Good Times on the Weekend

This past weekend was a pretty good time in Taichung. Of course, every Friday night we go to Family Mart and drink cheap beer on the patio. What made last Friday awesome in particular was the fact that a new pizza place opened up in Taichung and one of the teachers stopped there before coming so we all got to eat real pizza. Even though I've only been gone about three weeks now, it was still amazing to eat pizza!

Saturday I had to teach in the morning and unfortunately, my first class of the day was really bad for me that day. First they wouldn't settle down then they turned into zombies who didn't want to do anything. So that was a struggle to get through, especially since classes are an hour and fifteen minutes on Saturday. Luckily though, my second class that day was much better which left me in a better mood for the rest of the weekend.

That afternoon I also made my first trip to the Jade Market. It was everything you expect out of a Taiwanese bazar-type market; lots of Jade, lots of random souvenir stuff, and lots of jewelry. I obviously didn't walk away empty-handed; a strand of real pearls cost me about 100 NT (roughly $3.50). We finished up Saturday celebrating a co-workers birthday at a Greek restaurant which had super delicious gyros and fries. A nice way to spend a Saturday evening if you ask me!

All in all, this last weekend gave me a good break from the students and now I'm all set for another week! Monday's already over for me so this week is all downhill from here.