Starting at the Bottom

Today was the placement exam for Chinese Language Class. I had such a hard time filling out the registration form that I was quickly put in the beginner's class without having to take the oral or written exam. I suppose this was to be expected but atleast I was efficiently pegged as a beginner. The Ministery of Education sets up this test and the general criterion to be above the beginner level would be to know more than 800 Chinese Characters. I may be able to recognize that many characters but I couldn't write that many. So it goes.

Last night I woke up with a 2 inch centipede in my hair. That was pretty scary but the first thing I thought of was to get a picture for the blog. (always thinking of you guys) He ran under the bed, I waited until the morning to find him. In the morning it was gone but maybe the little gecko under the bed ate him. This whole episode reminded me not to eat in the room.

The editor for blogger takes a while to get use to. After I'm finished and I layout the blogger reformats some stuff, it's a surprise when I actually see the new posting.



I had some uninteresting meals lately but today's lunch was at least colorful. It's called a "biandan" and it's a stiff paper box with rice, a few sides and a meat/fish entre. The one above has sauteed bell peppers(red, yellow and green), tomato with scrambled egg, sauteed cabbage and breaded sweet and sour pork on a bed of rice. It cost 50NT which is $1.52