rain, rain, go away...

it's been raining these past few days in taiwan and it suuuu (high-pitched tone)....uuuucks (and pitch comes down)...we straight? but all's well that ends well!

clothes smell good
my clothes smell good! now about the lint problem...

CEO of Ideata TBWA
had lunch with the the owner (yes, not CEO, the owner, as i found out) of Ideata TBWA at a French restaurant (ooh la la) and we was so nice! i thought it would be some serious conversation but he was so personable! he says that he's thinking about retiring soon, and after he finds someone to take over, he wants to start teaching or talking about his experience at a university. he's already done it a few times. we had a good two-hour talk about advertising, career, Taiwanese politics, etc. it was interesting! i told him my sister Jennifer is majoring marketing and he said he would love to talk to us both and invite us both to eat when she is in Taiwan. (Jennifer, if you read this before i tell you, surprise!) anyway, he knows lots of people in advertising, so since you're interested in brand management, he can hook you up! really nice man.

http://www.ideata.com.tw/

Taiwan Indigenous TV
they recently started this English-language thing where they broadcast a one-hour newcast on TV in English about the indigenous (yuan2 zhu4 ming2). they're talked about a lot, because there's this really popular show here like american idol and lots of contestants are idigenous people, because most of them, can sing really well. you know A-Mei? she is an indigenous Taiwanese. anyway, so my point is, they were looking for people who are native english speakers do help be like the broadcasters. i don't know if that's the word, but you know when they're broadcasting the news, and you hear the person narrating (lol)? that's what i applied for. so they called me and i'm going in for a test try. cooooool.

Teaching English
yah. decided not to take the part-time job and just substitute for this school. i'm going to HK for 3 weeks in december and my sister will be in taiwan for the last week in december, so it's just too much of a hassle to start working now. i can come back in january and get a full-time job since bible classes are in the evenings. perfect. i can even attend bible study. yay, now i can go visit my extended family in kaoshiung.

other lil' tidbits:

- you can get three big bottles of fresh-squeezed orange juice for 200NT ($6 U.S. dollars)
- i fit in more when i dress up than when i don't (go figure)
- prices for clothing in department stores in taiwan are similar to the u.s. but it's the fancy restaurants that you can go to for 1/3 or even 1/2 the price of fancy schmancy restaurants in the u.s. that makes sense. no, really. it makes a lot of sense.
- i got a blockbuster card. hehe. there are a mix of chinese and english movies in these blockbusters! not that i can't get my fill on crunchyroll.com, which is a.m.a.z.i.n.g.
- whenever i hear a testimony, i have the urge to sing. L.O.L. i like testimonies, tee hee.
- i can't get over the fact that mcdonald's in where i've been, taiwan and shanghai, have 24 hour delivery and they have a breakfast menu, which means i can wake up, dial mickey d's, get up, get dressed, have breakfast delivered, then head out the door. amazing. which is pretty much what i did when i was in shanghai and starving at 3 am.