Hot, Heat, Hell

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Have I ever mentioned Taiwan is hot? It is. Very. I mean, yes, it gets hot in Canada...but I am not used to the humidity. Plus it never gets this hot, for this long. A week or two of scorching heat there compared to 3 months of it here. I think you can see the difference. I just can't really think about anything other than how hot it is. It's really sad and pathetic, but it's true.

still learning

I am still learning about this blog thing...bare with me as I play around with stuff. For a great slide show of my friend leaving go here. Although, you may get access denied. I'm really just trying to figure out what a trackback is!

lizards...again

fear is like a box of chocolates (okay, no) Current mood: thirsty
Alright, so as I am sure so many people out there know, I have been having lizard issues. Yes, I call them issues. It is a well known fact as I let the entire world know with my random emails, comments and blogs about the damn things. So I got to thinking tonight, after getting rid of yet another lizard, the third in fact, and I am still freaked out to do my laundry because I am absolutely convinced I will find another one out there, why exactly I am so afraid of the darn things.
So I looked up fear...yes I did...right here at my favourite place to look up things. (although admitedly I just figured out that this place, anyone can edit it, so who knows how much of the stuff that I am looking up is actually acurate) I also looked up scared shitless but it came up with this which I found rather humorous...I personally think I'm a flight. But I digress. So fear...in case you didn't click the link...
1) Fear is an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, whether it be real or imagined.
Okay, so I can't really say that lizards pose a real danger to me, I am willing to admit that...I guess that my perception of the whole thing is definately imagined..but what if they crawl on me, what if they get into my house!! Oh wait, thats right, while trying to run away yesterday, the thing actually DID get into my house! Yeah, that's when all the screaming started and the neighbours came a knocking...well sort of, it was more of a door opening thing since I had run outside screaming haha...luckily I wasn't the one chasing the lizard or it would probably be sitting somewhere in my knickers. To my defense, I wasn't the only one screaming...when it came in the house there were three of us (girls) freaking out...needless to say, the only guy around was outside with me!
2) Fear also can be described as a feeling of extreme dislike towards certain conditions, objects, people, or situations such as: fear of darkness, fear of ghosts, etc. It is one of the basic emotions and is linked heavily to the amygdala neurons
I have definate dislike going on for the condition of lizards...but the rest of it put me back in bio psych in Uni and, well that's just not a good place to be...amygdala and all!
I still haven't answered the question of why the stupid things freak me out...although the spider I saw the other day outside my house and actually prevented me from getting to my door (yes, it was THAT big...like, my hand size here people!!) freaked me out too (staring at it for 20 minutes before deciding just to go back to work for my 3 hour break...yeah) It is weird because people talk about all the weird insects, snakes, spiders and everything crazy that you can find here in Taiwan..I've been here for 2 years and I am only just now starting to come into contact with them...I think they have sensed either the fact that I am becoming too much a part of this place, or they are determined to help me in my drive to get home by running me out of the country....
But really, why am I freaked of them? I got told yesterday that I looked terrified when the "save Tobi" process was happening, and I was well and truly terrified. It is the weirdest thing....
so that's the end...now remember, comments are fun, comments are good...they also keep me vain, (wow! people actually come and read my blog!) but that's okay too...so if you read, leave me a comment..even if it only to say hi....so yeah, now I've done it and I'm going to get all "hi" messages...ah well, that's okay too!