It amazes me that I have been in China for almost a year. As happens to everyone, I tried to build a routine and make friends to help keep me sane. However, there are still times when I walk around the city and almost forget where I am. My routine here is the same as (or at least eerily similar to) when I was in Philly. I wake up, get ready for work, walk to the office for about 30 min (with ipod in my ears), arrive at the office, work, have lunch with my co-workers, walk back home (with ipod in my ears) and then spend time on the internet, work out (or so I hope to do soon) and then bed. Simple.
And then there are moments when you remember where you are. "This is China" moments we've come to call them or "TIC's" for short. It is those instances where it's like the world is here to let you know that you are, in fact, in China and not somewhere at little more familiar. These are moments that almost always catch you by surprise.
As it turns out, Taiwan has those moments too, but I think I need to think of a better acronym. Somehow, I think trying to abbreviate "This is Taiwan" might be a bit problematic, or at least not really get to the heart of what I'm trying to say.
So far, my major Taiwan moment has been moving into my new apartment. I'm very happy with it, it has the space I wanted (for myself and visitors!) and has the type of kitchen I was looking for (please read: it has an oven!). The move itself was uneventful, save the typhoon in the middle. The "Taiwan" moment is that my landlady is currently living with me. Yes, that's right my landlady is currently living in both guest rooms, while I'm in the master bedroom. She's staying until Friday. And, she's paying me to stay here (even though I pay her rent). Fun!
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