How to Break a Contract in Taiwan
By Joshua Dent It was a fairly cold, and chilly Friday night into Saturday here in the Taiwan. I would say temperatures were hovering around 14-15 degrees. Much of the last 24 hours was covered with extremely HEAVY intermittent rain showers. Friday at 9 p.m. was no different than any of the last 9 Friday nights for me. I normally am so pissed off and wound up at my boss, and Chinese assistant teacher that I rarely even make it back to my house after work. I headed directly to the 7-11 around the corner for a nice tall can of Heineken at 95NTD to get the night started. For Americans, I am sure you are thinking what a strange drinking spot. But, it is actually quite common to start the night off sitting outside at a 7-11 here. For the first 25 minutes, I sit and think about how much I can't stand my school, and that I am going to be really hating life after I stay out until 5 in the morning tonight, and my alarm goes off at 10a.m. for my first class. Friday night this w...