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My Taiwanese ladies (co-workers, political correctness hasn’t crossed the Pacific) are entirely entertained by my Whitney Houston impersonation. They don’t even know what else I’ve got up my sleeve.

Major breakthrough! I slept the entire night last night without waking up ready for the day at some ungodly hour. Ah, you are weakening Mr. Jet-Lag. I can taste the victory.

So I am climbing the hump day of my first week of work here in Taiwan. Turns out that I am the first English teacher here for my new school besides the director. So judging by this and the fact that the school facility remodel has not been completed, we are looking at pushing the start date back one more month to May 1... for now.

More people are arriving next week, so we will get a little time to catch our breath and prepare for the little munchkins.

I want to give you a little glimpse of my new world.

With a metro area population of 6.75 million people, Taipei would be the forth largest metro area in the U.S. behind NYC, LA, Chicago, and just ahead of Dallas-Ft. Worth. But comparing Taipei to DFW does injustice to the population density. Taipei’s population density is 7,718.3 people per square mile while the five boroughs of NYC is slightly larger at 8,158.7 while LA weighs in at 2,344.2. All this according to the U.S. Census Bureau and Wikipedia.

I am living in the NYC of Taiwan.