Wish I had more friends who are passionate enough about video games to set these game nights up. Lot of work setting up and breaking down. Really fun to do once in awhile. Way more fun to play in person than over xbox live.
Pier designed by Cindy’s architect Uncle. I stayed in the tall building in rear.
A little late on this entry since it’s been over a week since I’ve been back in the states. Cindy’s aunt drove us from Tainan to Kaohsiung, which took about 45 minutes. Kaohsiung is hot, humid, and has even more pollution haze than Taipei. Allergies were off the charts. Stayed in Tuntex Skytower. Lots of little business ‘suites’ that look like they were converted from office spaces. Food was amazing here as well. Great Izakaya-style chicken wings, Thai-fusion, dry beef noodle, and more. Even took a break and tried some Italian. Cheese is no good in Taiwan. The room next door was playing Christmas music at full blast at 1am, that sucked. Maybe their idea of an April 1st prank. Went to her little cousin’s camp retreat; funny stuff.
Been staying at Cindy’s grandma’s house for the past 3 days now. This is more like the home-life I knew during my summers in HK. Dirty, grimy, hard-water stained old-person’s home. Just like my own grand parents’ place. That was even dirtier and I had to sleep on a mat or a fold-out vinyl bed. It must be the humidity because everything is rusted here. Glad we came during this time since there aren’t that many mosquitoes so far. And the ones we encounter, Cindy is adept at killing them with the electric tennis racquet. The alley-markets remind me of when my mom took me around as a kid in HK. Where else do you find fish vendors on one side and cheap clothing on the other, a mere 10 ft away.
The food is delicious here. Although everything has corn starch. It helps to fill you up I suppose.
Been here two days so far. Feels like we did so much. Lots of walking, no wonder Taiwanese people aren’t fat. Went to Watson’s across the street to buy some supplies; reminded me of my childhood summers in HKG. My grandparent’s flat was in Sheung Wan and we had a Watson’s next door and for some reason I thought they sold toys there so I would always ask my mom to take me.
Haven’t been in such an urban Chinese place in over 15 years; it’s weird. It feels like HKG here but more spacious and clean. But only marginally. People seem to be nicer here too.
Valuable or odd lesson. I dunno. Either way, it’s memorable. When I used to go shopping with my mom and I needed to use the toilet, my mom would make me ask the workers. I would beg and insist that my mom ask for me. But I remember how my mom would force me to speak up and talk to strangers when needing something. One of those random little life lessons I remember from my mom.
Ears being trolled on some next level shit. Die Antwoord is out of this world. South African Zef-rap from Cape Town.
Via their wiki
Die Antwoord performs “Zef” music, Zef being an Afrikaans term which loosely translates to the American equivalent of Redneck. Their lyrics are funny and explicit, and performed in both Afrikaans and English.
