Well, we had a big typhoon sweep in. It came, made a mess in the night, and left by morning. Our apartment building suffered greatly but only the downstairs area where the motorbikes are parked. The windows on the sides of the building were blown out and smashed to pieces all over the lobby. The ceiling tiles fell down, the elevators flooded, the stairwells flooded (the trash shoot too, that was smelly), and some motorbikes were crushed by heavy windows. Many trees along the streets fell over onto power lines. However, that didn't stop the g0vernment from cutting off all the limbs and replanting the trees! Gave the streets a creepy haunted look for Halloween.
We had to move to a new apartment last weekend. We no longer live in the city but on the outskirts. Our building is not so tall either. I think it will hold up better in a typhoon than the last place. It takes me 7 minutes to walk to the beach now but 15-20 minutes to drive to school. I guess you have to take the good with the bad. I am thinking about walking on the beach in the morning, since I no longer have a walking or swimming buddy. My friend is really upset that I had to move. I have only seen her a few times since the move, but she reminds me every time how lonely she is in the mornings. This makes me really sad.
Some funny stories:
So when I go to a cafe to work I often get stared at by...well everyone! So I decided to go into a corner behind some glass and do my work. It didn't work. These two men peered through the glass, saw me, did a double take, and then came and sat not even a foot away from me. They tried to talk to me, get me to teach them English, and when the conversation died they took a nap. Yes, I am the creeper who took a picture of the napping men beside me.