Highness (Linkou) Hotel Taoyuan

... between 2 lines and take at least 7 seconds to finish. This means you had to drive really, really slow and not lose your balance. I started to go and I was about half way down the line and looked up to see it had only been 2 secs...I slowed way down and wobbled back and forth and ended up finishing the line in 10 secs! After you pass the line test there is a U shaped test. You have to stop at a stop light and pedestrian walkway. You then have to go around the corner moving ...

... the common room of the 5th floor and tried to get some sleep. The dorm, being what it is...with all its people and their varied sleeping habits...I did not get any sleep that night and also overheard WAY more than I would ever have wanted to about the sordid sex lives 3 guys smoking and drinking out on the balcony had. 6 AM rolled around and I jumped in the shower and tried to wake up somewhat before grabbing all my stuff and making my way to the airport.

Hey, oh my goodness it has been quite some time since I updated my blog. Life has just been so hectic and stuff...I haven't had much free time. Back in April I had a somewhat minor accident with my scooter RHONDA. Some woman ran a red light and I t-boned her. Her son (who wasn't wearing a helmet) went flying...but miraculously everyone was ok. RHONDA however was in bad shape. She started making all these weird noises when I drove her and she would ...

... They were both wearing dress pants and nice shirts with ties (for the men who are reading this...NEVER underestimate the effect nice clothes have on a woman). They made their order and then Meghan and I made ours. We sat down next to them and I listened in on what they were talking about. The first thing I noticed was that they spoke French. I was like...that's interesting...they are either from France or Quebec. I then took the opportunity to jump in and ask them (in ...

My laptop took a bite for the big one, but I think it's back again... but for how long, who knows...? Until the next bout of cosmic rays? Probably a bad RAM chip it seems. Tried installing windows twice this weekend, but no love. Still get hte blue screen of death on boot-up, but strangely enough safe mode would work (but kill my wireless so I couldn't get internet access.) Feel like I've been ...

Let me catch y'all up on things I forgot to mention the last few days. On Tuesday, my aunt (Dad's sister) came to visit us in Dan Shui. She taught us some qi gong to improve our health. I did seem to get better after her mini session, for my allerigies were so bad in the morning that I refused to go to the beach (and I never pass up the chance to go to the beach). We stayed longer than we intended because the ...

Well we headed out from Sydney yesterday on our Virgin Atlantic flight towards Hong Kong.... But there were severe thunder storms during the night at HGK, so as we didn't have enought fuel on the aircraft to circle around, the captain informed us that we had to land at Taipai. When we landed in Taiwan, we taxied to the end of the runway, but then the captain ...

... glam than operatic these days. They played some 'golden oldies' (crikey, they really have been around for a while) too, which were so satisfying to bounce around to. One of the strangest things though - because no one really understands the lyrics here, there's very few people signing. Again, so different to home, where the wailing of the crowd is almost all you can hear at times. So, exhausted and happy, I wasted time till the first train home. Hooray for 24 hour bookstores!

... for a while in the crowds and just kinda saw some of the sights along the street. It's been a pretty uneventful weekend- honestly, I feel like these past two days have lasted sooo long just because we haven't done anything. We were going to go to the zoo yesterday, but we decided we didn't want to face the holiday crowds. Perhaps next weekend. Well, that's all folks. Until next time.