Insomnia and Jetlag

I can't believe I'm still awake. I'm not even in school yet!

I guess I'll recap Taiwan now.

Day 1
- flight back was way too long
- There was a couple behind us in the check-in line; apparently, they were from UCLA. It got annoying when the girl kept whining and getting very touchy with her boyfriend. I wanted to wallop her with my camera.
- barely missed arriving at the same time as Taiwan's ex-president's son, and thus all the media teams in Taiwan
- a dozen mosquito bites in an hour
- old American pop music playing everywhere. I heard "Toxic" at least 3 times in an hour.

Day 2
- watched the DNC live on CNN (thank goodness for English channels on cable)
- SoGo department stores are freakin huge
- got new glasses... they're interesting. I don't recognize myself.
- all the girls here have dyed, permed hair with long, straight bangs = do not like
- cute Taiwanese soap opera actress :]

Day 3
- Taiwanese food market, crazy food violations but fresh food
- bought a ping-pong paddle!
- Taiwan has some really funny tv shows

Day 4
- family lunch
- Maokong outing

Day 5
- Chiang-Kai Shek Memorial Hall; saw Joan there!
- Ximending
- shaved ice <3
- Longshan Temple
- saw 3 dildo shops in one block

Day 6
- went to the countryside
- more mosquito bites
- really cool but really expensive metal figurines

Day 7
- Taipei 101
- eslite Bookstore
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
- really expensive, really good dinner at Pizzapub; got sick from eating too much

Day 8
- Taichung
- awesome Japanese restaurant

Day 9
- shopping
- family dinner

Day 10
- Danshui

Day 11
- last-minute trip to 228 Peace Park and NOVA
- flight back was better; somehow managed to distract myself with two newspapers and The Economist for 6 hours