Its Been a While

Hey everyone. We are doing great here in Taiwan. We are still teaching English. We haven't had a vacation yet, but we are planning on having one in September. We are going to go to the south of Taiwan to hit the beach. We really miss it.

Not much different has happened around here. I did a spelling bee about month or so ago. It was okay, except that they wanted us to say, "Sorry, you're wrong!" everytime a kid mispelled a word. I felt like I was so mean. One kid looked like she was about to cry. I tried to say it as nicely as possible though.

Within this past month, we also did Karaoke. It was a lot of fun. For Karaoke here in Taiwan, people rent rooms and only make fools of themselves in front of their friends and family. Of course we went with the family here. Claire and I were happy because there were more English songs than we thought there would be. A lot of them were pretty old though. She sang "Dancing Queen." I sang "We Will Rock You." We both sang "Hey Jude." Of course we sang others as well, but none were as memorable as these songs. If you guys come here, I recommend us going together. One reason is for the singing, the other is for the buffet that is included in the price. Hehehe.

Well, Claire is turning 27 tomorrow. Now she is going to be an old fart like me. Hehehe. We are excited. We are going to take her to get a hair cut after her next paycheck. I don't know if that is a gift, but she's getting one. She wants to go short. Anyways, I will probably surprise her with something tomorrow.

On another good note, I lost weight recently. I have been running a lot, and have lost over ten pounds. Yeah. Another 8 pounds and I will weigh the same as I did on my mission. Anyways, some clothes I haven't worn for a bit have started fitting again. I am really happy. Well, I will let you guys know if anything exciting happens over here. Bye for now.