Today, Tuesday, they had a siren drill, or whatever you call that, in Taiwan. Announced on the radio in advance. Nobody told me though, so I was slightly baffled. I hadn't an idea if it was just nearby or all over the country. Could just as well have been some alarm in one of the nearby printing houses. Taipei county is a noisy place and people will drive around with big speakers on their cars, advertising politicians or sometimes someone has a big funeral or some temple will organise a group pilgrimage. But yeah... The telephone network would have went down and Internet gotten slow because of the people that would most likely call their relatives in case of an actual emergency, and that didn't seem to be happening, so I just ignored it. Heh. Good thing the Chinese aren't too angry right at the time being. I'd hate to get bombed less than a week before I go back home.
What else happened today? I mailed some of my stuff. Almost all my books are in the post office now, waiting for the first chance to get shipped. Also sent some souvenirs and the goodies I got from TIBE 2010. But here's something on a different note: Let's go back to Monday, yesterday.
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That's Terminal 2 in Taoyuan International Airport. Went there to say good bye to the Korean Exchange student in my district.
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And there she is. And I'm looking completely out of place, eh? Bringing an umbrella into an airport? ^^;
It was raining cats and dogs outside, so I'm glad I did. Otherwise wouldn't be able to show you a picture of the terminal. Didn't get much pictures. After all, I was there to say goodbye.
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This picture I took about two weeks before, just so that you have an idea how Koreans look. Luke, an American exchange student who also went to see her off, told me something like you could tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese and Koreans on their eyes. I forgot the exact details, honestly, but I am the kind of person who could go dig up stuff like that myself. At least, none of them has a curve in the bottom of the eye like westerners do.
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And there's a picture of some of her host families I believe, and then of course a number of exchange students from our district. That will most likely be the last time I saw those guys too.
Actually I can't say that I've spent an awful lot of time with these people, but it would be nice if I could see them again. Chances are pretty low, though.
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That became the last picture I took of Pak Songyee. And the last I saw of her, too.
I hope you had a nice trip and like it at home.
I'll be doing the same one week later. Leaving Taiwan. I look very much forward to it. My life feels like it's on-hold right now. I'm going to miss people here, or at least feel sad that there's so many friendly faces I'm probably never going to see much of again, except for perhaps on the Internet in a few cases. I don't think I will cry though. I'm cold like that. It feels weird.
But oh well. Have a nice sleep everyone. And don't watch too much football. Study for exams or something. (Or search for jobs if you're Taiwanese, LOL.)