dont worry, that's not our scooter! this isint an account of a difficult day
we diddnt adopt any lovable puppies either, though very tempting
diddnt go to Paris
or HollywoodJust a simple day off of work, Chillin in the city of JuBei.
Saturday April 26th 2009. a little over cast. very very windy.
9:00 wake up, the bird is chirping like she is my alarm clock. I get up and say good morning to her and she stops. exhale. I eat a healthy breakfast. Bert is searching the internet all morning, trying to find a cheap way to ship protein powder and other health supplements for our new diet. Bodybuilding.com 3 month personal trainer-video transformation program.
I take care of some bills on line. received an e-mail that Comcast is after us again!! geez!!--they didn't end our account properly, and now we have to repeatedly attempt to fix it. we just received our second collections notice!! Sticky situation, moving on...
We decide to pick up our new mini laptop computer before going to work out in the gym. I try to call ahead, so they know we are on our way. I feel so proud because i can decipher the location name and correct phone number written in Chinese characters on the claim ticket..i call, and my Chinese language skills are not quite good enough to explain the situation... But at least they know some confused English speaking foreigners are on their way :)
We hop on the scooter, drive over the tall windy bridge to hsinchu. we go to the technology district near science park, to a mall like area named NOVA. we cram our scooter into a tiny spot--i am so impressed with Bert's scooter maneuvering abilities!! wow, like a pro! Two guys on a scooter ask us--in English if we are headed in..
9:00 wake up, the bird is chirping like she is my alarm clock. I get up and say good morning to her and she stops. exhale. I eat a healthy breakfast. Bert is searching the internet all morning, trying to find a cheap way to ship protein powder and other health supplements for our new diet. Bodybuilding.com 3 month personal trainer-video transformation program.
I take care of some bills on line. received an e-mail that Comcast is after us again!! geez!!--they didn't end our account properly, and now we have to repeatedly attempt to fix it. we just received our second collections notice!! Sticky situation, moving on...
We decide to pick up our new mini laptop computer before going to work out in the gym. I try to call ahead, so they know we are on our way. I feel so proud because i can decipher the location name and correct phone number written in Chinese characters on the claim ticket..i call, and my Chinese language skills are not quite good enough to explain the situation... But at least they know some confused English speaking foreigners are on their way :)
We hop on the scooter, drive over the tall windy bridge to hsinchu. we go to the technology district near science park, to a mall like area named NOVA. we cram our scooter into a tiny spot--i am so impressed with Bert's scooter maneuvering abilities!! wow, like a pro! Two guys on a scooter ask us--in English if we are headed in..
On the way back home while Bert is weaving the scooter around cars, people, stopping, going...
I--in truely Taiwanese style--am checking out our text messages. we got an invite from a local cser to hang out and meet her family over dinner. our friend angela decided not to get together for coffee because the weather is supposed to get bad tonight. Angela's transportation is a bike, i give her props for being green, and all, but she rides 40 min. to school every day 2 times. Pretty much anywhere is a 40 min. or longer ride. sometimes in the COLD WINDY RAIN.
now off to the gym. we did the most difficult workout of the week today shoulders, abs, and legs. felt good. at one point bert made me wear this butch looking weight-lifting belt...LOL!! The gym we work out at has a stadium and a huge complex for other sports. Today there was a festival going on I could smell the fried foods and hear the karaoke:) sometimes they have huge community garage sales there.
after the work out we go to the SPA. ooo la la!! this place is SOOO great $4usd gets you into this huge area with 15 different pools, steam saunas, medicated hot springs, 25m lap pools, and the highlight......20 different types of "water massage" machines. We jumped into the large pool and went straight for my favorite massage jet..you rest your head back and all of these bubbles come up from under you and lift your whole body up so you feel weight less. another favorite of mine-you lay on your tummy and gushing streams of warm water fall all over your back and body--it really feels like someone is giving you a full body massage. The guy who we first met when we went there comes over to us and chats for a while. he gives us some goggles so we can do laps in the big pool. we spend about 1.5 hours there, then go to Dante's coffee to meet up with our friend Chad.
Chad is an x-employee of Oak Tree. He is Taiwanese, but has lived overseas and traveled a lot. His English is great. We ate a salad and sipped down 3 "Dante's Special"s catching up on things. It was raining out side and we didn't bring any rain coats--we are rebels when it comes to raingear! it is a pain in the butt to haul coats/ponchos around, so we just get wet and deal with it most the time.
On our way home from this area (This area = near the High Speed Rail station, There is an OutBackSteakhouse, the SPA, many cheap restaurants, a new department store is going up, Dante'sCoffee), we have to go down a special street that is only for scooters, under the highway system, it's super secret agent spy like because there are 3 tunnels we zip through--such tiny roads just barely big enough to fit 2 scooters on. The echo in the tunnels is great! we zip home, and now bert is playing with the new computer trying to connect it to our wifi router, and i am updating our blog.
there you have it. Saturday in Jubei.
Meg
now off to the gym. we did the most difficult workout of the week today shoulders, abs, and legs. felt good. at one point bert made me wear this butch looking weight-lifting belt...LOL!! The gym we work out at has a stadium and a huge complex for other sports. Today there was a festival going on I could smell the fried foods and hear the karaoke:) sometimes they have huge community garage sales there.
after the work out we go to the SPA. ooo la la!! this place is SOOO great $4usd gets you into this huge area with 15 different pools, steam saunas, medicated hot springs, 25m lap pools, and the highlight......20 different types of "water massage" machines. We jumped into the large pool and went straight for my favorite massage jet..you rest your head back and all of these bubbles come up from under you and lift your whole body up so you feel weight less. another favorite of mine-you lay on your tummy and gushing streams of warm water fall all over your back and body--it really feels like someone is giving you a full body massage. The guy who we first met when we went there comes over to us and chats for a while. he gives us some goggles so we can do laps in the big pool. we spend about 1.5 hours there, then go to Dante's coffee to meet up with our friend Chad.
Chad is an x-employee of Oak Tree. He is Taiwanese, but has lived overseas and traveled a lot. His English is great. We ate a salad and sipped down 3 "Dante's Special"s catching up on things. It was raining out side and we didn't bring any rain coats--we are rebels when it comes to raingear! it is a pain in the butt to haul coats/ponchos around, so we just get wet and deal with it most the time.
On our way home from this area (This area = near the High Speed Rail station, There is an OutBackSteakhouse, the SPA, many cheap restaurants, a new department store is going up, Dante'sCoffee), we have to go down a special street that is only for scooters, under the highway system, it's super secret agent spy like because there are 3 tunnels we zip through--such tiny roads just barely big enough to fit 2 scooters on. The echo in the tunnels is great! we zip home, and now bert is playing with the new computer trying to connect it to our wifi router, and i am updating our blog.
there you have it. Saturday in Jubei.
Meg
Bringin in the Chinese newyear with Michelle and her family :)
bag 500NTD Sweater dress 200NTD the perfect orange priceless!!
