Hi guys, I am in Taiwan now. My 1st week here is ending soon. Doing fine here and gonna blog whenever I have the free time and internet connection. Currently, I am having an internship under Aiesec worldwide organisation with a community in Hsin Chu City (新竹市). I would say it is some kind of community work where my tasks are recording everything that I see, I eat, I play and I think about Taiwan from my own perspective. Besides, the most important element about my job is to introduce my home country - Malaysia’s cultures & lifestyles to everyone here and get to know more about Taiwan’s cultures at the same time. I am glad that I have the chance to expose myself to something completely new to me. It widens my horizon and most importantly, I got to know more about myself, my own country and stories about other nations too.
Solely on this first week, my timetable was fully packed with activities. Although it was really tiring by the end of the day, I was happy to learn more things everyday. 學無止境嘛! Currently, I am staying in an abandon big house alone without internet connection as my home stay rooms are fully occupied. Kinda creepy though especially during the first night. But now, I think I am more brave >< I am looking forward to shift into a Hakka family :) They are so nice. Anyhow, my current home stay parents are very nice to me too. They prepared 3 meals per day and brought us sight visiting around the city ^^ Guess where I am going tonight? =.= okay, cut the crap.
Wanna know how’s my timetable look like?
- I will be teaching English/cultural exchange stuffs at 2 primary & 2 secondary schools. The timetable for some of the schools are not fixed.
- Nursing the wetlands garden every evening
- Having interactive classes with students during after-school-time
- Playing on a grand piano twice a weeks in a luxury hotel-alike DENTAL clinic
- Create an entire new webpage for Dongshan community
- Create another blog solely on my experiences in Taiwan
Suddenly, I feel like I have become a superwoman for being able to do all the stuffs during working days. I was so amazed to know that some of the interns have a more relaxing and flexible working hours & jobs in other areas. Envy max T.T Anyhow, I do accept my job tasks as a challenge and it’s actually a golden opportunity for me to grow and learn how to adapt especially improve on my EQ :)
Plus, I can’t wait to go travelling with all my Taiwanese buddies & Msian friends who are coming over soon ^^
Alright, some of the random pictures taken throughout this week. Have a nice day everyone
All the pics below are not edited. Bo enough time ><
*were taken with DSLR/digital cam*
It was actually my 6th times travelling alone by flight. Was welcomed by 2 lovely Tw Aiesecers once I reached the terminal
This is my pretty TN manager. She is very friendly and nice to get along with'
Followed my TN manager to attend her English class. My 1st day as part of Taiwan Uni student
Some wonderful work arts
This is the map of the wetlands that I would be helping regularly. It has a pretty amazing history behind the creation of this park
Some beautiful flowers planted in the park (preview)
Another good news is I am fonder of cats & dogs. They could actually staying together quite well under the same roof
My wonderful host family members
This is Dan. He is an Aussie guy who studies in University of Monash, Melbourne. He works under the same project like me
The classroom
What do you reckon this place is? It is a big hall of a secondary military school where the band get to practice their songs
This is the map of the housing area of Hsin Chu. It called 八卦圖. Could you see the shape of a spider web? does it look like what we watch in the ancient war movie?
Hsin Chu city is famous of its MIHUN (a kind of noodles). According to my Hakka home stay father, he told me that the noodles is famous because the dough they made needed strong wind to let it dry. Hsin Chu city’s wind is always strong and windy. That’s why it helps the noodle to dry quickly and somehow, it has become a unique characteristic of Hsin Chu.
Some cute students :) *yeah* pose somehow has become my signature
Having an interview with student reporters yesterday. The guy sitting beside me came from Japan
After the group interview, here comes individual interview. Was bombarded with lots of questions from different perspectives. It practiced my impromptu presentation. Not bad huh :D Furthermore, I am happy to share my experiences, education, climbing mountain experiences, Australia + Msia culture, current Taiwan adaptation, etc etc
Group pic before leaving Hakka College
Attended Aiesec Welcoming Party yesterday. Kinda fun though. I am having massive headache now. argh!
that’s basically an overall introduction of my current community work in Taiwan. Till here, see you :)
Friends in Msia, Taiwanese from Australia or anyone in this planet who are interested, if you are coming to or currently in Taiwan. Do contact me through fb or email, I wanna meet up with all of u :)
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