Friday, February 6th

• So I got up to shower, and in the shower were signs: “Wash Hair” “Wash Body” “Face Soap” on products in the shower, as well as instructions for using the faucet… my sisters are so cute!

• I got a ride with Gary and Maggie to Gary’s office, where I joined Xiao Paul (who went to work with Robert) and we drove to our UWP office
• Luis and Armando arrived from Taipei!
o Armando from Mexico is an FM who has worked in the US, Mexico, and Asia; Taichung will be his 10th city…. He’s really experienced and really really fun, I am SO excited to be working with him!
o Luis will be working in Taipei, but he wanted to have a meeting with our Taichung team to start us off
o I also met Niki, a local Taiwanese girl, who will be volunteering with us part time
o We had meetings most of the day
• For lunch we had dumplings filled with pork and vegetables, as well as some rice and soup… I like using chopsticks! It’s fun!
• We went to Gary’s office, where the loudspeaker played the same Chinese song over and over and over and over and over…. The tune got in our heads and Armando, Luis and I thought we were gunna go crazy!
• Driving is really crazy here
o Green means go; yellow means go; red means go…. Or at least until cars come the other way
o When turning, cars don’t go in a line, they cut the corner and start to turn before they get into the intersection
o Cars, motorcycles, and people get VERY VERY close to each other without even batting an eye
o Cars, but mostly motorcycles, park pretty much everywhere
• I tried Wii fit with Jennifer, and I played Wii sports with Gary and my sisters… at home I used to be sssoo good at Wii tennis, but Gary beat me by a long shot! I think I am out of practice…
• Christine made dinner
o Soup with noodles, shrimp, shrimp balls, mushrooms, etc
o Dumpling like pork and vegetables in mushy rice outside
o Eeeewww…. I ate sliced pig ears! And kelp from the sea!
o Armando, Paul, and Robert came over to eat with us
• I went to sleep early cause I was still tired…. Jet lag!