And the livin' is easy

My apologies. I have been updating this blog far too infrequently of late, but, I have been quite busy. Life in Taipei is always moving, and always moving fast. Settling in and adjusting has been relatively easy. Work and the home front are both going great and I'm truly enjoying myself here in Taiwan.

I have become a corporate sellout. I work for HESS, the largest English teaching company in Taiwan, but I love my job. I'm teaching adults in the evenings. The kindergarten teachers stumble to work in whatever they feel like and I roll up like a high-roller each night in business attire, just as they are making their way home. The cool thing about the adult program at HESS is that we're our own entity, operating separately from the rest of the company. It's a bit different from teaching the youngsters, but in a good way. My students are motivated, they all lead interesting lives, and I don't have to take them to the potty every half hour. It doesn't get much better than that for a teacher.

At the end of a long day's work I venture home. I'll usually stop at the Shida Night Market for a bite to eat (more to come on night markets) and head back to the apartment. I live with 3 guys: one from NZ, one from England and another from the States. The international mix is always fun, but my speech patterns and vernacular have slowly been morphing into some sort of an English language conglomerate. Maybe I'll call it New Ameribrit English... or something like that. This weekend we painted the appartment, including my room, and the place is really comin together. It will soon be the ultimate bachelor pad. Sweet as.

So life is good. I've been playing a lot of basketball and some ultimate frisbee to stay in shape, I've been going to Monday Night Movie Night that my friend runs, and I've started to do a little Yoga. My Chinese is slowly getting better day by day. I might start taking lessons in the near future, but for now, pointing seems to work. Summer approaches and the weather is beautiful. my days are full and life is sweet.