Olympics

Well, I can't really watch them b/c Taiwan has awful coverage.  Uber Lame!  And the internet isn't helping me too much either.  This week went pretty well.  I got paid, I was hoping for more but little did I know that in Taiwan they only pay you for what you were scheduled to teach.  So the punch card is absolutely useless.  The Kindergarten class that I taught this week was awesome, but there were times when they weren't listening to me.  I also taught a 1st grade class this week, that was ok, I didn't like them very much because they did not listen at all.  It was pointless to yell at them b/c they still continued talking.  I even made them stand in the corner.  But I did learn some card tricks this week.  I had to for my 1st grade class.  This week I'll be teaching only kindergarten, but my class will be huge, 18 kids!  14 of them are boys, so I need to lay down the law.  Thursday was Valentine's Day in Taiwan.  Go figure.  So Jennifer and I went to a Russian restaurant, well it was a Russian themed restaurant.  It was expensive and but it was really good.  They even had some Russian beer, Балтика.  It was good to drink, reminded me of Russia.  I even took the beer mug that it came in because it was a Балтика one.  On Friday, Jennifer, some of our coworkers, and me went to the only Latin Club in Taipei maybe even Taiwan.  It was a bubble theme.  Open Bar.  Cost = $300NT or $10.  We got there pretty early around 10ish, we left around 1ish but it people weren't even dancing yet and we went to get some food.  I don't understand why people have to start dancing so late.  I mean the bus system shuts down at 11PM!  And the metro shuts down at midnight.  On Saturday, Jennifer, the teachers, and I all went out for lunch.  The company paid for lunch and a couple of the female Chinese Teachers are pregnant so they kept ordering food that is good for pregnant women, which is evidently fish and shrimp.  We have made friends with a couple of the teachers.  So far there is Sam, he is a new teacher like us, he is from Seattle.  Decided he needed a break from working at a drug rehab place.  Then there is Francesca, she is from CA, just graduated college.  I really wish I could watch the swimming events.  This is so lame.  Today we went to go to the gondola but it was stopped b/c of the weather.  I tried squid.  It is ok, tasted like fish.