interesting day today. I met up with an American teacher whose been here for a little over a year. and I found a really cool diner (FM Station) which I plan to frequent in the future. it was refreshing to actually, really talk about meaningful things. worthwhile conversations is the one thing that's been severely lacking during my time here. I can count on one hand the number of ppl I've met here who are sincerely interested in what's going on in the world and are in tune with things outside of their own experience.

I have to admit, I love to debate. and fyi that is not the same as arguing. I love looking at an issue and trying to break it down from all possible perspectives. I remember my last year of uni my good friend Roger and I always getting into debates about everything and anything. somehow we were always on the opposite side of the spectrum with all kinds of issues but it was awesome to just talk like openly without worrying about offending anyone. dude I so miss that! it was funny coz we always ended our talks with 'OK, let's just agree to disagree!" heh.

anyway, that's enough bellyaching for one night. eid mubarak!

hello again! wow back so soon eh :)

I'm trying to get back into the swing of blogging. once upon a time it was something I did every couple of days. slowly it turned into every couple weeks until I stopped altogther.

but i want to get into it again. for a couple of reasons. i've been out of school for a year now; I've been a lot of places and I've done a lot of things. ideally my blog would've reflected that but nope.

so this is my pledge to you blog: I promise to write in you at least twice a week, every week. if I don't hold up my end of the bargain, I give you permission to shut down and erase the past three years of posts and mindless ranting. THREE YEARS??! has it really been that long? wow.

The other day a kid in one of my younger classes called me 'chocolate teacher'

awww! how stupi- I mean cute :)

ramadan kareem y'all. I hope it's been a blessed one so far.

I'm so excited, I found a mosque last week, it's beautiful - you can see it here. planning to go back today for the Friday prayer!

Oh and a good friend of mine from Toronto came to visit from Korea for a week. good times! weird crap happening left right and centre. guess that's what happens when two crazy black girls are walking around the streets of Taiwan like they own the place. I got a much needed holiday from work. man I still can't believe I'm a teacher, somebody pinch me.

heh my family asked me if I'm getting used to Chinese food.

short answer: NO.

long answer: are you sick, do you know what kind of ungodly, depraved sorry excuse for food I have to put up with here. if you've never smelled 'stinky tofu' count your lucky stars. they don't call it stinky for nothing! If it wasn't for McDonalds' I'd be starving right now. oh and I saw toasted cockroaches the other day. COCKROACHES FOR GOODNESS SAKES.. yeah so to answer your question...no I have'n't gotten used to Chinese food. never want to either. (p.s. no offense to any Chinese ppl reading this, I don't mean no disprespect but for the love of bob what were you thinking??!)