Friday, January 13, 2012

Bartholomew

 Kamille and I are trying to get rid of  cockroaches in our apartment. um gross!! Kamille does all the killing of the insects because I get to scared!! I think "I can kill that bug with ease" and then I get close to killing it, nope I cant do it!! Then Kamille found him, A giant cockroach living in one of our kitchen cupboards, we left him there and we call him Bartholomew! He still lives there as far as we know!! We have no idea how to get rid of him, we bought traps to put around our apartment but they are too small for our friend bart. Any suggestions??

Just a small cockroach I found in my room and caught in a jar

This is Bartholomew's Cupboard, I refuse to open it

Look at what i get to see for six months, I think I'm pretty lucky!!
 (I took these from the roof of the school, where I live.)




Saturday, January 7, 2012

Ears, Tongues, Feet... Here I Come

I'm back!! Finally I have things that I blog about! This is going to be a long one, sorry I promise to keep them shorter from now on, and I will start to take pictures and videos to share too. So if you didnt know I am officially in Taiwan now! Can I just tell you how much I already love it here?? Everything is wonderful!! I have never met so many nice people in my life!! Everywhere Kamille and I were people were more than willing to stop and help us out, even if we didnt need the help(Although it probably looked like we needed help all the time)

While waiting in line to board our very long flight, Kamille and I met an adorable vietamese family who had just been on vacation to Hollywood!! They talked to us all the way until we had boarded the plane! Then we sat down by an old vietamese lady, im pretty sure im going to adopt her she was so sweet.. She  just pulled out her bag of peanuts and offered them to us, then she asked us about what our plans were, "You two are too young to be doing this." she responded. The rest of the flight she was like our protective mom, making sure our very yummy food got to us, even if we were sleeping. Once we finally landed in Tai Pei we found out that Kamille's bags decided they didnt want to be stuck on a 14 hr plane ride(but can you blame them?) so they just stayed in LA I suppose, unfortunatly that means Kamille is without a lot of things until "further notice", Cross your fingers that means monday!

Anyways from the TPE airport we took a 45 min bus to the Taipei Train station, where we met Yulings friend Dennis, He was so funny. He was kind of upset Yuling hadnt told him earlier about us coming because he wanted us to bring him and Abercrombie and Fitch poofy vest! Ha but he helped us get on the right train, he asked a Girl named Bonnie to help us to make sure we got off on the right stop. Man oh Man was I tired by this point. My head was bobbing like there was no tomorrow and I think  I must have slept for a little bit but the train ride was beautiful. The mountians are just cover in jungle trees and waterfall, then on the other side you have the blue ocean.

Driving here is crazy here and i was scared for my life when yuling was driving us around! There are thousands of scooters and cars. Then Yuling says "We have laws you have to follow, but they are more like guidelines. If you follow the rules you will end up in a coffin." Oh Great!! Just what i wanted to hear. I cant wait to ride my bike around... NOT Im terrified im going to get killed!!
Yuling took us around to get groceries so that we dont have to shop on sunday!! Im so excited to try all the foods around here!! everything looks amazing!!  We ended up just gettinng cereal and noodles for now but there are so many different things I want to try.. I probably wont be adventurous with the meats yet but ears, tongue, feet, here i come!!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

It will all work out...

I have been so bad at blogging lately!! Life is crazy and stressful. I feel like i never know what to blog about but today I am feeling so ready to be home with my family!! Provo you have been good to me but my time has come to an end, atleast for now. Im feeling so sad to leave all of the people i have become so close to. At the same time I have never been so ready for new things!! I cant even imagine the amazing things life will bring, but im ready:)

Monday, October 31, 2011

A Walk through October

October has been such a busy but fun month!! Instead of telling you about it I will show you what I have been up to..
Cowgirls!



Carving Pumpkins

Cornbelly's! So much fun!


Nightmare on 13th

Spider cupcakes turned monster


Friday, September 30, 2011

The weird kid.

I have a lot of random thoughts today..
       *I fell asleep on my couch last night. Its not the right size for a person of my height to sleep on! I had just told Jamie and Careissa that I never fall asleep during movies. False, apparently i do now, and I'm feeling the consequences today!
       *Have you ever gotten stuck with the weird person of the class when the teacher tells you to find a partner?? Welcome to my life. EVERYDAY! Maybe I'm the weird one that others get stuck with, but I'm pretty sure these people I get partnered up with are the weird ones!!
      * UVU makes you wear a uniform shirt if you take a gym class here. They are always warm when i put it on. It freaks me out!
      *I'm trying to sell my apartment contract. I have two people coming to look at it today! YAY! Hopefully i can sell it.
      *Last of all, Lacey and Eric  got married yesterday and it was beautiful! I love them!!

Adorable ice cream sunday toppings bar


My Grandpa's Car

Love her!!


Cousins


Cookies on a stick

Thursday, September 22, 2011

and i dont speak chinese...

Remember how in my last blog post I told you i made a giant decision?? Well its official and here it is... drum roll please....... Im moving to TAIWAN!!! Yep its true. I just got a job there teaching english for six months. I leave January and i will be back June! Man oh man, Im so excited for all the amazing things i will get to experience. I might even fly over to Thailand for a little side adventure and ride an elephant! Who knows?? Anyways im way excited and a lot a bit nervous. I sure dont like seafood and that is all they eat. and I dont speak chinese.