Wednesday 27th April:
I didn’t sleep to great last night as it was very hot and humid. I ended up getting up around 10ish and got ready. We went downstairs to Evelyn’s parents Breakfast Store. They are cleaning up, and when I walk around the corner an employee sees me and gets very excited saying things in Chinese and then suddenly I see all the employees are there looking at me. The one who saw me first says “Hello, welcome hope you enjoy Taiwan”. We walk inside to grab something to eat and she says to me “You are very handsome” I just smile. Then all the women speak Chinese to Evelyn, she tells me they say I am very handsome and well done for bringing such a handsome man back to Taiwan. I just smile back, not much to say on that subject, I mean what are you supposed to say? “You are right?” We grab something to eat. There is a lot of food to choose from, some of which I don’t feel like trying right now.
Evelyn’s sister gives us a lift today as we head to the register office to get married. I thought we would have some time but it seems in Taiwan it is all fast, plus I need to get the Alien Registration Card. So we turn up with a filled in form and all the documents, I have to sign my name in Chinese which I can tell you is not very easy but I figure it out. Then 15 minutes later we are married. They ask me if I want a Taiwanese ID card but it will mean giving up my Nationality. I swiftly decline as the plan is to eventually have Dual Citizenship, kind of like being an Autobot and a Decepticon! We get a card from the Mayor congratulating us on our marriage and then it is time to head to the hospital.
We get to the hospital for the baby scan, we are really early and both quite hungry so we decide to grab something to eat. I have a hotdog and Eve has some crazy Japanese stuff one of which looks like haggis but with rice instead of oats. It is pretty apparent here that there are not many White people as I draw an often curious glance from people and sometimes an outright stare. This is quite unsettling for me as I am relatively shy and not one for taking the limelight so to be such an object of attention is disconcerting. I get to see Connor on the monitor, he is asleep but the doctor says he can basically come at anytime now, scary stuff. I will return here on Friday to do the Medical test for the Alien Registration card.
It is really sunny today and the temperature gets to around 33C with 65% humidity, being pale skinned and Scottish I am not really built for this weather so it will take some getting used to. Communication with her family is difficult as they don’t usually speak much English and I don’t speak much Mandarin yet.
Eve and I finish the night with a short walk around the neighbourhood. She shows me their old house which is just around the corner and where we could be living in around a year. Then on to the local park which strangely has a Military Tank in the middle. The reason I have not been able to find out yet but I plan to photograph it sometime when I have time. I haven’t unpacked my camera yet as I have been to busy.
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