Nice People

After returning back to the dorms from class today, I noticed that a row of bikes (including mine) had fallen over. Trying to right my bike, I realized that the bike next to mine's pedal was caught in my spokes. I attempted to separate the two bikes with great difficulty, even tangling it more at one point. A girl offered to help, but we didn't know what to do. Then a crowd of 7-ish people walked by, some girls and some boys, and they totally helped me untangle my bike.

I thought it was really awesome, and I am super grateful. I don't think I would've gotten my bike out of that mess without them. :) May good Karma come around to all of them.

Beach Day!

Yesterday was a gorgeous day, so we decided to go to 福隆 which is on the northeast tip of Taiwan. I've been there two summers ago, where I walked along the shore for close to two hours. It was nice to go back again- especially since the weather was so beautiful. It was super sunny without being too hot or humid. We walked around, took photos, and waded in the ocean a bit. The only tragic thing was getting massacred by mosquitoes. We all came home with over 15 new bites. Ick!


My day would not be complete if I didn't jump around.



Photos of the sand and waves at FuLong.



A piece of driftwood at the lapping waves



Sharleen took this photo of me by a decrepit house



I, of course, had to stand on these bricks!

Danshui

Friday the 10th was the National Holiday, so we got the day off from school. It was nice to have a long weekend, especially since it'd be a long weekend back in Canada too (Thanksgiving).

The weather looked so nice before we left for Danshui, so we were super duper excited. However, upon arrival, it started to rain :(

We walked around and ate a bunch of food- a very Asian thing to do apparently. Walk around and eat. Food vendors are EVERYWHERE. Luckily it did clear up for a little bit, allowing me to take these next few photos! :D


My super adorable roommate!



So happy that the sky cleared up...



I thought the fishing boats were pretty rad...

CKS Memorial Hall...

This past weekend, we went to CKS Memorial Hall, which apparently had a name change.. it's now called 自由廣場 which means "Freedom Square." Don't know the long story, but apparently that is also why the previous government collected all of CKS's statues and put them in one communal place. I don't understand politics, nor do I want to get involved in this gongshow... But I will leave you with some photos! Finally took out my nice camera- it's been collecting dust P:



A picture of a roof at the top of the memorial



A random roof, from underneath


The whole Memorial, seen from afar