by Jonny | Sep 18, 2011 | Updates
It seemed like a fairly normal club. It was kind of weird since most of the people in the club were men with just a few women dotted around here and there. Also, a lot of the women were just standing at the side-lines not wanting to dance. So I have to assume perhaps some of them were just paid to stand there. It was fun. I managed to get kind of drunk, so I really didn’t care how I looked when I danced, but I think I dance pretty good. – Especially in comparison to the friends I went with lol!!!!
But yeah it was interesting and I kind of enjoyed it. But I don’t think it is something I will do on a regular basis unless of course the club we go to is more close-by. Plus it is quite costly to get in, it cost like $600NT, you got 2 free drinks; however if you want any extra drinks they cost like $400NT each which is expensive! I only bought one more and my Korean friend gave me one of his free drink tickets.
As you can see the club was quite crowded with people. The guy with the hand up is my class mate! He is from Tokyo. He is a pretty cool guy to talk to and down to earth I feel, even though I don’t know him that well to make any judgments about him.
by Jonny | Sep 16, 2011 | Updates
I had quite an interesting day today.
Laura (My good friend) organised a cinema trip to a place called Mitsukoshi, where we watched Johnny English: Reborn. The film was extremely funny. She invited a person who studies a degree in economics, that we met in the gym and who we talked to for a while. He invited his friends who were also doing the same course, which consisted of another 2 men and 2 women. I kind of think they were trying to set me up or set one of the girls up with me. – Since they insisted I sit next to her. She was cute, but it was kind of weird! 😛
As from my last post, I stated I took Ritalin and my god that drug is powerful. I felt the rush in me after around an hour and I had no care in the world. It felt good. I won't become addicted since I am smarter than that, but I think this drug will help me focus when I need to take it. – It will also get me more involved in class as it has kind of sprouted up my confidence which I kind of lost.
Continuing on about today, after the film we watched, went to a nice small night market which seemed to be more organised than that of other night markets I've been to. In fact it seemed like a regular styled market you would see in the UK, except more fun. – Though the goods that they were selling or the goods you could win, weren't any good. But it was good fun. We played a few games at this night market and there was this hoop throwing game, where you had to throw these hoops on top of these bottles to win these drinks. I managed to get around 4 or 5 hoops around these bottles. – I was kind of surprised and was very lucky to have even got one hoop over the bottles. But it was fun and I met some new Taiwanese people! I was kind of feeling down all week and hopeless, but now I think things have changed for the better. However I doubt I can hold these feelings.
by Jonny | Sep 14, 2011 | Updates
by Jonny | Sep 14, 2011 | Updates
I suffer greatly from anxiety. People can realise this however they don't see it as a condition. They just think I am too scared or if you want to go ghetto, they think I is pussy. But the the thing is anxiety is a huge problem for me. I wish I never had it and I wish I could overcome it. Which is why I think it is quite a good idea for me to go into the Taiwanese military. It will make me man up and overcome my worries. Or the other thing it could do is push me into a deeper hole. Though I don't mind congregating with other people and I think I would make a decent amount of friends if I did indeed join the army. – Even though the advice I have recieved is to not join, as for example I might be bullied since I don't know Chinese too well. Though as long as I do what everyone else is doing, I think I will be fine and I may need a little extra help.
To kind of ensure that my langauge capabilites are at a reasonable level, I am now taking one on one classes. It costs around $600NT per hour. But I am only going to do one hour per week. The teacher is very nice and she speaks English. Though she has stated it isn't a good idea to learn via translating from Chinese to English. It is better to think about what the character or said word means as opposed to translation from English to Chinese; as said.
I hope these extra classes or the extra learning will help me improve. I recently read a book on A.D.D, I really have all symtoms, but I don't want to go to a doctor since it will be too expensive in my opinion. I just want the medicine.
I just hate being the guy that forgets. I hope my Chinese improves significantly, I feel like a failure at the moment.
by Jonny | Sep 13, 2011 | Updates
(09/12/2011) Today I went bowling, which was pretty fun! I beat the people I was with 3 times! I averaged over 100 points each game and I got several strikes and quite a few half strikes. I was actually quite impressed with my bowling skills. I also taught my cousins boyfriend how to bowl and I could see he got much better. It is purely just not looking at the pins (The pins are the distraction). You need to look at the ground markers only and aim for them. – 9 times out of 10, you will get the ball going down the middle.
I’m the “15G” guy! I played a little better than usual however with a little more practice, I think I would be pretty decent at bowling at any rate. It is purely just hitting the ball straight down the middle and knowing how to do that. – While also lunging forward enough to get enough speed into the ball to get it rolling fast exactly down the middle. I actually think it is possible to get strikes every round quite easily if you practiced enough.
After bowling we went to this place Lenkung (sp?) township, it is a 1 hour drive from Taichung city to this place. But it is interesting. It is considered as the “old town” since everything, including the buildings are very old. The shops & markets there also looked old. It was an interesting look. The reason I came here, was because I was travelling with my cousins, her boyfriend and also their friends. They went there purely to say a prayer or bow to an idol for the Moon Festival season.
However before this, we ate at an ice desert place. The desert they made was delicious. Though I believe you can buy similar types of food all around Taiwan:
I will end it there. I had a pretty decent day out today – which was a lot of fun!
by Jonny | Sep 12, 2011 | Updates
Yesterday we went to two restaurants not 2 hours from each other. It was kind of ridiculous, but my mother is kind of like that. I ate too much at the first restaurant, so when we went to the second one, I still ate, but now I feel like a pig. I also didn't realise we were going to another restaurant since I wasn't too clear on what they (My cousin and my mother) were saying in Chinese. (I actually had no idea what they were talking about…)
The food was good however I now feel I need to do twice as much exercise today, since I ate way too much. Here are some pictures of the food:
The food was pretty decent. Though I did not take any pictures of the second restaurant since I had no clue where we were going, so I just left my camera at home. But the first restaurant had some interesting decor and interior design. It was like a road, but inside a small nice warehouse. I have pictures of them, but I need to resize them, since they are around 4 – 5 mb's each in size!
