Tuesday August 25th, 2009

Today was an odd day. I've been bouncing back and forth between buying a new camera or buying or a new computer. I still haven't come to any decisions. I am leaning towards an iMac as it's a lot more computer for my buck.

There is a Mac dealer here in Taipei that I went to as the battery for my PowerBook died. The lady runs the business out of her home. She owns eight cats. I wasn't in her place for more than a few minutes before I had one in my lap. Shortly after, another. It was kind of like being at home on a cold winter day. She apologized but I told her I didn't much mind. They must have had me pegged as a cat lover the moment I entered.

From there, I proceeded on to Shida University to register for classes. After two hours of waiting, my number was finally called for an oral test. It was fully conducted in Chinese and I was able to keep up. The lady complimented me which felt awesome. I was asked to read a few paragraphs and then to write some characters. I told her I haven't really taken the time to practice writing and it was at this point that she called me special. I, of course, agreed with her!

She had me take the written test anyway. The characters required to write the test were ones I am able to write for the most part. My hope is that they aren't going to place me in a lower level class only because my writing isn't up to speed. I have orientation next week and am waiting with anticipation.

For a girl who is supposed to be partly on holidays ... I haven't stopped. The list of things to do remains long. My eyes are wanting to close and I'm about to give in ...