Wanna get married? and Life Update

In Taiwan it is pretty standard to get professional engagement photos before the wedding. On my way to Chiang-Kai Shek memorial hall I discovered the street with all the photography studios, appropriately named Aiguo Rd (愛國路). As far as I can understand the couple dresses up and goes to various locations to take pictures. There are multiple dresses and hairstyles. Many of them are absolutely crazy. Here are some pixx:

Word.

Time to be a pretty princess?

Most of the pictures are of the couple looking lovingly into each other eyes on the beach etc. Mine will be more in this style however:

MOTORCYCLE!

HAHA. This is how it really will be. I love it.

I moved out of Eight Elephants hostel today. I was quite sad about it. I liked watching people come and go and talking to them. Plus, I always had someone to eat and go sightseeing with. Also, I kinda fell in love with an elephant plushie. I'll probably go back and visit, I only moved like 15 mins away. Probably less than that, but you know I walk slow. My apartment is like 10 minutes away from the night market. I went there for lunch and decided to go into what I like to call the 'everything' store. I bought a blanket and almost bought a hello kitty pillow. Even though it was really ke ai I didn't buy it because I'm pretty sure I could find one cheaper. We'll see, I'll probably give in. Everything is cute here. It is kind of amazing; The shapes in in your ramen, stationary, stickers, clothes, signs, the girls, i guess the boys too?(in that metro way), Taiwanese Mandarin is the cutest. They add ahs and lahs to the end of everything. You'll have to hear it to understand.

The Taiwanese really love their pets. There is no leash law so the dogs roam free. There is also no rabies here. The pets usually hangout in the store fronts or kinda just wander about. I've seen dogs, cats, parrots, and my favorite rabbits. They were not in a cage mind you, they were just there hopping around.

The Taiwanese are very nice, and a lot of them here in Taipei at least can speak some English. These days when people find out that I'm an American, they ask if I voted for Obama. I say yes and that is usually followed by 'CHANGE!' and 'Bush bad'. Instead of when I was in Shanghai everyone was complaining to me about Bush. Thanks again Obama.

I had my placement test at Shida last friday. There was an interview, where the lady said I spoke very well(joke!) and that the test would probably be too easy for me and to come back and tell her if it was. Well it wasn't. It was 1hr 40mins, and all in traditional characters. EPIC FAIL. anyways i got a 44, i don't know what that means exactly. Also, I think she put me in the newspaper reading class. eeep! Well I'll know for sure next week.

I will also start looking for a job, right now I really like Taipei and want to stay for more than 3 months. More work and stress.

I'm addicted to bubble tea like the taiwanese are addicted to diets.