(Wow...I'm like a kiwi that day.  I mean my shirt totally screams kiwi, and I'm kinda brownish.  I mean, people in Taiwan all think I'm Singaporean.)

Just thought I might share this method of unwinding with you all.  So, Kate and I have been doing this for a while, but after a long day of orientation or work, we would typically come home, sit in front of the TV, eat a kiwi, and watch a horribly bad movie on the Hollywood Channel.  It seems simple, but it works. 

Kate and I got this idea from watching a Taiwanese kiwi commercial sometime in early September.  It basically depicts a girl riding gleefully on a bike with a kiwi, and then the commercial would immediately cut to her eating the kiwi. 

Kiwis never appeared so appealing to me than it did in this commercial.  I had never seen a kiwi being eaten like this before.  The kiwi was cut in half, and she would use a spoon to spoon the fruit out.  Normally, I would peel the skin and then cut the kiwi into slices.  Kate and I were both starring at the commercial in awe , and we both thought that we needed to go buy a kiwi the very next day.  We did, and then turned on the TV, and there was “Derailed” with Jennifer Anniston and Clive Owens.  Needless to say, it wasn't a very good movie.  So, Kate and I now have our “Horribly Bad Kiwi Movie Nights.”  Recently, however, we've been having “Horribly Bad Pomolo Movie Nights” because this past Sunday (September 14) was Moon Festival. 

Moon Festival is a Chinese holiday when the family comes together and appreciates the moon.  The reason for appreciating the moon is because, according to an ancient legend, a beautiful goddess  lives there.  However, Niel Armstrong crushed this legend.  It was very funny when Jenny asked the students what they thought of when they thought of the moon festival, and they replied, “Niel Armstrong!”  Nevertheless, people continue to celebrate this holiday.  Unfortunately, the moon was not visible this weekend due to a typhoon. 

Also, around the time of this holiday, people give each other pomolos and moon cakes, so all of us have been getting a lot of moon cakes and pomolos.  The Bureau of Education sent us a big box of moon cakes – 12 individual boxes and each box had 8 moon cakes, so that makes a grand total of 96 moon cakes.  Also, our landlord sent us a box of pomolos, which contains approximately 30.  So from now on, we will be eating moon cakes for breakfast and pomolos after dinner. 

(Moon cakes - these are the smaller ones)

(The box of pomolos from our landlord)