I’m posting my first note after 2 weeks from my arrival to Taipei because there were so many things happening recently. During this time I tried to put myself back onto the track where I was before I left Taiwan on the 1st of January to go back to the UK. I would say that the time between my leaving and returning to Taiwan (mainly January) was a nice winter holiday but most importantly a useful lesson… whenever you come to the decision to leave a nice place behind for a while always think twice whether you really want to do so! I managed to correct my mistake by an extraordinary and quite lucky turn. Anyway I’m very glad that I can be here again! (for some people I caused a little shock with my surprising return…I'm sorry for them) ;)
So firstly I’d like to share what I’m going to do in NTU (in academic terms). Of course I continue the Mandarin course with the same class but from now on we are on the 2nd level!!! (I think I can be proud that I passed the 1st level by 85%, right?) My business courses will be ‘International Business Strategy’, ‘Operations Management’ and my third course is ‘The Political Economy of Southeast Asia’ –which takes place in the Social Science campus which is away from the main one, but I will write about it later.
I live in a different dorm than last term; it’s called Guo Qing International Student Dormitory just at the opposite side of campus. This one has better social life than Prince House because there isn't any separation of girls from boys which makes it a friendlier place. However, it’s not as comfortable as Prince House was and the rooms here are for 2 persons. But I’m very lucky that I’ve got a really cool roommate form Poland, his name is Adam. He studies Finance and starting Mandarin as well. By the way there are 3 other Polish students came with him, so I guess the Taiwanese exchange is getting popular in Poland as well. Apparently, we have a very common cultural heritage because the Polish Żubrówka (you should be familiar this vodka already if you have ever met with Polish people) is excellent with my Hungarian Pick szalámi
(similar but better than sausage)! Also this accommodation is free for me as I’m from Sussex… :) so I can save a lot of money which is quite important regarding my travelling plans in the summer…Other important news is that I got back my good old scooter which is a pleasant gift for my stay in Taiwan again from a local friend. So I’m getting from A to B in the fastest possible way in Taipei! Although, I have to get used to the crazy driving habits again. In Taipei there is no respect for others on the roads, if you can’t assimilate to their driving style you fall…pure survival…! :)
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