Language barriers and other natural disasters

I spent ten minutes hours on my hair this morning, got it looking ok, and then stepped outside.  3 Minutes and several huge wind gusts later, I arrived at school looking like Bridget Jones after the convertible ride.  It's the start of the windy season in Taiwan, and another typhoon is on the way.  This is #4 since I've been here, and it seems like it's going to hit Northern Taiwan this time.  So stay tuned.
      I've been struggling with the language barrier this week, mostly when trying to plan oral and listening tests.  My co-teachers are great, but sometimes our conversations go like this:

"Do you want me to ask questions from unit 1 or unit 2?"
"Yes."

It's still weird that I know very few of my coworker's names, and only a few students.  Some of them were assigned English names (James, Henry, Sarah)  and some of them obviously picked their own names (Ruru, York, and Jeremy Lin)  I have two that that live up to their names, Ruby and Sunny.

Not much is going on otherwise, the students are fun, I'm still enjoying Pantou days every Wednesday.  I found a cross-stitch shop that will ship to Taiwan, so I can keep up with my "habit" while I'm here :)  I've managed to find all my shows on Hulu or Netflix, and I've watched a few movies on Google Play.

I guess that's all for now, I'll blog again when I have an adventure.