Luxxury Liveing on $10000 a Weak

Sorry about the title, but I have just seen too many horrible English signs not to try one of my own. Here are some pics of the apartment. Here's the living room, our bedroom, our bathroom, the kitchen, and our awesome washer and dryer. I've also included a picture of a cool church in Taizhong (clearly not our's). I believe you can see the leaning tower of iced juice cups in the desk picture. It was three taller, but alas, the structural integrity of the cups failed. As you can tell, things are a bit sparsely furnished in our room, so I would like to purchase a decent bookcase or art or something. A new mini-Wal-Mart type store just opened and they were advertising a small (3-shelf) bookcase for $188 NT (US$6.00), so maybe we'll buy one if we can bike it home somehow.

I had the language adventure of the week today, as Paul and I went to 3C (an electronics chain) in an attempt to buy a new cord for my laptop. I went a few rounds with the saleswoman, but eventually we were both able to agree that 1)I had not purchased the cord there, 2)I was not attempting to return the cord, 3)the cord I brought her was broken, 4)I wanted to buy a new one, 5)the store did not have a new one, 6)they could order one, 7)I wanted them to do so, and 8)its price was unknown. You can see how it would take some time, as I have limited computer-related vocabulary and the saleswoman spoke no English whatsoever, yet was desperately trying to ensure I got exactly what I wanted. Round two will come when someone attempts to call me and tell me the part is in.