What's going on in J i u B e i ?? Where are we going?? Who are we seeing??

F r e q u e n t e d Places:

Oak Tree Language Institution:
we work here 8:30 - 6:00 with a 2 hour lunch break Monday -Friday.
I Love working with kids. they are so full of energy and lovable!! Yes, they drive my to the edge at times, but it's worth it.

Nanliao:
This is our favorite chill spot, its a recreational strip along the cost of hsinchu. You can go Swimming on a sandy beach, check out museums and marine research centers, there are lots of paths to hike on, grassy mountain tops to gaze off into the ocean on, and scenic roads to cruise on the scooter. The highlight is definitely the fish market, last time we went there we ate 3 baby hammer head sharks! any weird/normal/delicious types of seafood you could imagine are sold in nanliao (south port) straight off the boat for cheap.

Hsinchu Sports Center:
we work out here 3 times a week. we are on a strict diet/weight training program now. We have met many foreigners at this gym, and the people who work there are really nice. They have tons of classes, but in chinese--they do ballroom dancing on saturdays.

The Flower Market: this market sells orchids for $2usd! My mom loves orchids, i want to bring her here so bad! Connected to the flower area is a general open air market. We stroll through and get lunch--it seems a lot like a night market, but its open just in the day time. At one outer edge of the market is the entrance to the ZOO!! i love this zoo. we saw a monkey escape from it's cage here--an old lady kept shaking her net at it, and it eventually jumped back into its cage! so funny :) Its a decent zoo, and only costs $0.30usd to get in.

The Oasis Hot Pot Restaurant:
we go here just about every Sunday! the owner always comes and sits with us at our table, and brings special dishes. he gave us free "sneak peek" tickets to see the movie "the hangover"---which i highly recommend, great comedy. This restaurant looks sooo vip inside, the decorations and interior design are amazing, and the food is awesome. they set out a hot pot with a divider in it so you can get 3 different flavors of broth to cook your meat and veggies in.
We like the Thai broth the best. there is a hagandaz/movinpic buffet there too!! naughty, i know-but we limit ourselves to one ice cream frenzy per week.

The Buddhist cafe next to our school:
the first time we went there we ordered a pot of rose tea, told the shop keeper it was great, and she just gave us 2 canisters of rose hips! she was worried we wouldn't know where to find it because we were new in town. Recently I brought 2 of my students here for a tutoring lesson and they loved it, their parents were so happy. Plus it was really nice for me to get out of oak tree for a change.

Shrimp Fishing bar/shrimp pool:

Jason's:

"The Alley":

Dante's Coffee:

The hot n' sour soup place:

High Speed Rail:



P e o p l e We met in Jiubei:

Angie:

Chad:

Abe:

Alex:

Reggie:

Matt:

David:

Scott:

Ryan:

travel agent girl:
hot pot store owner:
carefore guy:



E v e n t s in JiuBei:

sky dancers in the street:

Chee's Wedding:

kenting:

lantern festival:

Huge Family School Trip:

ballroom dancing lesson:

Possible Master's program:

several long nights out in Hsinchu/JiuBei/Green Pool: