So I started my blog late....

This is me at the zoo.

yeah I am finally starting this thing.  So I have been in Taiwan for 1 month and 3 days and it has been getting better and better.  Today I received my Alien Resident Card (ARC) which means that I can live in Taiwan legally until next July.  I can also come and go as I please.  I also am entitled to health insurance and I might even be able to vote!  The teaching situation is a little weird.  I'll get back to that later on.  So far I have survived my first month and my first typhoon.  The typhoon was rather disappointing, it was windy and little bit rainy.  That's it.  But I did have the day off.  On Tuesday, I did have to hide from the government.  I was teaching my class and the Chinese teacher (CT) comes into to tell me that I have to go hide.  So my fellow teacher, Sam, and I go hide in the stairwell of the adjacent apartment, which so happens to be conveniently connected to the school.  We hid so well that the teachers had to call us on our cell phones to find us.  They told us to hide.  Apparently, it wasn't a big deal.  It was only the fire department checking in on the building.  I have an apartment, which has a chandelier for some odd reason.  But everything is good.  Pay day is next week and the Olympics start next week!