During the past few weeks, we’ve been delighted to learn how to make fish Asian-style.

First, go to the market and point at a fish swimming in a bucket.

Second, watch as the fish lady knocks the fish out with a cleaver, then uses another tool to scrape the scales off.

Third, watch her slice the fish down the middle and remove the innards. She will then scrape something from its top gills and throw it into a plastic bag for you to take home and cook.

Enjoy!

Some random pictures, old and new, from our apartment and our city.

Here are some videos, click each to watch:

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Austin playing soccer.

Austin scores a goal.

Here are some pictures of a night market we went to and the Taipei Zoo.

We also visited Taiwan to see some of Bethany’s family.  Here are some pictures of the place. Also, we went to an amazing restaurant called The Modern Toilet.  Everything was toilet themed.

During our break, we decided to visit Hong Kong. Here are some pictures!

We combined our classes for a Christmas party, after teaching about Christmas for a few weeks. We played a game, had an estimation jar, and asked students to bring food. Noodles, sunflower seeds, hard-boiled vacuum-packed eggs, and biscuit-cookie-crackers abounded. Students wanted to make sure the two of us got plenty to eat, and they crowded us, putting food into our hands and forcing it to our lips on occasion. We had a great time.

We played a game that we’d seen before. We lined up many Christmas objects on a series of desks under some cloths and towels. We selected four students and asked them to leave the room. Then, one by one they re-entered the room and had to work their way down the series of objects, saying the English name as fast as possible. The final object was Austin’s head, which screamed at them as they removed the cloth. Austin was hiding under the desks with his head poking out between 2 of them. The students loved it!

Just click on the links below to watch each video! They’ll give you a great laugh!

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Here are some pictures from bits of Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations we’ve had… Happy holidays! We’ve also included many pictures of Christmas trees we’ve seen around town; the principle to decorating trees here is to add as much stuff as possible.

Austin plays for the teachers’ soccer team at our school.

As requested by many of you, we have taken some photos of our apartment (bor-ing!!). To spice things up a little, we’ve included a video tour (incredible, amazing, totally worth your time!!!). Click on the link below to enjoy the video, and check out the pictures here.

Click Me For A Video Tour!!!

This is our first post of funny English we have found.  More to come… it’s everywhere. Click to see it bigger – it will be worth your time.