Interesting observations

I have noticed a few interesting tidbits about my life here in Taiwan. We have been here for almost three months now and so I am beginning to feel like it is home. How do I know this brings me to my first little observation.

Chinese extras:
Have you ever paid attention to the extra people in your dreams? I had a dream last night that honestly I could not tell you what it was about, but I did notice something about the extra people in my dream. They were Chinese. They did not really speak to me but they were there in the background. It is weird don't you think? I never noticed who the extras were until then. I just thought that was kind of interesting. When you dream tonight pay attention to the people in the background what do they look like?

Halloween Costumes:
October is one of my very favorite months because it really begins to be fall and Halloween ends the month. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because of all the candy you get. On the way to school we pass by a store called Best Buy (not to be confused with Best Buy in the states it is a clothing store). Since the beginning of October they have had many costumes for sale on their sidewalk. Each day seems to bring a brand new stock of costumes at a reasonable price. We stopped by one day and found nothing we were interested in. We stopped by again on Monday and found something the kids liked. I walked away spending roughly $10 US. I could never have been so lucky in the states.

Good Morning:
As you walk into a store here you hear the owner or clerk say something that honestly sounds like "good morning". No matter what time of day you enter the store the greeting is the same. I would always respond back with "good morning" thinking how nice of them to greet me in English. I found out recently that they are not saying "good morning" but in reality they are saying something like welcome to my store. I do not know what the phrase actually is but it is not "good morning". I must say even though I know that is not what they are saying I struggle every time not to respond with "good morning". Crazy American that I am.

Road work:



I love how these fake men are used to signal drivers that road work is being done. It gets the job done don't you think? I have seen them several times but this is my first time I had a camera to take it's picture.