Wednesday, 21 March 2007

Its not cold!

What a beautiful day it was today! It must have been around 25 oC with a cheeky wind that was just enough to take the edge off the sun.
I had one (very long) class in the afternoon. It has to be one of the strangest classes ever, where we are taught immensely important things such as; how to dress for black tie social events and what to do in a crisis (ie if you turn up wearing the same as someone else...) I'm sure my sleeping will improve exponentially as a result. Half way through the class, I suddenly became very conscious of my flip flop skirt combo, but then decided to forget it and concentrate at the lesson at hand, after all, I may pick up invaluable advice on how to get a rich husband. It's scarily practical communication (and controlling) skills.
Later, after dinner, came the question that inevitably comes hand in hand with good weather; 'want to come exercise?' Their obsessed, I hadn't even digested my food yet, but somehow found myself jogging round the track dodging seas of hundreds of cheerleaders. (Its the uni's 50th anniversary this week - i think - so their out practicing in full force with the same music they've been playing persistently for the past 2weeks.) I was pretty chuffed with myself as I managed to complete almost seven circuits (two walking) before letting the guys I was with carry on the next ten on their own.
I just can't get my head around the whole lifestyle here. It's like all the jocks and cheerleaders from American schools have migrated here to form one school, and somehow became Taiwanese, normal, university students, and really nice. I don't get it. But I do love it.

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