This morning Hal and I went to our third Chinese lesson. Our teacher's name is Bobo and she is great. We can now say phrases like "I would like a cold black tea with no milk and a little sugar." Our homework for this week is to write down an introduction of our family, such as "I have 5 people in my family. They live in Seattle/Alaska. They are..." we can also write "I am American", "but", and any number 1-99 in Chinese characters. Well, its a start. We meet with her once a week for an hour, but are considering upping it to twice a week.
I'm learning to bake with a toaster over. This week I made banana bread.
We have been doing our best to get out of the city and do things on our weekends. We have been to the mountains several times now. Our big adventure this past weekend was a trip to the northeast coast. Yilan is a surfing town. The plan was to para-glide in the morning and surf in the afternoon. Due to typhoons in the vicinity of Taiwan, the wind was neither good for paragliding nor surfing. So we hung out on the beach, boogie boarded, had a couple beers, and sunburned. Something to know about the beach in Taiwan. If you go in the ocean past your knees and do not have a floatation device, you will be chastised by a lifeguard's whistle. It was still a great day.
Guess what I bought today... new shoes? No. A bathing suit? No, but closer... Plane tickets!!! To the beautiful island of Palawan in the Philippines. For a full seven days from October 14-22, we are planning on doing... absolutely nothing on the beach. :)
Oh, and we got memberships. Today is Costco Grand Opening Day!
Love to you all!
Love hearing your updates and that video on your Facebook page is priceless! Most of all I am glad you made your plans to Palawan a reality. You will have so much fun!
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