Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Mandarin School anyone?

Due to my visa expiring, I had to enrol in Mandarin school, they don't tell you this in Canada, but to extend the visa you need to go to chinese skule here. I found a really cheap one that basically exists just to extend foreigner's visas but they also teach you mandarin (they even have the word visa in their site name http://www.clivisa.com.tw/). I had my first class today, they went so fast, it was really quite a bit stressful actually because of the rapid pace they set.

July is really hot, especially in Taiwan. The temperature difference between the shade and the open air is huge, like at least 10 degrees, U can really feel it heating up your body. Its currently watermelon season so I have been drinking quite a bit of watermelon juice, its actually cheaper than water during this season. Speaking of water and drinks, in my previous documentary, I neglected to mention drinks are quite expensive. They cost a lot more than in Canada, about twice as much. I assume it is because there is not as much water here as in Canada, even Coke and other standard drinks costs more.

I will probably start touring more of Taiwan in later months, probably in September, really July and August too hot to be outside during the day.

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