Well I was walking down the street and I saw a Hummvee, (Before I go any further I must explain that here in Taiwan the biggest car is a Toyota Corolla, so seeing a car of this size again is amazing, also the streets are Really small and not big enough for these type of cars) going down the opposite side of the street. Well after seeing this I ( Read more... )

Woke up at 1:00pm today. Had a rough night last night and the night before. On Thursday a friend came over and we had a few livations after work. TO REALX!!! I say that to make myself feel better. So we someone suggests we play "Coin-age". My friends own invention, similar to Quarters but a little different. So we started with about 10 beers ( Read more... )

Well hello everyone in the west. I hope all is well with all of you. Well went out drinking yesterDAY. The day in yeasterday is capitalized for a reason. After school yeasterday at about 3:30 Brian and I bought a bottle of Rum and a Bottle of Vodka. Our friend was leaving and going back to Toronto. Thought we would send him out with a bang. ( Read more... )

In case anyone was worried I am ok, and so are all my friends. Actually we live about 6 blocks away from where that crane fell. It was scary, mainly because you have absolutely no control. So, I was walking towards the front door in our apartment to go get some smokes when I felt it. I said to my roomate, "Whoah, whoah, get by the door". He ( Read more... )

Well the events in the last month or so have been quite odd. Recently our school was raided, by the ministry of education and the foreign affairs police. I just recently changed schools, so my Alien Resident Certificate is still valid but not for the school I am working at right now. The tranfering process is not finished yet, so TECHNICALY I am ( Read more... )

Well going to Bali is off for now. The travel Agent lost our tickets, but instead we are going to the Philipines. We arrive in Manila and then the next day travel to a small town on the ocean. It is called Puerto Galera. Supposedly it has more sea life than the Great Barrier Reef. Well we will see, it should be fun. I know what everyone is ( Read more... )

Well hope everyone is enjoying year 2002. I know so far I am, although according to the Chinese Lunar calendar it is 91. Not 1991, but year 91. So in Feburary it is Chinese New year, so I plan to travel a little bit. Brian, my other roomate Brian, and I are going to Bali. I am not sure if you guys know where that is but it is in Indonesia. It ( Read more... )

Well Yesterday I had quite an experience. I was at work and it about 11:00am. I was outside the classroom getting materials for my class, and then one of the Chinese teachers from another classroom came running out of her class Screaming. She said, "Teacher Blain, It's Teacher David something is Wrong. SO I quickly went to the classroom, and ( Read more... )

Yesterday we had a bunch of our taiwanese friends over to watch the baseball game. The world cup of baseball is being played here. The US was playing taipei, it was a close game but the US ended up winning. Brian and I made Jello shots and bought a case of Taiwan beer. Our friends brought over Busch, it was funny that they were drinking american ( Read more... )

Well on sunday Brian and I went to a hardcore punk show here in taipei. All I can say is WOW!!!!!! It totally reminded me of my youth in Orlando, and then college at UF. It was sunday afternoon and I was putting back a few beers in this dark dingy bar. I think the name was ZeitGeist, I assume German. Well we walked in and the first band we saw ( Read more... )