So....its been while since we last blogged and that makes it hard because I can't even remember what it is we have done between now and then.
I know that the weekend of September 26-28th we were hit with another typhoon. The typhoon started coming through on Saturday. We were super excited because it looked like we were going to get the brunt of it on Sunday/Monday....which would mean a typhoon day. However, I was keen on banking on not having school on Monday because the last typhoon left us just in time for the school week. SO, I told Cam that I needed to go in to school on Sunday so that I felt prepared for Monday if we ended up having school. It was POURING as we made our way out onto the empty streets. Instead of waiting our normal 5 or so minutes for the bus....we had to wait about 40 minutes! We could have just walked in that amount of time! We were second guessing ourselves if we should have even gone out in the first place....
However, when we got to school we saw our principal and some others there having meetings. We got our work done...but the typhoon just got worse and worse while we were there....so it was pretty much decided before we left to head home that we would not have to be heading back the next day!
Marcy, our neighbor, was also there for a meeting and so we talked her into riding the taxi home with us to help with communication. We headed out into the pelting wind and rain at this point (couldnt even try to use an umbrella...) to catch our taxi. It took quite awhile which already had us laughing in frustration. Then, we finally ended up getting a guy to stop for us.
We got in and took off....this is where it got weird.....
He stopped shortly after getting going and started yelling. He pulled over to the side of the road. Our friend Marcy repeated our address again but he kept yelling and gesturing angrily. We finally figured out that he was yelling at her to roll down the window and he was yelling at the guy on the road side who was selling beetle nut. So, he was buying what is like tobacco while we were paying to be in his taxi. Marcy kept pointing at the meter showing him it was still running and that it was not ok. He just kept yelling. He got his beetle nut and then started yelling even more angrily. I thought at first that maybe the guy didn't give him his change. But, we soon figured out he was yelling at Marcy. He wanted her to roll up the window but it was stuck. So here we are with a very angry taxi driver and a window down while a typhoon is going on. He proceeds back out on the road while still screaming at her (she showed him it wouldnt work) and he was going VERY slow. So we were going to get stuck at the next light and it was going to cost even more. Marcy ended up telling the guy to stop. She had enough of him. However, he wouldn't. So she just opened up the door and proceeded to get out (which thankfully did make him stop) Then she told us to get out. Cam was like "do we need to pay him" and she was like no way this is awful! So now he is REALLY angry because we got out and are not giving him the fare.....Marcy is yelling at him in Chinese telling him that it was NO GOOD and we are back out in the absolute pouring rain. We try to cross the street to the other corner so we can get another taxi and the guy heads right for us (still yelling at us) trying to hit us basically. Marcy took a good wack at his taxi with her umbrella just so he knew how she felt :)
We then got to the other corner and caught a new taxi....this one made it home just wonderfully!
All in all, we made it home (sopping wet) and with a funny story to tell. Oh, and Cam and I were so thankful that we convinced Marcy to come with us, because it would have really been a mess if we were all alone in that taxi!
