$4,500 New Taiwan Dollars

Ok, the picture below is less... maybe 3800, but you get to see what the money looks like. I just bought (don't have yet) an acoustic/electric guitar for that price.

Played badminton with another exchange student & his host little brother yesterday. It was somewhere between hardcore & brutal: we just played in the street, stopping for motor-scooters, and then switched to our off hands after a while. It was so hot, I was drenched in sweat and showered right when I got home. Also, I got a blister on my toe (as if that's the kind of priceless information you want.

Anyway, $1.00 CDN is worth about 25-27 NT... that's the conversion I do in my head, but you can check out a currency exchange site. So far, it seems many things are cheaper. Public transit is much less than the $1.75 of Nanaimo. The subway system is excellent, in English and Chinese; also there are reduced rates if you transfer between buses and subway. There is one card which pays for everything--you just top it up with money whenever.

That's about all I have to say right now. I am going jogging and to get my guitar with my host mother later today. yay