Retiring in Taiwan: 5 Questions...

From time to time, I will post five questions and their answers (sometimes repeating the questions to see if my answers change over time).

1. Once you retire in Taiwan, are you going to teach English? Hmm, I think that would be fun since I wouldn't be in it for the money. I came pretty close to going into teaching instead of computer programming and I do love to teach others (well, as long as they are interested in learning). I'm not sure, however, if Taiwanese would accept a 49 year old guy teaching (although I currently look a lot younger than I really am).
2. If you don't teach, what are you going to do all day? Well, I'm pretty sure my wife won't let me sleep until noon and play video games all afternoon. Sometimes I daydream about waking up in the morning, walking downstairs to the street market and eating at several stalls while speaking Mandarin and a few words of Taiwanese to the locals. After breakfast, hmm, good question. I really haven't had any significant time off since college (16 years ago) so I'm sure it will take some time for me to not have a bunch of to-do lists and goals (or at least smaller, simpler goals).
3. If you're planning to spend part of the year in Taiwan and part of it in the US (Florida), does that mean you're not going to have any pets? Another tough one to answer. We have two cats now are they are the best. Sure, they cause a lot of trouble, money, time, and so on, but they're also part of the family. Both of our cats are around 12 human years old (got them about a year before getting married), so I'm expecting that they will not be around 9 years from now. So, we will move to Taiwan without pets. Since we will be bouncing between Taiwan and the US, I don't really see how we could have any pets. Sure, we could find a friend to help out or to put it in a boarding place. But, what would be the point? We would essentially be away from Taiwan (where our pets would be) for months at a time. I'm sure my wife is going to want to have a pet... should be an interesting conversation. I hope her answer is not, "Let's just stay in the US and not move to Taiwan."
4. When you're in Taiwan, do you think you will have any 老外 friends? I assume that I will although I'm not sure the best place to make friends. My wife already has a pretty large group of friends that she's stayed in contact with since college. I want my own set of friends also, so I guess I will have to wait and see.
5. How well do you think your Chinese (written and spoken) will be when you move to Taiwan? Hopefully, I will be fluent by then. However, to do that, I'm going to have to totally immerse myself in Chinese every day while I'm still living here in the US.