Datsun 的一天 . . .

００：００ 在睡覺。

０２：３０ 忽然起床跑來跑去，沒有理由，不知道為什麼。讓我很生氣，因為把我吵醒了。

０２：５０ 又回來床上，在棉被之下睡著了。

０７：３０ 它翻一翻身體，發出小小的聲音，還在睡覺。

１３：３０ 起床了！先吃飯再上廁所，然後又在棉被之下睡著了。

２０：３０ 到客廳坐了十分鐘，看起來很癡呆。先去喝個水，然後大大的伸展了一下。

２０：４０ 它跟 Levi 一起跑來跑去，玩得很興奮。玩過以後，就一直看著我，看我是不是要去睡覺了。

２３：００ 去睡覺以前，它又要吃東西又要上廁所的，好不容易才在棉被之下睡著了。很舒服的生活！

Wednesday June 23rd, 2010

I had an interview last night for a new private class which I successfully obtained. The interview was held in one of the newer communities just down the hill from mine. When my taxi pulled up to the building, the concierge opened the door and then froze, unsure of what to do. In English, he welcomed me to Taiwan. When I spoke back to him in Chinese, he was temporarily confused. I repeated my words once again as he let out a huge sigh of relief.

Welcome to Taiwan. Ha! I remember first touching down in 2003 and everything was so unlike anything I had known. The dampness in the air. The scents of the city. The constant noise that surrounds such density. It was fascinating then and still remains now. Not a day goes by where I don't find myself pleased to be living life in such an exciting place. That being said, there are a lot of things I don't understand about Taiwan and probably never will but that's part of what makes it so special.

Love it or leave it.

Seems that I'm choosing to stay ...

Sunday June 20th, 2010

Father's Day in Taiwan is celebrated on August 8th each year. The month of August is 八月 (ba1 yue4). The number eight being 八 (ba1). If you were to put the eighth month and the number eight together you would get the sound (ba1 ba1). Father in Mandarin is 爸爸 (ba4 ba). Same sound different tones hence the date of celebration. It's almost impossible to buy a Father's Day card in this country in June!

To my dad ... I hope you have an excellent day! It's hard to believe it's been three and a half years since I last saw you. I'm a bad daughter, I know. It's unfortunate the place I love to be is so far from the place I grew up. The thing is, no matter how much time passes, the moment we are together it's as though we were never apart.

I miss you and am really looking forward to seeing you! Only a few more months to wait! Love you. ♥

Tuesday June 15th, 2010

When I first made the above pic in Photoshop, I was three weeks into my injury and felt like I was in prison. I don't feel this way anymore but it does look like I'm at the halfway point as per the doctor's estimated healing time.

It was two weeks ago that I said I'd be walking with one crutch in two weeks time ... that brings me to now and it's not so. I'm still using both. I can do a lot more with them though ... they have even come in handy at times, believe it or not.

I went through a week or two of huge improvement in motion and movement without any pain but the past two weeks have been much the same. I haven't experienced much of a jump in the healing process. I can see the end in sight although it can't come soon enough.

The weather has been extremely wet which makes having to stay indoors a bit easier. I will be spending the last while of my injury trying to create a new website for photography. I switched the hosting company and now need to teach myself how to make a template. This project is going to take much longer and be a lot more difficult than originally anticipated.

If it's not complete by the time I'm healed, perhaps another game of dodge ball will be in order ...

我是台北的紅綠燈 …

我站在城市的中間，在十字路口忙碌的轉角，每天引導車輛開來開去，也引導行人走來走去。大部分車輛跟行人都遵守交通規則。

每天我都喜歡欣賞高高低低的樓房，放眼望去，看到城市裡一片熱熱鬧鬧。很多人一邊走路，一邊用手機說話。每一個人都有各自的目的地。我就一直在這裡守護著。

我有三個同事，可是都很沈默。台北１０１就在對面，高得不得了！它還常常取笑我，因為我沒有它那麼高。旁邊的樹是我的好朋友，我們倆每天在一起聊天。有時候小鳥會飛到樹枝上跟樹玩一玩，不知道為什麼小鳥不要飛到我的頭上來 …

我變紅色的時候，真討厭有人不理我。我的責任是守護在這裡，讓大家都安安全全的。每天我還看到很笨的人做了很笨的事！可惜沒辦法告訴他們。

我變黃色的時候，車輛應該開慢一點、準備停車；但事實卻不是這樣，反而開得更快了，尤其是計程車司機。既然開車是他們的工作，就不應該開得那麼危險，要不然很不敬業。

有時候警察也會來幫助我，當時我的工作就更好，也比較輕鬆了；不過我也不是真的需要他們的幫助，因為我已經有好幾年的經驗了。我享受這種工作。

不說了，我要繼續守護交通了 …

Tuesday June 8th, 2010

I purchased my own domain last week with plans of starting a photography site. I am very new to this hosting thing and currently have a one month trial plan to test things out. I'm not overly thrilled with the company I've chosen as they only have automatic layouts which doesn't allow me to access the HTML. I'll have to move on to plan B which hasn't been planned as of yet. Feel free to have a look at my new site, but please don't judge the design ... there wasn't much to choose from.

I did find a different site offering flash templates along with hosting. I made this mock site which is very appealing to me ➜ Flash Site - Take One. Decisions, decisions. Since I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing, it's hard to make one.

It seems that I am able to put a bit of weight on my foot ... about 50%. I have been doing the walking motion while using crutches in an attempt of getting my leg used to the idea. It can't happen fast enough. I took my first shower today since the injury and it was awesome! Baths are highly overrated and it will be a LONG time before I find myself taking another.

It's sunny and hot outside and it's unfortunate I can't be out there in it. I will just have to enjoy it from here. I say an afternoon beer is definitely in order. I like my four day work week ...

Saturday June 5th, 2010

Seems like it is time to leave some words as it's been awhile. I've been back at things which keeps me busy but makes me tired come the end of the day. I am starting week six and still on crutches. I think I'll be needing both for most of this month as well ... unfortunately.

I have feeling coming back in my foot and leg which has been interesting. It's like constant pins and needles. I put my foot on the floor and it sends these weird sensations ... tingly like. I am scheduled to go back to the hospital for more x-rays in a week and a half. I am quite curious to see how much the bone has healed.

I don't really have much to say nor do I have any photos to show. I could talk about the weather here in Taiwan but it can be summed up in one word ... wet.

I found this of interest, however ...

TGIF!