It is the first day of the semester and it is a busy day because I had to get my student ID. After taking a class in the morning and having a rush lunch with my buddy, I went to several places which is far away from each other to do the registration and it was exhausting.
After that, I went back to the dorm and took a rest. However, when I was taking some snack, I saw a “buddy” outside the windows. It was a monkey called Formosan macaque. It is one of the protected animals in Taiwan because it is rare. And I had to make sure that all the windows are tightly locked because they will get into your room not only for getting the food but also messing up your room.
February 21, 2012 ( Tuesday )
We met a friend who was from Thailand and he has already studied in Taiwan for a semester. Therefore, he is quite familiar with Kaohsiung. Tonight, he took us to Shinkuchan(新堀江) which is a shopping area that young people love to go. Apart from clothing, there were so many booths on the road which is selling food and drink. I tried a bun filled with beef and mustard tuber. It was incredibly delicious. We also tried a lot of food around. One of my friends bought clothes. After that, we headed back to our dorm.
February 22, 2012 ( Wednesday )
I only have 4 classes weekly so I have 2 day off on Wed and Friday. Therefore, I have no class today. Because my roommate and I are out of food and drink, we decided to go shopping today. We took a taxi with another friend to the biggest supermarket in the region which is Carrefour. It is a two-storey building with different kinds of wares including food, electronic devices, clothes, medicine and so on. Also, it is as big as a shopping mall in Hong Kong. We were crazy and got whatever we liked to the shopping cart. It was fun though.
February 23,2012 ( Thursday )
It was a sunny day and we got nothing to do so we decided to walk around. After walking about 30 minutes, we saw a sign plate which has “zoo” on it. Then, we walked along the road which is uphill. We thought it was so close to get there because we asked a police officer how long it takes to there. He said it is only about 5 minutes. However, as we are going up, we started to wonder if the police was telling the truth or not. Finally, after 25 minutes, we got to the zoo. We were excited before we got into it but we found that there was nothing special in it. They got the animals we got in Hong Kong so we just walked around and took a bus to go back
February 24, 2012 ( Friday )
It was Friday and all of my friends got no class today so we decided to go to the area nearby. At first, we wanted to find a shopping area which is near our school but we got lost. Then, we sought for help from the police station. They told us the area is so far away and there is nothing special and worthy of note. He suggested we go to the railway museum nearby. It was about the history of the development of railway network when Taiwan was the colony of Japan. There were few train in it and they were cool.
