Kevin Hancock

It is Friday here and I am just chillin in my room.  Tonight I am going to a get together, at a brewery.  I enjoy opportunities to meet more people.  That is one thing that sucks and also is exciting about studying abroad.  Meeting friends.  It is difficult to meet people, but I find that once you do, they can introduce you to many other people.
Yesterday, I went on a field trip with a bus full of kids from school.  We went to a National Nano Device Lab.  They showed us the labs where they make computer chips.  It was good but very short.  We then went to a science museum.  I really enjoyed that.  They had many displays of things that are made in Taiwan.  ll had to do with nano technology.  I have now posted some pictures that I have taken.  I also went to a market area and a Buddhist temple.  Then that night I went to the schools graduation party.  This was great.  They were sold out of tickets but I talked to a foriegn exchange student who was going and he knew someone that let me go.  That was awesome.  The guy that let me in made sure I had a good time there and included me in some activities.  It was a party that surrounded a pool.  It was all you can eat and drink.  They new how to put on a party.  I hung out with Adriane the foriegn exchange student from France.  He introduced me to some people from Taiwan.
I have yet to do any school work or work of any sort, but I am glad I am able to do all these activities already.  I will be meeting with my professor on Monday.  I hope all goes well.

After a long trip with multiple issues, delays, and problems, I have arrived.  I planned to travel from Des Moines to Chicago then to LA.  I was planning on arriving there by 7:00 then spending the next day in LA before I left for Taipei that night.  My first flight was delayed to Chicago.  We left 40 mins later which caused me to miss my flight in Chicago.  I then got a later flight in Chicago which seemed to go fine.  However when we were in the air, a burning electrical smell filled the cabin.  So we had to turn back to Chicago.  We landed in the emergency landing area and were surrounded by emergency vehicles.  It was quite the experience. 
After arriving in LA, I checked into my hotel and got some sleep.  I then did a LA tour where I got to see Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Rd, the farmers market and more.  I saw the avenue of the stars and the famous footprints.  This was fun and very interesting.
My flight to Taiwan was 14 hours.  I arrived in Taipei and was greeted by the Iowa State boys, Eric and Sam, as well as James,  a student who works with the foreign students.  I moved into my room and got some fast food.
Tuesday night there was a birthday party for a foreign student that had been attending Tatung University for a while.  I was invited to go out to eat with t.  We went to a really fancy restaurant on a hill top, overlooking the lit up city of Taipei.   There was a group of 30 some people and we had a good time chilling and taking pictures.
Today I talked with the Vice President of Tatung Company.  We discussed my options for internships.  I am very excited for all the opportunities I will have here.  I can work for 4 to 5 companies in my two months here.  I will get to do some exciting stuff.  Much of the work here is on energy efficiency and green energy.  I could do work with solar moduals, smart energy meters, or on fuel cells.  I can also do work with the manufacturing of Tatung products.  I will be starting my work on Monday.  I still don't have any information about the class I will be taking.  The professor is not here right now.  I should be figuring that out shortly.  I plan on exploring these next couple of days that I have free.