48 hours until my parents arrive. Luckily I have been able to keep myself amused these last few days. Sunday I went to Shilin Night Market with Whitney. We went to a VK/Lolita store and tried on a bunch of clothes (well, I tried on, she was reluctantly forced into a Lolita dress). I wanted to buy something but I HAVE NO MONEY. Seriously. I have $ ( Read more... )

As the subject line says, a long-ass write up about my Chinese New Year Experience:

( Part 1 )

This trip was soooo much fun! We went to Yilan, which is north of Taipei and has some beautiful scenery. The first day we left Taipei at 6:30 and rode on a tour bus for four hours to get there. It normally takes only 1 hour by highway, but we took the scenic route and stopped at a bunch of places to take pictures. We stopped by the coast a couple ( Read more... )

I bought a Rose of Versailles DVD box set, but it is missing the disk for episodes 7-12! Instead I have two copies of 1-6. Sucky. I can't return it because I got it at a night market and there was only one set. Oh well. I have the rest of the 40 episodes to watch and enjoy (in Chinese, but whatever) and I can download the rest ( Read more... )