Yesterday started off like a normal day. I mean, you know you're in Asia when you teach Asian students all day long, but that's just the norm now. And of course in the afternoon when the headmaster set off the fire alarms because he was trying to exterminate some ants on the third floor, I felt as if I was in Asia. Not because Asia is the only place in the world that has fire drills, but the simple fact that as we were standing outside for half an hour I literally sweated through my shirt and parts of my pants because it was so hot at 2 p.m. on the track.
I really started to realize my geographic location when I had to officiate the badminton match last night though. When you're in a gym filled with Asian students playing hardcore badminton, you know you're in Asia. It made me laugh a little bit but then they were taking it so seriously that I had to really watch the lines and foot faults.
As if the sporting event of the night was not enough, I knew for sure I was in Asia when I ran up to my classroom at 9 p.m. to find a surprise. I had just opened my door when I saw movement out of the corner of my eye; I've found cockroaches in the school before so I thought it might be another one. This time however, it was the worlds smallest gecko. I wanted to ask him if I could get cheap car insurance, and then I remembered they probably don't have Geico in Taiwan.
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