So I went "grave sweeping" (sao mu) today. At the main office, I had a chat with this old guy who's worked there for about twenty years. He kept telling me scary stories of spirits and stuff. It was pretty interesting. He had this logic that if you aren't scared of the ghosts, then it's okay. He gets paid to clean up the graves or cremate ppl, so ( Read more... )

College looms dangerously close by for us UCSD, LA, and Davis people. For those CAL, USC, and canadian school ppl, you guys have already been thrown into the mess we were all so excited about. College to us, is a whole new life. We start out in a new school, a completely different environment, and we get to formulate a completely different next ( Read more... )

So, here I am sitting in a smoke filled net Cafe in Taiwan. I'm surrounded by guys playing computer games, kinda like back in Fremont, except... these guys don't speak English. Hope everyone's enjoying their LAST SUMMER together as high schoolers. We're moving toward the all exciting college life that everyone is so looking forward to. All I can ( Read more... )

Hey everyone\1 I can:t believe I finally found a computer in Japan. However, I only have a few minutes to type something quick so can:t check lj entries　or anything. The　keyboard here is sooo weird, none of the symbols are where they should be. My tour will be over in a few days and then I:m off to Taiwan to see the nice department stores there. ( Read more... )

Just one more week before I embark on a journey to a far away land! Leave me a comment if you want me to get you something from Japan! or Taiwan ( Read more... )

I really wish I had something nice to say after not posting on lj for such a long time, but y'kno what, I don't ( Read more... )

( Ashland trip - no pictures yet )

( One of those quiz things. )

=D Sometimes, when I need to talk to someone, I can't bring myself to ask for help ( Read more... )

Just one of those things I remembered while out running ( Read more... )