In Trouble Again?

Where's Waldo?  This is me with the bride and the groom at the wedding I crashed a month ago.  The other picture is of Sun Moon Lake.

Let's hope not, but last week Jennifer and our boy Andrew P. each received a talk from our boss.  Well actually she's not our boss, just the head English teacher.  Our boss doesn't talk to us.  They received talks because they didn't write their lesson plans for the last couple of weeks, I haven't either.  And so I am eagerly awaiting when I will receive my talk.  In other news,  Lost has consumed my life, it's a drug.  However, I have found that it is becoming a little bit predictable now that I am half way through the third season, but we'll see.  Last night I watched Transsiberian, it was a bit intense on the emotion side, but all in all it wasn't a bad film.  If you are weary about visiting Russia or traveling on the Trans-Siberian railroad, you probably shouldn't watch it.

Over the weekend, Jennifer and I went to Citizen Kane to hang out for a Reach to Teach Event, it was a really nice place to go and hang out, while drinking a couple beers.  I had a San Miguel, which isn't bad it was only 100NT a beer.  After that my friends and I went to Luxy, the same one where we saw Flo rida (Florida).  One of our co-workers had her birthday party there.  She talked to the owner and was able to secure a table, alcohol and cake!  I was more excited about the cake myself, I love cake!  It was a lot of fun!  I spent a lot of time in the Electronica section, the rest of the time was situated around Francesca's table.  I had my first conversation in Mandarin, if you can call it a conversation.  I went with Jennifer and my friends upstairs and started talking to these people who had another table.  They invited us to sit down and eat some fried chicken with them.  It was mighty tasty.  I started talking to this guy, the following is a transcription:

Taiwanese dude: hey man!  Come sit! (in English) (motions for me to sit down on his couch)

Me: ok (in Mandarin)

Taiwanese dude: My English is shit.  (in English)

Me: I know little bit Chinese...... (in Mandarin)

Taiwanese dude:  Eat!  (motions to fried chicken) Drink! (motions to a water jar full of Rum'n'Coke)

Me: Ok, thank you. (in Mandarin)

Me: How old are you? (in Mandarin)

Taiwanese dude: I (shows fingers 3 and 2)

Me: 32? Wow, I'm 22. (in Mandarin)

Taiwanese dude: You know Chinese?! (in Mandarin)

Me: a little bit (in Mandarin)

Taiwanese dude: 你 鞎 咰  

Me: huh?!

Taiwanese dude: 你鞎咰

Me: Jennifer what did he say? (in English)  

(Taiwanese dude says something to Jennifer)

Jennifer: He says you are very handsome (in English)

Me: Thankyou (in Mandarin)

Taiwanese dude: Eat!

Me: I don't want, thank you (in Mandarin)

Unfortunately, thats all that happened between that dude and me, I left him and sang happy birthday, I also had to call a night pretty early that night around 1:30am because I was exhausted from the week and getting up at 6:00am to teach earlier that day.  But from what I heard, I don't think I missed too much, one of our friends woke up the next day on the sidewalk, lying in his own puke.

On a lighter note, this week has been relaxing for me, because I am back to my old schedule of getting up early in the morning to work out and then go into work at quarter to one.

Highlight of last week, going to T.G.I Fridays!  Jennifer's Mom and her friend took us there because they heard that I was craving some Western food.  Man!!!! It was sooo good!  I had some ribs with a southern style mustard bbq sauce.  So good!  The meat just fell off the bones!  Just like it's supposed to.  One of these days, I think I might have to write a post on the Taiwanese mentality, I'm still in the beginning stages of understanding it, but luckily I know someone who does.

Big news!  I am going to Hong Kong this weekend!!!!!!  I am so excited!!  We leave on Saturday and we come back Monday night.  My hope is that we'll be able to fit in Macau as well!  At the moment, we don't really know what we're going to go see.  I'm going to do some research on that.