Following the three-day typhoon holiday at the end of July due to Typhoon Kemi, Tainan had a three-day typhoon holiday last week due to Typhoon Santol. According to my friends, there are no consecutive vacations this year, but thanks to the typhoon, there were two three-day vacations. Two months into the semester, it is now October. October used to be called the Glorious October because of the National Day (10/10), Taiwan Restoration Day (10/25), and the anniversary of late President Chiang Kai-shek's birthday (10/31).

The National Day of the Republic of China (ROC) is set on October 10, 1911, the day of the Wuchang Uprising, also known as Double Ten Day, Double Ten National Day, Double Ten Celebration, and National Day of the Republic of China. The Wuchang Uprising was the beginning of the Xinhai Revolution. Within two months after the Uprising, revolutionary actions succeeded in various parts of China, and eventually succeeded in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and establishing the Republic of China (ROC) on January 1, 1912, making it the first universally-recognized republic in East Asia. This day is also a national holiday of the Republic of China.