For the past nine months, I have felt like I was lost in a giant Chinatown somewhere in the United States, and not living on the other side of the planet in an Asian country. It wasn't until I bought my plane ticket back home that I realized that I have, in fact, completely removed myself from everything I know and managed to make it out alive ( Read more... )

Return Trip Home     The plane ticket back has been purchased! If you are viewing my journal from my website, then you have already noticed that I added a live counter for when I leave Taiwan. If you are reading this via Livejournal, go to http://www.bukoism.com/taiwan/ to see how many ( Read more... )

I'm Too Sexy for this Post    Last week sometime, I was at a bar hanging out with Justin and Tim when we bumped into this girl that I have sort of met before, but not in any proper manner. The group of us got to talking, and money was brought up, well the lack of money that I have was brought up. The girl, Bianca, said to me, "Why don't you be a ( Read more... )

Alison Came and Left    Alison was supposed to leave Amsterdam two weeks ago on Sunday, but because of day-light savings time and some user-induced errors with her alarm clock, she missed her flight. After much hassle with the airport people, she was able to switch her flight to two days later, and she ended up arriving Wednesday night, instead of ( Read more... )

    Mr. and Mrs. Berge, your lovely daughter has arrived safely here in Taiwan. Her luggage, however, is still in Vietnam. Everything is sorted, and it will arrive sometime tomorrow afternoon at my apartment. More news on all this later.

Thailand
    I already gave the update on what happened on the way there, so here are some random things I wrote down while in my hotel room Thursday night.
    Getting the Visa    The Taiwan office was absolutely packed. When I went to Japan, the people working almost looked surprised to see someone show up, but here they took my bag, put me ( Read more... )

    Well hello everybody. I am in an internet cafe type thing in Bangkok right now. Even though I have the time to do an actual update, I don't really have the money. So, I'll just give you all a quick run down of what has been going on. When I get back to Taiwan, I will have an actual update, as you would expect ( Read more... )

Thailand    The last time I went to get my visa, they said (among other things) that because I went to Amsterdam for Christmas and missed a full week of classes, I was not taking my time here seriously and were not going to give me an extendable visa. So, it has already been sixty days since then, and it is time for me to go abroad and get another ( Read more... )

Chinese Conversation    Lately I have been really stressing about my Chinese abilities. I constantly tell myself that I cannot actually speak Chinese - that I can just get my way around Taipei and function in a restaurant. Though, recently a couple of people have been ratting on me that I actually can, that I just need to get out and talk more. ( Read more... )

My Parents Are Here!    The parents arrived Sunday night a little after ten. We got in a cab to Taipei, and then I got them all settled in their hotel room with some freshly microwaved food from 7-11. They brought me some presents, we swapped stories from home and the trip, agreed on a time for me to come pick them up in the morning, and then I ( Read more... )