Archive for May, 2009

Dragon Boat Festival Weekend

Four day weekends are the way to live. What’s wrong with having a three-day work week? I bet lots of people would be down with that. Despite the fact that we have to make up Friday’s day off this Saturday. Wednesday Night: Watched Terminator Salvation. Action was great, Christian Bale was manly, not enough plot. [ READ MORE ]

Poker Face

I went and played in a poker tournament tonight. I did so well that I got 18th place! (Out of 20 people, but that’s a minor detail.) My boss started this poker thing. They set up tournaments at this bar, Tone 56, and you can play for free. The goal is to rack up points [ READ MORE ]

My Chinese Is No Good

At the major intersections in the highest foot traffic areas, there are always people asking for donations, selling things, or trying to get people to do surveys. Most of the time, if you just look at them and shake your head with a smile, they’ll leave you alone. But sometimes, some of them can be [ READ MORE ]

Chopsticks!

  • May 25th, 2009
  • Posted in food

To do my part for the earth, I bought this set the other day from United Colors of Benetton. Except mine’s pink (of course), and it was a bit more expensive than I had liked. But I plan on using it as much as possible, instead of the disposable wooden chopsticks which I hear are [ READ MORE ]

Culture Shock

It’s bad enough that I have to maneuver through umbrellas while hoisting my own on rainy days, but it’s even more annoying to have to deal with them on cloudy/sunny days too. These Taiwanese women and their umbrellas astound me. It seems like they’ve all forgotten that they live on a tropical island – an [ READ MORE ]