In Taiwan again!

I am currently in Taiwan again!! I am so happy to be back I was very bored in my house waiting for the day that I could go to the airport again. I did however have a great time with my family and friends. I even got to take a trip to the mountains and New York. I feel very jet lagged and will wake up very early in the morning and then at around 1 or 2pm crash and have to go to bed again. I hope that soon I will get use to the time change and start sleeping at a normal schedule.

The plane ride from North Carolina to Taiwan was very long and tiring I woke up at 3am and was in the air for around 29 hours before arriving to Taiwan. The worst ride was the flight from San Francisco to Japan. Even though it was around 12 hours I could not wait for this one to end. Finally on the way to Taiwan I fell asleep on the plane and didn't get a immigration card to fill out. After going through immigration and customs I got my suit cases and was ready to meet my ride. I was just thinking about sleeping at this point I had been awake for too long to want for anything else. Stepping out of the airport I could feel the Taiwanese heat hit me very hard I had forgotten how hot it was in Taiwan!!!

With the weekend coming to an end I need to start to look for an apartment to live in.  

Alishan part 1

Oh what a early morning especially after going to sleep at 2am to wake up at 6am ><. On top of that it was raining!! A 25 minute walk to Nei Li train station in the rain : /. I didn't get too wet so it was not terrible. I was too excited to get to Alishan. We took the 7 minute train ride to Taoyuan train station.
This is David and me waiting for the mountain train to take us to Chiayi. We are all so tired and slept on the 3 hour train ride.

We walked to this bus station and while we were buying tickets a old lady was trying to get us to buy tickets from her. She said her bus was faster and we could go sightseeing and she priced it 1 NT less the then other bus. We bough the tickets from the other bus but we bought her tickets on the way back down. Down is a picture of her. We gave her 100 NT and she wrote down something. So pretty much we hope that she didn't rip us off and her bus will be there.

This was my room. It was a pretty ok room. I had to use slipper to get into the bed room and had special bathroom slippers for the bathroom. I guess very Japanese style.

This is everyone that went on the trip. David on the lower right, his girlfriend Haley to the right of him. And on the top Victoria and teddy. We had to walk up and down all these steps to get to our hotel... a foreshadowing of all the steps we will be climbing soon.

Eating at a restaurant called 999. It was not the best but I was soo hungry I didn't care and just kept eating till I was full.

Here are pictures of the forest at AliShan. It was the most beautiful place I have ever been in my whole life. It looks magical especially because of the mist of the rain.

They really don't want us to "frolicking" anywhere!!!!!!

This tree grew into a "heart shape" it looks really awesome, I think.

This is what you see as soon as you get out of the forest. Like I said before, its so beautiful.

This is the forest behind us that leads out to this opening. It almost look like the evil woods in Snow white.

We walked and found this temple while we were walking down. It looks really nice almost as nice as the one I saw in Taipei.

This picture makes me laugh. But yea the bridge shakes while you walk on it alot.

Here we are starting to walk through a part of the forest where the "big trees" are. By this time we are all soaking wet and a little tired from hiking.

Midterms are over!!!

Midterms are finally over. For two whole weeks everyone at YZU just studies for these test. Now I can finally hang out with people. I had 4 midterms test. The test were all pretty easy, except for classical music class which was very hard. Right now I am getting ready to go to Ali Shan. I will post pictures from there when I come back. For now here are random pictures I have taken.

 

Here is the way to Nei Li train station after you get on the main road. It is very loud with all the cars and scooters driving by.

Here is another shot of the same street.

This is a picture of one of my good friends, Yadia. We were eating at a restaurant called Jenny Talks. The food there is very good and we go there alot to eat.

We took this picture in the library yesterday.

This is another of my very good friends, Lia. She is a masters student from Indonesia.

I think it is so funny that Taiwanese girls never want to take a picture because they always say they don't look "pretty" enough for one.

A video of "Caves books" in YZU.

I'm still alive!!!

 



It has been a LONG time that I have posted anything on my blog. I'm sorry I guess I have been busy enjoying Taiwan and always forget to take my camera. Right now, midterms are next week so everyone is studying for them. Here I will post some pictures of Yuan Ze so you can get an idea of what I see everyday going to and from classes. I promise I will start posting more pictures on my blog from now on!!

 

 

 

This is where I usually start off my day. This is my dorm. Four people live in one room but right now I only have two roommates. Its not that bad, I feel I have way MORE room here then I do in UNCG's dorm where I can barely get to my bed because of the dressers and furniture are in my way. Last night was sooo humid we had the window open and both fans on but it was still very hot ><.

This is my fourth of the room. Bed D. I spend alot of time here watching YouTube videos and chatting with other people. They don't give us a bed we have to go to a store and buy it. Its really thin and you have to get use to sleeping on it. Also there is no wifi in the "old" boys dorms. We use LAN connection and Internet is cut off at 12:37am and we have a 2GB limit.

This is the view from my window. You can see the courts to the left and in the middle is the tea/rice fields. You can sometimes see people working there growing and picking stuff.

Just a picture of the hall way on the 6th floor.

This is me and my good friend David going to eat lunch.

This is one of the 4 cafeterias Yuan Ze has. There are 3 restaurants here and a milk tea bar. It is so awesome Taiwanese really love food and there is so much variety. Even though UNCG is sooo much bigger then Yuan Ze, Yuan Ze's food is 100 times better then at UNCG. Its really full now because everyone has a lunch break at 12pm.

This is one of my favorite things to eat for lunch. I don't know what it is called in English but it is sooo tasty and fills me up. It cost 50NT which is about a dollar and something. It has chicken, rice and eggs...the rest I'm not sure what it is but I still love it.

Here, you can get a better look at the track and field that Yuan Ze has. Alot of people use the track and there is always someone playing volleyball or basketball.

This is the main walkway in Yuan Ze it is the equivalent of "college Ave" in UNCG. I really like all the trees and the flowers look very pretty.

This is building 7. The way they built this building is very weird. Many people like to take pictures at this building.

I don't know what "No Din" means but in Chinese it says to please be quiet, or don't be too loud.

We all say that inside building 7, it looks like Hogwarts from Harry Potter when the stair cases move around.

This is a picture from building 7 over looking the small pond that Yuan Ze has.

More pictures XD.

This is a very pretty pond in Yuan Ze. They have Kori fish and turtles that live here and it is very peaceful to come here and get away from all the city noise.

I have yet to see a snake but I will keep looking out for them.

The rock of innovation between building 2 and 3.

This is building 6 where all my business classes are. Its the tallest building in Yuan Ze, I think.

Yuan Ze has many dogs who live in the university. This is one of the oldest dogs. Almost every students know this dog and another one. They usually hang out in the gate of the school with the guard or walk around near family mart to try to get food from people.

Another dog and behind him is the library.