Typhoon Linfa + other fun adventures.

The large orange mass in the center of this picture is tropical storm Linfa. She is graciously making her way toward the coast of Taiwan [the small potato shaped Island slightly above the storm].
Rather then calling it a hurricane, in the Eastern Hemisphere it is referred to as a typhoon. Needless to say, there will be quite a bit of rain here shortly. Don't worry about me, it's just heavy rain + high winds, all the Taiwanese students claim we will be fine!

Yesterday, myself and six Taiwanese girls went to the Chinese Clinic, but this time, no cupping. Instead, they hooked me up to an electric-muscle stim machine that worked wonders. I've never been on such a great stim machine. It was making my muscles jump all around, like they had a mind of their own! Afterwards, I convinced this sweet old nurse to crack my neck and boy... it felt so great! I will indeed return to try and save on chiropractic bills back in the states.

From the clinic, the girls took me for lunch at a nearby foodstand, rice noodle soup w. pork. Recently, I've gotten used to consuming food without question if I'm really hungry. This morning in particular, I didn't eat breakfast... so I was hungry + just starting eating along with the group. Midway through the soup, I lifted a tube-like piece of "meat" out of my bowl. Looking at Joy [my Taiwanese friend who speaks awesome English] I said "Okay... Joy... what is this? And.. if it's gross, please don't tell me." All it took was for her to say "pig" and point to her stomach for me to understand that is was pig intestine! I was done with lunch at that point. ha.

After an "interesting" lunch, we took an unexpected stop at a local hair salon. As mentioned before, Taiwanese salons are known for their spectacular head massages/hair washing. For only $7/US I had my hair washed with soothing Tea Tree Shampoo, massaged and during the rinse she put warm towels around my face and neck. I tried explaining to the girls that this 2 hour experience back in the US would easily cost $100 or more. I needed this day out with them. It was so fun and relaxing!