weekend. I'm still not sure what this weekend will bring but I'm ready for another adventure. Wish me luck.
We ended our day by attending a baptism of a lady in our branch. It was a good but long day.
Then on Sunday I gave a talk in church. I don't think I will be getting much of a break in our branch because there are so few people I will have plenty of opportunities to teach and to give talks.
The past couple of weekends have been good relaxing weekends. I didn't do too much traveling.
Last weekend I went out to eat on Friday with a couple of the teachers from school and then we wandered around the night market before heading off to see Cowboys and Aliens. For those that know me well, you know that I hate most alien movies, especially they throw it in as a twist. I hate it. Why ruin a good movie with stupid aliens (aka the last Indiana Jones movie). Surprisingly, I really liked Cowboys and Aliens. I was prepared for the alien-ness and having Daniel Craig as a cowboy helped too. It was a fun night. Saturday morning four of us headed out for scooter lessons with two of the Chinese teachers. I was terrified at first and it was more intimidated than you might think but by the end I felt more confident and after a week of practice I am feeling even more confident. Taiwan is about to have another scooter driver on the road.
On Saturday I also went to Tiger City (a mall in Taichung) with Sara, Kylie and Nice to meet our friends Cam and Lauren. It was Cam's birthday and so we went out to eat at Chili's. It was wonderful!
The only bad thing about weekends is that they never last nearly long enough. I am looking forward to tomorrow and the start of another weekend. I'm still not sure what this weekend will bring but I'm ready for another adventure. Wish me luck.
