it's become routine.  alex is normal.  victor is completely messed up.  alex gets kicked out.  and that's why victor slept on my couch in the hallway all night.  however, i did meet crystal.  someone i've been talking about since beijing.  little white top.  white headphones.  house dj.  amazing.  we run into old friends.  and a vitamin box.  

"no more valiums...ok.  give me half."

we didn't eat anything did we?  just fried chicken?

 

10:34 PM

”when are you moving back to tw?  i know you want to move back.“ - kenny young

there's no money in tw.  i can't move back.  it probably seems like i want to move back.  i probably do want to move back esp now that i'm so much more appreciative (since living in korea) of the comfortable lifestyle, the friendly people, the language ease, the variety of foods that taiwan has to offer.  there's just no money in taiwan.  there's just no industry to be making money in taiwan.  there's just no future for someone like me.  there's no injection of foreign money.  there's no opportunity for foreign labor.  

"機場捷運快建好了。。。but its financed all domestically.  no foreign debt."  - but today's global economy, debt is just a number.  u just need to balance your books.  and in fact, you want foreign money to come in to pump into your economy so there's more cashflow domestically.   instead of just owing each other and letting the country wallow in its own lack of cash flow.  gah.

W hotel.  last sunday pool party of the summer.

11:03 PM

i wanted the weekend in taiwan to be a bit of a detox.  some working out.  some wholesome activities.  and while that may not have happened, it was a relatively tame weekend with no hangovers, good nutritious food albeit late night (rather than my typical instant noodle and anjoo filled nights in korea), and i did work out 2x. i missed chinese flavors.  

friday night - avengers and 熱炒。

saturday night － bar code and the magic words...三合一。 劉媽媽涼麵。

sunday night － 錢櫃。 小李子。

monday night - 2046.  馬祖麵。

 

11:02 PM

i wanted the weekend in taiwan to be a bit of a detox.  some working out.  some wholesome activities.  and while that may not have happened, it was a relatively tame weekend with no hangovers, good nutritious food albeit late night (rather than my typical instant noodle and anjoo filled nights in korea), and i did work out 2x. i missed chinese flavors.  

friday night - avengers and 熱炒。

saturday night － bar code and the magic words...三合一。 劉媽媽涼麵。

sunday night － 錢櫃。 小李子。

monday night - 2046.  馬祖麵。

 

11:01 PM

"我們又不是今天才第一次出去玩。。。自信goes a long way.  we get that you've gone through your share of issues.  damaged goods as you put it.  but we all have.  we're all still single.  it's not that we've all done things the right way.  but you can only control yourself.  get the things u can control...under control.  and let the world be the world.  hopefully you've gauged your expectations from all the experiences you've gone through.  and with all that in mind, stay positive.  stay happy.  it's infectious.  and it's all that you can do.  "

10:35 PM

there's a few things i completely dislike about the taiwanese service industry.  this applies to singapore as well.  the service industry here is an unexperienced high turnover work force that works for low wage salary.  in turn, this promotes robotic, faltering yet gracious service which frustrates me because, i really just want to find a solution as to how to fix the problem.  please do not tell me why and how this is not working, tell me how and how much u need to get this fixed.  please do not read me a script as to why things are not working, rather please put yourself in the shoes of the customer and realize that your memorized excuses are completely backwards.  don't try to refund me a portion of the days remaining, but just friggin refund me the full amount, cuz one, it's really not a lot of money.  and two.  FIX THE EFFING PROBLEM CUZ ITS YOUR FAULT.  GET ME BACK ONLINE DAMMNIT!

11:03 PM

”when are you moving back to tw?  i know you want to move back.“ - kenny young

there's no money in tw.  i can't move back.  it probably seems like i want to move back.  i probably do want to move back esp now that i'm so much more appreciative (since living in korea) of the comfortable lifestyle, the friendly people, the language ease, the variety of foods that taiwan has to offer.  there's just no money in taiwan.  there's just no industry to be making money in taiwan.  there's just no future for someone like me.  there's no injection of foreign money.  there's no opportunity for foreign labor.  

"機場捷運快建好了。。。but its financed all domestically.  no foreign debt."  - but today's global economy, debt is just a number.  u just need to balance your books.  and in fact, you want foreign money to come in to pump into your economy so there's more cashflow domestically.   instead of just owing each other and letting the country wallow in its own lack of cash flow.  gah.

W hotel.  last sunday pool party of the summer.

10:16 PM