So, continuing with the toilet theme LOL  I'm not sure how many of y'all know what a squat toilet is, although you guys could probably figure that out pretty easily.  A lot of the public toilets in Japan (and Taiwan) provide both squat and western toilets and they even give us handy signs:  a bathroom in the airport


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( LOTS of pictures (you've been warned) )

Home at last.  *hugs bed and bearable weather*  Airport drama continues -- flight leaving Taipei was late so had to rush like mad to catch connecting flight to Toronto.  Because of this, I didn't get a chance to see my little (well, he's 15 now & supposedly has gone through a growth spurt) cousin who was waiting in Vancouver for Pearl & Andy ( Read more... )

hey guys damn these keyvoards are confusing as ive switched the language to japanese twice!  gotta go asjtime is running out but just wanted to say hi 

Greetings from Taiwan.  Taichung, to be exact.  It is Saturday, 8:10am over here and I've just had my hair & makeup done for the ceremony this afternoon.  This is gonna be quick cause I'm in the bridal suite using the bride's laptop and it's getting crazy ( Read more... )

In approx 24 hours, I will be on a plane to Vancouver (5 hour flight), then I will spend another 4 hours waiting for the flight to Taipei which is 11 hours long.  ELEVEN HOURS.  Slightly panicked as I'm finishing my packing and hoping that I don't forget anything important.

Oh and guess what else is happening over there -- it's typhoon season!  I ( Read more... )

Life has been pretty quiet 'round these parts.  I have lots of fun stuff coming up over the next few months so it's like the calm before the storm.

1)  Polaris this weekend!!  Gareth David-Lloyd *squee*  Looking forward to meeting 
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