This week we had Wednesday off. February 28 is a holiday in Taiwan to remember the massacre of thousands of civilians by the Chinese nationalist authorities who went on to rule the country as a military dictatorship for 40 years. Awkwardly, that very same political party continues to be one of the two major players in Taiwanese politics today, and ( Read more... )

In yesterday's post i finished up looking at the sky on day two of the party. What i didn't add is that day two was the busiest day of the event. Whether it was because people were able to get free from family obligations by then or maybe folks had just settled into the vibe i'm not sure, but both dancefloors had a decent crowd, even during the ( Read more... )

This year i plan to take charge of my own life a bit more ( Read more... )

As if last week's crushing work stress wasn't enough, this week i had two - count 'em - social events lined up to sap every ounce of my mojo ( Read more... )

I am on the slow train to Taipei Central. This isn't exactly how i planned it ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since i went to a Pride. I never really got the point of them, to be honest. Lots of people dressing up and parading around like clowns in front of the normies, how is that supposed to advance gay rights? Isn't it just going to trigger fragile conservatives? Don't we win rights by being unremarkable ( Read more... )

1. You can wake up and walk to a wet market and get a whole sliced up pineapple for breakfast ( Read more... )

Well, i am alive, i just don't have much to say. I have been busy with work. Friday i was especially busy because we were under attack from a hacker and one part of my job as internet police is trying to mitigate that. So it was a high stress day. I bought a can of beer after work as a treat, and it is a treat since past couple months i kinda ( Read more... )

Alright, let's try this. I'm tired, but i don't think i'll not be tired for quite some time. Work destroys me. Let's try to remember a time when i wasn't working. It feels like a century ago, but it was not even a couple weeks.


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I was considering different ways of compiling the food posts for my Youbike trip through Taiwan - for instance splitting snacks/小吃 and "full" meals - but one of the reasons why i do these posts is so that i can remember the arc of my journey. To that end, there is something satisfying about taking chronological slices that feature at least one dish ( Read more... )