Current music: Hair by Lady Gaga
Long story short, my graduation show went very well. The bosses that matter seemed to really like it, and it was a wonderful last week of school not having to worry about it anymore. My last few days were spent giving the kids busywork and watching Disney movies. Not a bad way to round out the year. I'm going to miss my last year kids though. All things considered, they were a great bunch of kids.
But on to more interesting things.
I was granted two glorious weeks off after the semester was done. And since my friend Jane has the same vacation, it was determined that we should spend it sightseeing around Taiwan, as neither of us really had the chance to go see it yet. And our friend Wen had the same time off, so she wanted to come with us as well, which turned out to be a godsend, because I don't know how we would have survived without a Chinese speaker.
Current music: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars
Anyways....after some preliminary planning, it was suggested to us by Jane's and my Chinese tutor that we should consider taking the trip on scooters. This had never occurred to us, as the longest any of us had driven on a scooter was about 40 minutes, and to drive around the country would take innumerable hours on end. On the other hand, we would be able to see the landscape and scenery in a completely different way than from the window of a car or a bus. So, with absolutely no idea of what we were doing, we decided that scooters it was.
It was determined by people that knew what they were doing that my personal scooter should be able to handle the terrain we would we heading to, as it has a fair bit of power and is pretty big. However, since Jane's is little, with about 100cc to it and Wen doesn't own one, the other two had to rent them. So, on the day we were to leave, which was immediately after I finished my last day of work, we headed to the rental shop, where the girls were given two brand new, beautiful scooters, with much more firepower than my broken old steed could ever muster. But I was determined to put him to the test.
Current music: Another Pilot by Hey Rosetta
Our first day was spent getting to Kaohsiung, the second biggest city in Taiwan, which is only about 50 minutes south, since none of us had driven scooters on the highway before, and it was dark. So, after some serious windy and dark motoring, we found a place to stay in Kaohsiung, and found a delicious Outback steakhouse for dinner. And after a long walk around the harbor, we crashed at the first of many hostels on our trek.
Next time on Jess's Scooter Adventure: Day 2, how Wen's GPS saved our lives, how I almost got skin cancer, how we ate warthog, and how I nearly kamikaze'd an aboriginal BBQ place.
Thing I miss of the day: Being somewhere where a shrimp allergy isn't considered super abnormal. Apparently it's a western thing. Darn.
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