I should just live in a cave
I need to update... badly! First this:
Miss Jenni: "Scream" is when you're scared and you go like this: "AAAAAH!"
Judy: And then go to the bathroom!
Rita: And then the floor is yellow!
HAAAAAAAA!!! I love that class. They are so funny!
Ho hum. Life is kinda crappy nowadays. Okay, maybe I shouldn't say crappy. But very busy. Busy is not bad, it's just a little stressful. The end of the school year is coming up in a few weeks and there is a lot to be done. One of my classes is putting on a play of Shrek, which I mentioned before. They're doing alright with it, I think. Some them read/speak their lines with no intonation. As much as I've tried to help them, they won't do it! Especially this girl Jolin, who is the narrator. She wasn't meant to be the narrator (particularly because she doesn't intonate her reading) but one kid dropped out of the play and she had to fill in. *sigh* Oh well. In ten days it'll be done. I still don't know how it's all gonna come together though.
Two Americanadian chicks got beside me on the elliptical machines tonight at the gym. It pissed me off. So I got to thinking about why. I don't have any foreign friends (besides my co-workers, who don't count, since we don't hang out outside of work). All of my friends here are Taiwanese. And I like it that way. I mean I wouldn't mind having some foreign friends, but I'm not looking for them. Why? Because I don't like the ones I've come across. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but the male to female foreigner ratio in Taiwan is about five to one. As I've heard from my co-workers, the men come for the chicks. Many shallow women will get with foreigners quite easily. Such is the case for one of my co-workers, I believe. He has eight women to pick from right now, as he has told me plenty of times. So this, however unfairly, puts me off of the foreign men that I see walking around, because I think they have bloated egos. It's soooo easy for them, and soooo hard for me. To date locals, that is. (More on that later.) Seeing women is much more rare. I rarely see foreign women alone or with Taiwanese. They travel in packs. When I see them, I don't think much, but the second they open their mouths, it's all over. Like these girls tonight at the gym. Nothing but vapid, brainless drivel coming out of their mouths like a shit waterfall. Not only that, but they were saying things to each other while programming the machines like, "What weight are you going to put in?" and "OMG what thingy [course, I guess] are you gonna do??" "OK, I'll do that one too!" UHHHH. Grow a brain and program whatever you want in there. Why can't they show a little independence? And why do you have to be so LOUD?? I heard all of this above my headphones. When they came over, I was pissed because I still had 15 minutes left. I don't want to be associated with those people!!! No, stop looking at US. We are NOT together.
I'm an introvert, so being in a place where no one expects me to talk to them or even understand them suits me pretty well most of the time. It's just when I need to do something and can't that gets to me. And also when someone is talking shit about me on the MRT or wherever and I understand it because I DO understand some Chinese. Oh yeah, and that making friends is hard. :(
But I did make another new friend. Her name is Li-Wen. I met her in the bank when I was opening my account. She approached me about doing a language exchange with her. We've met up a few times since then. We went hiking last weekend. It's cool! I'm meeting her tomorrow too. And hopefully I'll meet Will this weekend. So I'm happy for my new friends. I just wish they both weren't leaving to do their PhDs in England in a few months. Waah.
Here's a song for you. Probably my favorite Tom Petty song.
"Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Well, I started out down a dirty road;
Started out all alone.
And the sun went down as I crossed the hill,
And the town lit up. The world got still.
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings.
Coming down is the hardest thing.
Well the good ol' days may not return,
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn.
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings.
Coming down is the hardest thing.
Well, some say life will beat you down;
Break your heart, steal your crown.
So I've started out, for God knows where.
I guess I'll know when I get there.
I'm learning to fly around the clouds.
But what goes up must come down.
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings.
Coming down is the hardest thing.
Miss Jenni: "Scream" is when you're scared and you go like this: "AAAAAH!"
Judy: And then go to the bathroom!
Rita: And then the floor is yellow!
HAAAAAAAA!!! I love that class. They are so funny!
Ho hum. Life is kinda crappy nowadays. Okay, maybe I shouldn't say crappy. But very busy. Busy is not bad, it's just a little stressful. The end of the school year is coming up in a few weeks and there is a lot to be done. One of my classes is putting on a play of Shrek, which I mentioned before. They're doing alright with it, I think. Some them read/speak their lines with no intonation. As much as I've tried to help them, they won't do it! Especially this girl Jolin, who is the narrator. She wasn't meant to be the narrator (particularly because she doesn't intonate her reading) but one kid dropped out of the play and she had to fill in. *sigh* Oh well. In ten days it'll be done. I still don't know how it's all gonna come together though.
Two Americanadian chicks got beside me on the elliptical machines tonight at the gym. It pissed me off. So I got to thinking about why. I don't have any foreign friends (besides my co-workers, who don't count, since we don't hang out outside of work). All of my friends here are Taiwanese. And I like it that way. I mean I wouldn't mind having some foreign friends, but I'm not looking for them. Why? Because I don't like the ones I've come across. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but the male to female foreigner ratio in Taiwan is about five to one. As I've heard from my co-workers, the men come for the chicks. Many shallow women will get with foreigners quite easily. Such is the case for one of my co-workers, I believe. He has eight women to pick from right now, as he has told me plenty of times. So this, however unfairly, puts me off of the foreign men that I see walking around, because I think they have bloated egos. It's soooo easy for them, and soooo hard for me. To date locals, that is. (More on that later.) Seeing women is much more rare. I rarely see foreign women alone or with Taiwanese. They travel in packs. When I see them, I don't think much, but the second they open their mouths, it's all over. Like these girls tonight at the gym. Nothing but vapid, brainless drivel coming out of their mouths like a shit waterfall. Not only that, but they were saying things to each other while programming the machines like, "What weight are you going to put in?" and "OMG what thingy [course, I guess] are you gonna do??" "OK, I'll do that one too!" UHHHH. Grow a brain and program whatever you want in there. Why can't they show a little independence? And why do you have to be so LOUD?? I heard all of this above my headphones. When they came over, I was pissed because I still had 15 minutes left. I don't want to be associated with those people!!! No, stop looking at US. We are NOT together.
I'm an introvert, so being in a place where no one expects me to talk to them or even understand them suits me pretty well most of the time. It's just when I need to do something and can't that gets to me. And also when someone is talking shit about me on the MRT or wherever and I understand it because I DO understand some Chinese. Oh yeah, and that making friends is hard. :(
But I did make another new friend. Her name is Li-Wen. I met her in the bank when I was opening my account. She approached me about doing a language exchange with her. We've met up a few times since then. We went hiking last weekend. It's cool! I'm meeting her tomorrow too. And hopefully I'll meet Will this weekend. So I'm happy for my new friends. I just wish they both weren't leaving to do their PhDs in England in a few months. Waah.
Here's a song for you. Probably my favorite Tom Petty song.
"Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Well, I started out down a dirty road;
Started out all alone.
And the sun went down as I crossed the hill,
And the town lit up. The world got still.
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings.
Coming down is the hardest thing.
Well the good ol' days may not return,
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn.
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings.
Coming down is the hardest thing.
Well, some say life will beat you down;
Break your heart, steal your crown.
So I've started out, for God knows where.
I guess I'll know when I get there.
I'm learning to fly around the clouds.
But what goes up must come down.
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings.
Coming down is the hardest thing.