Hello friends and other folkses! It seems it has been a while since last I updated here. My apologies once again! I really haven't got any excuse, since most of my days here are filled with .... nothing! This will change soon, however, the last month of not working or really having any commitments has left me in a lazy state of mind, and then that brings a load of guilt for not having accomplished anything of importance with my time.
What do I spend my time doing? Welll... I've been practicing my guitar a lot, which I suppose is productive in some sense. I've been cleaning more than usual, although not as much as I could be. I've gone on walks, although not long ones, since the heat and humidity dampens my enthusiasm for walks within ten minutes of being outside. I've browsed numerous stationary stores, done some drawings, watching a bunch of movies, cooked more than usual, done a little bit of babysitting, tried not to spend too much money, and today after I clean the bathroom I think I will try my hand at a painting.
This is all in the daytime while my roomates and friends are at work. In the evenings, I mostly hang out with my friends if I don't have a church meeting. BUT this week I will register for my classes at Feng Chia (my university which I will probably refer to a lot in future posts), and classes start a week from today. I'm excited, although a little nervous since I'm not sure what to expect.
The news is telling tales of a typhoon called Nanmadol that is supposed to have made it's stormy way to the south of Taiwan and work its way upwards and west into China. We've had some drizzle here and there, but nothing like the "Torrential Rainfall" that we were warned of. While this well and good for the businesses and safety of the city, I think all the teachers are a little sad that we may not get a typhoon day after all. We had no typhoon days last year either. We'll see.
OH! As soon as I wrote that it started to rain harder outside. Well! Words indeed have power!
My friend Amy and I were asked to be bridesmaids in our friend Annie's wedding. I believe I have mentioned Annie at some point on my blog in the past. Annie has been a part of my cell group since I came to Taiwan, and when Amy came last year, she started working at Annie's English school. So we both know her very well, and were pleasantly surprised and very honored to be asked to be bridesmaids! Annie (who is Taiwanese but speaks fluent English) and her fiance Michael (who is from the US), will get married in October, and their wedding will not be the usual traditional Taiwanese wedding. They will have the ceremony and reception Western style, at Banner church.
Last Saturday, Annie invited us to go with her and Michael and Annie's mom to help choose the wedding dresses! She chose two - a traditional white one for the ceremony, and a beautiful fluffy red one for the reception. What a fun day that was! Annie tried on a bunch of different styles of dresses and showed them to us and we gave her our thoughts. Amy and I are pretty excited for the wedding, to say the least.
This is definitely the year of weddings and romance. :) Annie and Michael are the fourth wedding in Taiwan I've been invited to this summer, and on top of that, I got to travel to my brother's wedding. And another couple friends of ours are getting married in the beach town of Kending in February next year. Fun! side note - many couples here are getting married this year in particular because this is Taiwan's 100th anniversary year. October 10th is the independence day holiday for this country, so this year's 10/10 celebration is the 100th year of independence, making it a huge holiday and a very "lucky" year for weddings, etc.
Well, I can't think of anything else interesting to add to this, so I'll leave it for now. Thanks for reading and tune in next time! :D
Maybe everyone has you at weddings because you are so fun to be with at them! I talked to a cheerful guy at Annie's wedding, who may or may not have been homeless, who said he'd gone to a bunch of weddings with you and that you were a treat in general. We both chatted for a bit, and as I was just thinking to ask him how he could have met you, he meandered off towards an ice cream cone some kid dropped on the road. It didn't seem to bother him that a scooter or two drove over it either.
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