Coulda Woulda Shoulda

There's a lot of things I'd love to write but my energy is focussed right now on new books and new classes. I'm actually enjoying thinking of extra things for them to do, outside the workbooks, coming up with materials to further enhance their learning experience. Hmm, maybe I am getting a hang of this teaching thing. I am also trying to be diligent in my 365 project - you can see the link on the right - and although I'm taking pictures, I just haven't uploaded. January 1st is documented so I suppose if you wanted to check that out, you'd see what I'm hoping to do! This wa show the holiday started off. No make up and after a VERY long day of travelling, we finally found a 'great wee pub' and I got what I had been waiting for - a refreshing G&T. There were loads of food stalls like this one - B is getting some fresh duck from a friendly Tawainese dude. There are loads of these that are similiar in Korea but, this is the Tawain picture blog. This ...

...and so here's a pic... Night market with the boys in Taipei and the price of politeness... I won't scare you with the after picture but yes, I did eat some of this...

This was my first purchase on vacation, on the island of Green Island, in a little shop right by the beach. Among other things such as t-shirts and bathing suits, it also sold dried deer meat. I decided that if I was going to come back with something that was truly 'made in taiwain' it was not going to be the super spicy raw hide I had been forced to try the night before. Of course, that wasn't as bad as what can only be described as a 'pickled chicken foot' that both D and I politely agreed to gnaw on, if only not to offend. So, amongst the other wares that I browsed through, I decided this bracelet would suit me just fine. Favorite color and all. It was just one of the many things that I fell in love with in Taiwan. Granted, I was on holiday, but the entire week I could not stop feeling relaxed amongst the Taiwanese. The food was a treat - imagine going to an upscale Chinese restaurant and paying an exorbinant amount for tasty 'real' Chinese food and then,...