Bubble Tea

       The first day of my English class my teacher came over and said that my classmates wanted to talk to me but were too shy... I found that hard to believe. One of my classmates figured out we live in the same neighborhood and therefore take the same bus home. So she invited me to go get bubble tea after school with her friends.


Then on Saturday I met up with a large group of my classmates in Ximen to eat some food and see a movie. So I'm still finding to difficult that my classmates are shy.


In addition to hanging out with my classmates, I went to another Rotary meeting. Got my school schedule solidified, I opted out of Chemistry, Chinese, and Geography and now I have some free periods in the library, more art classes, and a two hour block of swimming. I also joined the dance club at my school. Here are my qualifications for joining the club.
1. I have seen the cinematic masterpiece Dirty Dancing dozens of times
2. Many years ago I took Irish step dance lessons
I'll be fine right? The real reason that I joined was because I only knew of like 3 other clubs which I had no qualifications for and my fellow exchange student from France was joining.

Last night my family and I went out to dinner at a hot pot restaurant that is owned by one of the Rotarians in my club. Quick explanation of hot pot: a constantly boiling container with either a soup stock or water (I'm not sure exactly) is placed in the middle of ones table, there are a variety of uncooked foods placed at the table as well and you choose what you want to eat and put in the pit to get cooked, like finely sliced beef, shrimp, mushrooms, dumplings, etc. So after hot pot we drove to Danshui, a part of New Taipei City famous for its lit up suspension bridge. We walked across the swaying bridge, it makes you feel like you're out at sea so when getting off the bridge I was less steady than before and my gait resembled that of a drunken sailor. We walked around the river had some ice cream and just enjoyed the view. I hope to go back there again, there's this coffee shop that's  located right on the cliffside next to the river. And I'll be sure to bring my camera then.

Abbie