BBQing in a Category 4 Typhoon

This week was another good week.  I taught 14 hours, I started teaching a class where a couple of the kids didn't even know English.  I had to give two of them English names: Brian and George.  I found out on Friday that Brian left my class for good so he can play table tennis.  That class is a good class, there are six of them and they are 7 and 8 years old.  My TH 5 class was good this week, I found out that they are really lazy.  For example: I made a web of what happened in a book we read last week on the board and none of them knew what to write.  But this week, when I did that, they were all able to write something.  On Wednesday, I went out with a couple friends from work to a bar where they give the first 400 people 4 free beers, and there isn't a cover charge!  It was a lot of fun.  On Tuesday, I joined an exercise club that is a 10 minute walk from my apartment.  The cost wasn't too bad, but in a couple months I can renegotiate my contract.  They have a pool and they are open from 7am-11pm.  I have gone twice this week and I love it!  On Friday, Typhoon Sinlaku arrived and my school in Dazhi was going to have a bbq but that was canceled due to the typhoon.  But, Jennifer's school in Tienmu was still having the bbq.  So we went and bbqed outside but under a roof during some intense rain.  It was a lot of fun.  I tried chicken heart, it was pretty good.  It tasted like regular chicken meat.  I also ate a lot of chicken, pork, and some beef.  After teaching on Friday, a mother of one of my students gave me a bag full of treats because today is Moon Festival.  People worship the moon and eat mooncake while looking at the moon.  But this year's Moon Festival isn't a good one because of the typhoon, it won't be a clear night.  (As I am writing this, I am watching Belorussian TV, they're doing a show about modelling)  This weekend I have been inside watching TV because there isn't a lot to do during a typhoon.  Unlike the last typhoon, which wasn't very strong.  This one is.  Every night I've heard the wind howling, things being blown over by the wind, and the rain falling in every direction.  But today the wind hasn't been howling at all.  An interesting note about the typhoon is that it is very slow.  Regular typhoons move at about 16-20km/h whereas this one is moving at 6km/h.  Yesterday the storm wasn't moving at all, it was stationary!  The area called, Neihu, which is located right next to where I live has received over 200mm of rain since Friday!  Today I bought a Russian TV series called "На Безымяннои Высоте" I haven't started watching it yet, but I will soon.  Oh, one of the parents complained that my hair was too long.  So today, I spent $100 NT to get my haircut in a supermarket.  I got it cut real short, so hopefully, the parents will be fine with it.  Well this is all I have for this week.