I haven’t written in a little while, because I’ve been having too much fun!
Really.
Here are some things:
-Surfing: we went to Kenting for four days, three nights and stayed at a little surf shop/hotel that was so awesome for Taiwan. We also surfed every day and that was a whole lot of fun–except for the leg rash and raw knees I got to endure once I got out of the water. Salt-water on flesh-less patches of leg is only so-so comfortable indeed. It was a little sad to come back to Taichung after such a fun mini-vacation, but the best part is, we’re going back next Sunday! Surf road trip!
-Rock climbing: On Wednesday, I tried rock climbing for the first time. As coincidence would have it, the chapter I’m doing in Chinese right now is about rock climbing, so I knew relevant words like “zhizhu ren”, which means Spiderman. Yahoo. Donghai has a nice wall and by nice I mean pretty hard. I made it about 1/2 way the first time and that experience pretty much drained me. I wasn’t sore at all afterwards, except for the weird “graspy muscle” in my forearm that flexes when I brake my scooter. That was a little tight, making for an interesting drive home.
-Rock Band: Torrance got Rock Band and last night was the first time I’ve played it. I’ve played guitar hero one time before, so it was exciting. If you know me at all, you’ll know that I sucked at the drums, did pretty well on the guitar, but really just likely grabbing the mic and singing the most. That’s a WHOLE lot of fun.
-Celebrity Impersonation: I also dressed up as Amy Winehouse for aforementioned Rock Band party. I figured her unique look would be easy for people to understand right away–so yes, eyeliner and beehives. I even brought a pack of markers so people could give me tattoos. I just had everyone draw the flag of their country on my legs and back. I had collected (in alphabetical order): Canada, Ecuador, Finland, France, Hawaii (close enough to another country) Korea, Panama, and the Philippines–almost everyone was accompanied by a country appropriate statement.
Ironically, though there were several people from the States there, no one drew an American flag…or a Taiwanese flag. Nick did, however, did write a well-known, quasi-patriotic motto. I’ll just tell you it’s starts with “America,” and ends with “yeah!” and you can fill in the middle word.
Speaking about Nick, he went as Robert Plant. Yes, Robert Plant–the lead-singer of Led Zepplin–long, golden, curly wig and all. For his ensemble he literally raided my closet–everything from the half-open, see-through shirt, to the tight pants and rocker boots, were mine. “Apparently you dress like a ’70s male rockstar,” he said.
Being Amy for a night was a lot of fun, but I’m glad to be pack to my normal, clean-eyed, non-marker tattooed self today. I’ll try to find a picture of the both of us…so you don’t feel left out of our awesomeness. Until then, you should go see Iron Man–I was really surprised by it.
