Day 3 and 4
Day 3
The typhoon came in so class was cancelled, and when the typhoon hits a lot of places don't usually open because people are advised to stay indoors. But our RAs Aki and Kiki wanted to take all of us to Karaoke, I guess that's what people do in a storm. So we hopped in a taxi and drove 5 minutes over to the karaoke place and sang for 4 hours. It was insane. We each spent less than $200NT which is lest then $7 US. This was one of those places where you are in a room with a tv and some mics, not like some of the karaoke you are used to having to stand up in front of strangers and stuff. After that we pretty much just drank and played cards. We ordered Pizza for dinner because the place we were originally gonna go to was closed. The pizza here is totally different... one of the pizzas was topped with chicken, curry powder, bell peppers and onions. One had tomatoes, onions and edamame. One had spinach, onions, mushrooms and some other stuff. And one had sausage, onion, mushroom and corn. All the pizzas had a good amount of cheese and a light tomato sauce. They were good. We also had fried chicken, chicken strips, buffalo chicken, garlic bread and tater tots. All of this actually came from a dominos.
After dinner some people went on to play in the rain, drunk. But i decided to stay indoors because i didn't want to risk getting sick. So i watch Pirates 3 on tv and fell asleep.
Day 4
We had the first class of the stay. We had another class scheduled but they were cancelled due to the typhoon. After class we sat around till about noon because we were all being taken to lunch. This place does a lot of pasta dishes and they are really good. After lunch we had a little free time before we headed out for shopping. I wanted to go grab some shoes because we were going clubbing that night. We also go out hair done. Out here in taiwan they give you a massage before they cut your hair.... so you sit where they wash you hair, and they massage your scalp and neck, after they are done washing your hair they have you sit up and they massage you shoulders. It was really nice. I had my hair curled and the guy decided to get fancy with it and pulled some of it back. It was really cute. But by this time it had started raining again... so much for looking cute for the club. So a shampoo, massage and style only cost me $280NT or about $9US. After that we had dinner at a conveyor belt sushi place. Each plate was only $30NT which is a little less than $1 US.
We also went out to the club this night. It took like an hour and a half to get there by train... it was kind of ridiculous. We get to the club, pay to get in a proceed to the bar! In Taiwan, you pay to get into the club and drinks are free all night. All you have to do is bring your glass back to the bar and if you lose your glass you can find a random shot glass or reg. glass and trade it in. Just make sure the when you pick up a shot glass you ask for a drink that comes in a reg. glass or if you pick up a reg. glass you ask for a shot. We had a lot of fun...we danced til 4am....so much fun!!!!!!! We were so exhausted by the end of the night... we were gonna wait til 6am to get on the train, that's when it opens...but we couldn't wait anymore and decide to take a taxi home around 530am. home by 6 and in bed by 610... so tired. but it was a good night.
The typhoon came in so class was cancelled, and when the typhoon hits a lot of places don't usually open because people are advised to stay indoors. But our RAs Aki and Kiki wanted to take all of us to Karaoke, I guess that's what people do in a storm. So we hopped in a taxi and drove 5 minutes over to the karaoke place and sang for 4 hours. It was insane. We each spent less than $200NT which is lest then $7 US. This was one of those places where you are in a room with a tv and some mics, not like some of the karaoke you are used to having to stand up in front of strangers and stuff. After that we pretty much just drank and played cards. We ordered Pizza for dinner because the place we were originally gonna go to was closed. The pizza here is totally different... one of the pizzas was topped with chicken, curry powder, bell peppers and onions. One had tomatoes, onions and edamame. One had spinach, onions, mushrooms and some other stuff. And one had sausage, onion, mushroom and corn. All the pizzas had a good amount of cheese and a light tomato sauce. They were good. We also had fried chicken, chicken strips, buffalo chicken, garlic bread and tater tots. All of this actually came from a dominos.
After dinner some people went on to play in the rain, drunk. But i decided to stay indoors because i didn't want to risk getting sick. So i watch Pirates 3 on tv and fell asleep.
Day 4
We had the first class of the stay. We had another class scheduled but they were cancelled due to the typhoon. After class we sat around till about noon because we were all being taken to lunch. This place does a lot of pasta dishes and they are really good. After lunch we had a little free time before we headed out for shopping. I wanted to go grab some shoes because we were going clubbing that night. We also go out hair done. Out here in taiwan they give you a massage before they cut your hair.... so you sit where they wash you hair, and they massage your scalp and neck, after they are done washing your hair they have you sit up and they massage you shoulders. It was really nice. I had my hair curled and the guy decided to get fancy with it and pulled some of it back. It was really cute. But by this time it had started raining again... so much for looking cute for the club. So a shampoo, massage and style only cost me $280NT or about $9US. After that we had dinner at a conveyor belt sushi place. Each plate was only $30NT which is a little less than $1 US.
We also went out to the club this night. It took like an hour and a half to get there by train... it was kind of ridiculous. We get to the club, pay to get in a proceed to the bar! In Taiwan, you pay to get into the club and drinks are free all night. All you have to do is bring your glass back to the bar and if you lose your glass you can find a random shot glass or reg. glass and trade it in. Just make sure the when you pick up a shot glass you ask for a drink that comes in a reg. glass or if you pick up a reg. glass you ask for a shot. We had a lot of fun...we danced til 4am....so much fun!!!!!!! We were so exhausted by the end of the night... we were gonna wait til 6am to get on the train, that's when it opens...but we couldn't wait anymore and decide to take a taxi home around 530am. home by 6 and in bed by 610... so tired. but it was a good night.