Taroko Gorge is beautiful.

it felt like The Land Before Time. dinosaurs roamed in the distance ( Read more... )

i'm pretty convinced at this point that either being in a foreign country turns expat-types into complete FLAKES, or only complete flakes are drawn to living in another country. having no one but yourself to look out for, having no one to look out for you but yourself, having history/long-term future with very few around you... = a recipe for ( Read more... )

just got back from 4 days in the Philippines (1 night in Manila, 3 full days in Boracay ( Read more... )

we lay sandwiched between blankets on a deserted train platform, and then in the dirt next to a darkened house. the sky was a dome brimming with stars. twinkle and sparkle are perfect words, and so are fresh, clear, crisp, cold, bright. i saw the Little Dipper, Scorpius, and 4 falling stars. every time i strained to see a falling star, i never ( Read more... )

sunk deep in post-vacation depression. back in rainy humid taipei & humdrum routine after 2 weeks of beautiful weather tripping around Hong Kong, Kyoto & Tokyo. no motivation to study chinese whatsoever. all my foreigner friends are gone. i have almost no money left. but at least jasmine gets here on wednesday ( Read more... )

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ok, i know this is the most frivolous irrelevant post ever but

clubbing in taipei is the awesome

now i know, going clubbing only twice in 10 months here was a mistake. thought i was all clubbed-out after last summer but, nope. i missed it & i've been making up for lost time. no more glancing wistfully at room18 on the way to catch shrek 3 or ( Read more... )

jasmine is coming to visit me for 10 days in august!!!!

sweeett.

sometimes life supplies the right words at the right time. the world works in mysterious ways.

一轉身誰能把感慨拋在腦後
在事過境遷以後
這段情就算曾經
刻骨且銘心過
過去了又改變什麼
地球它又公轉幾周了

- 【陌生人】： 蔡健懂

why are japanese TV shows so transcendentally retarded?

guys dressed as moji moji kun have to jump through human shapes that are coming toward them, quickly:

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