Dec 26: Story worth keeping

johnny and chris were driving me back to my dorm from dinner and we're passing the pond

so they say, ok amy, we're gonna throw you into the pond so i'm like, ok. real serious so then its not funny if i don't protest so johnny keeps driving so i go Ha! and he slams on his breaks and i'm like oh shit and him and chris both get out of the car to grab me in the backseat so i panic and lock my door and then i lunge to the right and lock the other back door and then johnny's going to open his door so i lunge back and lock the front door and then go back across and lock chris's door and then suddenly its like...they're locked out of the car!! and i'm like whew, i'm safe! but then there's no driver, so i'm like great, how will i get back now and obviously i can drive, so i get in the front seat and jonny and chris try to block the car but obviously its a car, so if i keep going forward they have to get out of the way so i ended up driving slowly back to my dorm myself with chris on the hood and johnny running behind and we were passing through throngs of people so i think it was real embarrassing and chris tried taking his jacket off and blocking my view, but i kept driving so he's like shit she can hit people so he took it off and it was funny because one of the japanese girls, nozomi drives by on a moped and she's like...huh?? cuz johnny and chris are both outside but the car is driving and after i got out of the car then johnny just slings me over his shoulder to like take me back to the pond but i'm like kicking him

so chris has to come to grab my legs but its ok, i got out of it

11/22: Thanksgiving in Taiwan!

whoa sooo at the beginning of the week i was pretty bummed about not being able to celebrate Thanksgiving in the US ( for many reasons: 1] no turkey 2] no friends/family from home 3] no black friday shopping 4] no days off of school) but yesterday i went bowling and ate all you can eat hot pot with my lab (sooooooooooooooo much food). and i learned how to make my own hot pot sauce, complete with raw egg yolk (i hope i don't get salmonella). Then today I got everyone together to eat at Noble Family (shit i forget the chinese for it again...guan zuo shi jia i think) which is you order a steak and then get all you can eat salad, dessert, and other snacks. whaa so gooooood and so much food. we ate so much it def felt like thanksgiving. and then we went to McDonald's next door for some apple pie :)

strange thing: taiwanese people all think thanksgiving is a christian holiday.

11/13-11/15: Modern Toilet

11/13: i dont remember....

11/14: Went to Chung Li for shopping with Ben, Cyril, Shiho, Yui, and Nozomi and bought a pretty scarf. Then went back to YZU to have spanish class with Spike and Jacob and then met for dinner with the French and Emily also. We went to Modern Toilet and besides the stress of ordering, it was a lot of fun just because of the atmosphere.

11/15: Went running with Rong Kang, we ran 5 laps then i ran another 2 while he walked, then we walked like 3 or 4 laps then ran another 2. then later met with adeline to study Chinese...got through IQC 200

11/11-11/12: Sweeeet Shopping

11/11: Went to Carrefour with Adeline to walk around (to use her buy 1 get 1 Starbucks coupons) we walked around a lot and i bought 2 shirts and some other things. then i met up with lab people and other lab people to go to FE21 for shopping. I didn't buy anything :( cuz it was all too expensive, but 3 of the guys bought scarfs for girls (2 in the hopes of getting something) which is kinda funny. And also bought a sparkling lychee water that came in a clear soda can, so cool! then went bowling with the lab people who didn't go shopping. Played 5 games and got consistently worse! Tao kept switching turns with me to even out the scores lol. It was still pretty degrading. Then went to McDonalds. Then Tao walked me back. Then i finally got to talk to juan for a decent amount of time! :)

11/12: Woke up to the sound of jackhammers outside my window...woo .__. Not cool at all. So went to lab late from crankiness. Found out i had no class though, sweeeet. And got some lab stuff done but not as much as i hoped. Later PKd with Tao at Egyptian Ratscrew after they played baseball. then went to dinner and ate too much :( Then met up with Adeline to go meet the French guys for French night (Ratatoullie and french food!) and picked up Spike along the way. The whole day i tried to convince people to go with me to Carrefour to buy shoes cuz i wanted a pair and adeline wanted a bag. Anyways, we ended up going and none of them liked the shoes and then i bought 2 pairs! (buy 1 get 1) so 2 pairs of sweet ass pumas for $42uS :) down to the wire too, but i think it was meant to be because they ended up finding my size when they said the smaller pair was the last one. :) super happyyyyyy then watched Ratatoullie, great movie, made me feel happy

