VIDEOS: long overdue by Katy Jane

hi all! i am in taiwan and despite being in the southern hemisphere in early spring, it is quite lovely here. it IS spring time, and tho i left the middle of summer in the southern hemisphere, i am in a nearly tropical local and things are starting to bud and smell good. i am eating so many delicious things here and learning to appreciate Q, a positive description of chewy food. my chopstick skills have also been complimented, and today i took the bus all by myself, with a little note musee's mom wrote for me, which said in chinese where i was going to and coming from. it was not so hard! i have learned to say "sheh-sheh" which is thank you and "nee-how" which is hello. i'm just begining my chinese education, but am having doubts as to whether i should continue before mastering spanish. i just asked musee for some input, something she wanted to say to our greater blogging community, and she said this: "everyone should come to taiwan. at some point in their lives." though i have only been here a few days, i have to agree with her. everyone is very nice, taipei is clean and easy to get around and the food is DELISH. this morning, musee's mom took me to a taichi class in a park (just like i wanted! but with fewer old ladies in leisure suits than i had envisioned) and it was great. mom, i learned that "chi" is like breath, but something more. i think it is like a life force harnessed by the breath. i am not sure, but mrs. wu and i have decided to take several more classes while i am here, so we will surely find out. i don;t have any picture to put up yet, i have only taken pictures at night markets (late night food market where yummy street foods are sold en masse, lots of things on skewers and soupy things) but promise to take more and put them up. but! i do have some videos from new zealand that have been long anticipated by me and the girls. so, here goes:




the above video might or might not be a place the girls and i stayed in new zealand - i'm not telling. you be the judge. regardless, please take note of the space suits in the background.

so there is another video of some sheep crossing the road, but thats not for today. more later! don't want to give away all my secrets in one go anyway. so wrap up, things are good in asia. hope everyone is well and miss miss miss you.

love katy