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Slightly more artistic photos from today's trek with our guests.

Cool! A Harry Potter invisibility cloak someday? Here's a good restaurant we went to. lkkrice.com . Another one we really like . Dinner with some family members, and me popping the champagne. More members of extended family will be meeting for dinner sometime this week. That'll be a huge gathering. Others things (food mainly) I'm enjoying in Taiwan right now: -fan tuan for breakfast -good doh jiang -MosBurger -AChong Mien Shien

This is hilarious and stupid. Only the Japanese, man. Health check up went pretty smoothly. I'm healthy...except for cholesterol a bit high (lots of good cholesterol though) and my ears are well, not in the most ideal condition (but I already know that). Quite an experience overall though, starting with the shit medicine the night before, and then day of being poked in all holes possible. I also had four extra holes made when they needed to put needles in me! Eck. In a slightly perverted, kinky way though, it was kinda cool having the really cute nurse perform the enema. But I guess she'll never look at me in the same way, having seen me in ways I can't even see myself. =P Been thinking about some things lately.. will post about that soon. Can't find my camera, so picture posts will have to wait!

It's great to be back. Things I have missed about Taiwan: -cheap but really good and delicious food -hustle bustle Taipei City life -ability to watch TV programs in Japanese, Korean and of course Chinese and Taiwanese (though I don't understand most of them) -ability to watch sports other than basketball, baseball, football and hockey on ESPN. They have things like volleyball, football (the real one played with your feet), snooker... -being a lot taller than most people on the street -torrential rain -bumpy and crazy bus rides that scare the shit out of me -super clean and super orderly subway rides and stations -the newest tech gadgets my dad always seem to have -stinky public restrooms -local girls in schoolgirl uniform -not having to pay for anything with my own money -smell of mosquito "wen shiang" -coffee served by the IOP secretaries -walking around instead of driving all the time -humidity and the "sticky" test -electronics shops galore, sometimes rea

I'm stuck in the San Francisco airport for the next couple of hours. I think my agent booked the flight so I'd arrive early at SF, so early even the EVA ticket booth isn't open, and so I can't get my boarding pass. So I'm just sitting here waiting for that to happen. Good thing there's internet, though you have to pay for it. But at least it'll help me get by the boring hours. I'm lucky to have some good caring friends who give good advice. One is a psychologist at that, so I joke with her that I should pay her for the therapy. I think something I still need to work on is the trust and confidence issue, particularly with girls. Trust in myself and others, or what one would call faith. Confidence in myself and others, especially to remove my own insecurities. This is a lesson to be learned, perhaps the hard way (but I hope not). Overcoming these would prevent future problems from arising, and would not make me the problem. If anything happens, it's no

Here's a nice pic I took a couple days ago. I love the colours. As for the baby, don't worry he's not mine! =P Ben/Jerry is the month or two old son of good friends that are graduating.

I'm headed for Taiwan in a couple days. I'll get to be with family and great Taiwanese food. I think I really need to leave Durham for some time, to get away from the place and reflect on some things. This past week has certainly been a hell of a roller coaster ride from an emotional stand point, and in many ways I have only myself to blame. I kind of went from pretty good to hell in another's eyes in a couple days. I think my caring too much for one person in particular caused me to skew my rational thinking. Jealousy and inability to fully trust is something else in play here. I can't fault myself for loving someone. But I shouldn't behave so overbearing or second guessing other's intentions to the point that I push away the very person I feel so much for. It's so complicated, and I'm definitely still a novice when it comes to controlling your feelings. I don't do that very well, and I'm suffering the consequences of my actions. That's not

Congratulations to some of my Duke Taiwanese friends on their graduation. I wish them the best of luck in their future endeavours.

I'm reading a book called "The Writer's Voice" by A. Alvarez. It's quite entertaining. This is a book about how to write with a voice, and how the voice that is present is more important than the writing or the message or information that is being conveyed in the writing. Here's a poem that's in there, written by Sylvia Plath. Can you feel the voice? ***** This is the light of the mind, cold and planetary. The trees of the mind are black. The light is blue. The grasses unload their griefs on my feet as if I were God, Prickling my ankles and murmuring of their humility. Fumey, spiritous mists inhabit this place Separated from my house by a row of headstones. I simply cannot see where there is to get to. The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet With the O-gape of complete despair. I live here. Twice on Sunday, the bells startle the sky--- Eight great to

Unfortunately the camping trip I was so looking forward to had to be canceled due to bad weather. I guess sometime this summer I will go camping for sure. Today's post has a theme, and that's writing! Writing thoughts down is important, because sometimes it helps to clarify what exactly you are thinking better if it's on paper than in your mind. See that sentence conveyed a thought, though not particularly well! So you revise the statement to make it sound more eloquent, but the thought is jotted down already so you have time to process more and ...! Why am I writing about writing? I think my brother and I both got into this blog thing and we have used this as an opportunity to keep in touch with family and friends, to keep ourselves sane, and to practice writing more. Though sometimes I tend to write sloppily on the blog, I'm writing nonetheless! To convey a thought or image simply is perhaps the most important aspect of writing, and that does not necessarily require g

Sorry for not posting in a while, but things have been...good. Seriously. I'm pretty happy about things right now. My birthday was awesome, and I have a few people to thank, as well as even fewer to really thank for that. A more comprehensive post will be coming, since I'm headed for a camping trip this weekend. That should be loads of fun. In the meantime, enjoy the pics.