11/10: Chinese Lesson: Cell Phones

Cell phone = shou ji
Take pics = pai zhao
Other words I already forgot...but yea, I helped josh buy a cell phone and a prepaid plan. superb! and we ate at pizza hut which was coooool. they wrap up your pizza boxes in red and yellow ribbon as if its a gift :) I miss pizza hut trips. and the plan came with a tshirt and josh didn't like the color so i got it! sweeet

then i was hired the shave josh's neck hair...woooo, it was actually fun! i've wanted to shave juan's face but was always too scared, now i think i can do it :)

then i met up with adeline to take the bus to Chung Li to look for hotels for juan. she told me the one her fam stay in had cockroaches...so I thought it best not to go there. instead we searched for (and found!) a hotel i saw where we ate lunch buffet with the professor. and it was really nice and about to same price as the one in Taipei. and the mattress was soft! woooot! but unfortunately there was no space on one of the days :( but they will call me in a few days to tell me if there's space.

then shopping and eating!! i had a good chinese pancake with egg and some dumplings. plus an apple pie at mcdonalds :) then i bought a necklace and a fake LeSportSac make up bag.

nice day :)

11/9: Dramarama with Tea and Cake

wooo so i finally got a research project!! (::dance::) wooooo! later later i met up with adeline cuz she got some cakes from someone and we had tea that she stole from the hotel and she showed me pics of her family's trip to taiwan. its nice talking to adeline! good girl talk with her!

sigh but all day there was drama with the guys and christine so i felt like an annoying older sister today. i hope this stops!

11/1-11/8: Kending/Midterms

11/1: Kinetics quiz...such a joke, everyone cheats like crazy. It felt like a game trying to hunt down all the answers

11/2: Leaving for Kending! Took the HSR to Tainan and walked around eating food! Then took a rest in a FE21's starbucks and played cards. Met up with the other lab group and went to their professors house.

11/3: The guys rented mopeds and we drove to Anping to eat food and see some temples and others sites. I also got a short lesson on how to ride a moped! so cool! continued on to kending...the resort was awesome! i wasn't even expecting to be in a resort but it was beautiful!

11/4: walked around the resort and realized the water was too cold to swim :( the wen wei joined us while we were in the arcade. then played volleyball by the beach for a few hrs (everyone was in pain after) until dinner. Dinner was fun and good bonding with Wang Yi and Wen Wei! Then got driven over to Kending Old Street for some shopping. Coming back we went to the Sports Bar and each got a drink and then I taught them how to play Egyptian Ratscrew. It was hilarious; everyone was a little tipsy (yea...1 drink each plus sharing an LIT leaves asian people tipsy) after awhile and everyone got really into the game. Wang Yi kept getting in my space and then they were all making fun of how i played. then we ate steamed buns from the teacher

11/5: early morning had to go to the conference in Kending. I was disappointed once I realized we had to listen to seminars and not go play :( But finally after lunch we were set free by the professor so i made them go to the beach so I could get SOME nice pics of scenery in Kending since we didn't go to the National Park or the Marine Biology Museum & Aquarium (both famous places to go in Kending). Then bought more souvenirs and went to Amy's Cucina to eat pizza while we waited for the bus back. Took the bus to Kaoshiong to catch the HSR so I got to see Love River which was beautiful. Then took the HSR back to Taoyuan and taxi back home!

11/6: studied alllll day, and was antisocial

11/7: studied kinda all day, but played games with the lab and still antisocial

11/8: stupid ass Kinetics exam...don't want to talk about it so i don't remember it later on! just went back after and ran 2 miles and continued being antisocial, but now i'm ok!