taiwanese birthday party

thank you everybody for the birthday wishes. Yesterday was not a bad birthday by any means though it was a little lacking without the company of my best friends from back home. It started with a huge win in monopoly at midnight. Then the next day a little bit of brunch and a nice ride in the moutains/country on the scooter, then work, and then the bar. The scooter ride was awsome. A couple days before i went to Darken which are mountains with hiking trails and hot springs. It was the coolest thing ive done yet in Taiwan. Open roads, fresh air, moutains, and plenty of places to relax and have some tea in a very traditional chinese setting. Im getting better on the scooter and riding to work is alot like playing paperboy. You have to dodge crazy cars, stray dogs, and firepits (im not joking). Good thing i wasted so many hours of my life on that game back home. The job still sucks thought im getting better at it and dealing with it. The bar was a great deal. It was 8 bucks for all you could eat off the menu plus i got a free bar tab the whole night. They even put on a replay of an NFL game on TV for me. Its too bad alot of people had to work early the next day but it was still fun nontheless. Turns out the islad of Taiwan had a gift for me as i got to experience my first ever earthquake. I was right about to teach an inspired grammar lesson. I alwasy introduce grammar by saying stop grammar time as a tribute to MC hammer. I think im the only one who thinks its funny as the kids just stare but i do it nontheless. As I was asking the kids if they knew who MC Hammer was they started screaming earthquake. I thought I had stumbled on the chinese word for earthquake but sure enough it was actually happening. The ground was moving. It wasnt too bad it was kinda a nice ride actually and nothing really fell or got broken. In other news looks like one of my roommates has to move out for personal reasons. Were not sure how its gonna play out but it could have a bit of an impact on me pending on if we can find another roommate ect. Gonna head to Taipei for new years to hang out with Avi (Mitchs brother) Kathleen and some other people i havent seen in a good month. Should be a good time. Happy new years to everyone and thanks again for the birthday wishes