Ghost blog

Yeah, so, it had to happen sooner or later, and now it has - my blog is filled up with pictures and Google wants me to pay 10 USD per month to post new posts, which I'm obviously is not going to do. However, I started a new blog, so feel free to follow me there instead.

http://kongliandtheworld.blogspot.com

See ya!

Taroko, but not so much Hualien

A couple of weeks ago, a message popped up on Facebook saying "Wanna join for Hualien?" Staying in Taipei isn't really my favorite activity, so I said yes without hesitating. However, this wasn't a nice little trip with a few people, no, this was was a trip with FIFTEEN people. 15! Well, for the few of you that know me, know I'm a solo traveler and I don't particularly like people. So much for that. However, I can say it was a great trip, but never EVER again with so many people.

A cheer life

So, who'd thought that I'd, I repeat I, start doing cheerleading. Don't blame me; blame NTU and Synnøve. Yup, it's all their fault. Why? Because on our orientation day the cheer team had a performance, and I said to Synnøve that I'd like to join, because it looked so stupid. She replied rather sarcastic "haha, good luck". Well, people shouldn't dare me like that, because then I start doing things like cheerleading.

I'm not a quiter so I went to the cheerleading orientation, and decided that this is what I want to spend my evenings doing for the next year. Sounds fun, huh? 

Cheerleading is not piece of cake, even though it might look like it sometimes, so on the very next Saturday we got up early and took the bus to NCCU to have a whole day of cheerleading camp. 

  
Let me introduce Jemina, often called Jenny, from Finland. She's also doing cheerleading. She's a flyer, where as I'm a base (I think it might have something to do with that she's like a feather and I'm a big Viking), so she gets lifted, I lift. Looks fun, right? This one is called elevator, and when we started doing this it took quite long time, some screaming was involved and we were quite unsure of ourselves.

A new beginning

Three weeks has passed here in Taipei, and I've started school, celebrated my birthday, had a couple of beers and settled in my little prison cell. Here are some pictures of random things I've seen in Taipei. Enjoy. More updates will appear later!

 My view the next ten months - the boys dorm (I saw two people have sex in the window the other day).

Au revoir

Acceptance letter received, tickets are booked, and I am too ready to leave Norway. Yes, I'm leaving, this time I'm leaving for a whole year. Think of that, I'm moving. So, now your big question is 'where are you moving?'. Well I'm pleased to tell you all I'm moving to Taipei to study at National Taiwan University (NTU). 

I can't tell how excited I am to move back to Asia. It's not China-China, but it's almost China and only two hours away, which means I can go there almost every week! I have to admit, I'm not going straight to Taiwan, first I'm going to Beijing to visit my friends (all the Norwegians have of course left for Norway when I go to China, but hey, shit happens). 

There is so many things left to do; rent out the apartment, book the last tickets, book places to stay in China, fill out papers and forms to the university, apply for visas. The list goes on, and I have one essay, one exam, about a thousand emails to reply, a trip to Rhodos before I leave. 

And you're not going to believe this shit, but it's not 2012 in Taiwan, it's the year 101. Stupid.