One night in Taipei...

Taipei was fantastic! Even though we met with training group one, we still had a great time! The training wasn't as long or boring as the first go around and we got paid!

The first thing they asked us to do was (in small groups) recount our most memorable moment in Taiwan thus far. Clearly, I had mine picked out in a microsecond. Um...the poop story. Turns out someone else in our group had a very similar story only his involved pooping at the branch, missing, and a student and the student's mother walking in to find him cleaning it up...oops! Later, as we reconvened in the big group, the trainers asked the people from the various groups to get up and tell their favorite stories. Needless to say I was one of the people called up to tell the story. We had a good time and laughed hysterically (they especially enjoyed the "fire of heaven" part) and it made for a great icebreaker for the rest of the time. I met two South Africans and a Californian who live in Taichung, so we have some new people to hang out with. We also had dinner and drinks Friday night with some of the kids from the 1st group who live in Taipei! It was so much fun hearing about all the crazy things that have happened to people in the last few weeks.

Today we're off to Taichung Park, a park with a lake where you can rent canoes and splash about! Maybe later we'll hit the Jade Market or the night market, or if possible the Natural Science Museum...and it's officially one month that I've been in Taiwan today.