Second term, new class!

I had a really nice trip to Singapore last week. As I spent most of the time at the Sentosa island, I will probably return to Singapore one day in the future to explore the "real" Singapore. This time I got to see my friend and take a break from Chinese studies.

A park close to the National Cheng Kung University

After I returned to Taiwan, I went to Tainan to visit National Cheng Kung University. I'm thinking about moving to Tainan and continue my studies at there in March. One of the reasons being to see more of the island and experience life in a "smaller" city. I found the campus bigger than Cheng Chi where i curently study, and even though I didn't spend many hours there, it seemed to be a good place to continue my studies. Both train and bus-station where close to the campus, and I've heard the weather is better and more stable than in Taipei. It took me about five hours to get there by bus from Taipei, and the buses are very comfortable here. I found it easiest to buy tickets at the ticket counter by the bus stop, as both the website and 7-Eleven ticket-machines didn't have English translations.

This monday I started in a new class. New classmates, teacher and Chinese-subjects.
So far so good. My classmates are very nice, and we all seem to be at a more similar level than my previous class were, which makes it less frustrating. Our teacher is always smiling, and patient when we have a hard time to understand. My new class starts at 12:10am and finishes 3pm. which means more lazy mornings, but also more time to review my homework before I go to class.

At the cookie-factory. The cookies are machine rolled, and about 1mm thin. Tastes good :)

The cookies made at the factory are called ox-tongue-cookies due to their shape.

At the whiskey distillery they also prepare for  christmas.

Today I went on a trip to Yilan with the Campus caring group. They help foreign students with the language and Taiwanese culture. I go there for private class ones every week. They are really nice people. Well, in Yilan we went to visit a cake factory, whiskey distillery, national museum and conserved-fruit factory. All very interesting, and we had a lot of fun.

A lot of things is happening this week. Saturday morning I'll leave for a two-day hiking trip in some national trail. Looking forward to it!