"these days are not fast, these times will not last
so they say, but i'm having trouble believing.
try to settle soft in the canopy we've lost
as you dance and sway and kiss with costa ricans

you are getting all you can from my hurting. from my hurting"

taipei 101

these pictures are from when i went to the top of 101 with hannah, francisco and his boyfriend darren. they're not edited, sorry. and i will put them on facebook eventually soo yeah.  i went 3 weeks ago (the day before hannah left). 101 is the world's second tallest building, and it has the worlds fastest elevator.

when you ask a lot of taiwanese people though whether they've gone to the top of 101 they say no. kind of like how if you ask me if i've gone to the space needle i'll say no. or maybe i did, but it was when i first moved to seattle.

okay i really thought this post was going to be a little interesting but turns out it isnt at all.. i'm going to go to school and getting some hours in.

beitou hot springs

i've been super lazy with taking pictures lately. mainly because my camera really is a pain in the ass to use and it doesn't take good pictures. but on saturday we went to the beitou hot springs, it was so so so soothing. and it cost seriously like 75 cents US (20 NT) to go. we are going to make it a habitual outing for sure. hopefully we get a few more good sessions before the weather becomes sweltering hot

word to the wise though the xinbeitou mrt line moves at a SNAILS PACE. if anyone figures out how to walk there pleease tell me.

ok, so anyways. i started this blog today, don't even really know why but i think it'll be easier to organize all my photos. obviously i'm still going to keep my journal, but this is going to be more like a scrapbook i guess. i'll put pictures and stuff (when i remember to take pictures, that is)

here is the ONE picture that i took from this weekend @ fulong beach. i enhanced the color a little bit

but really it was gorrrgeous. that guy you see on the right was on the train with us the entire time and would not leave us alone and totally had the 外国人(foreigner) personality that i hate. basically its the whole "look at me i'm soo cool and waiguo i talk to everyone and tell them about how cool and waiguo i am and everybody wants to be my friend right right?"

ok its 4. i am heading to bed. sorry, i feel like these posts are all really annoying to read. now you know how annoying it is to be in my head.

things you should always carry with you in taiwan

• tissues. seriously because you never know when the bathroom you use won't have them
• hand sanitizer. you should carry this with you no matter where you are actually
• umbrella
• roughly 1000-1500 nt (30-50 US dollars). you'll most likely only use cash for the entire day

seashells (fulong beach)

i went to fulong beach today with rebecca and christina. it was really really relaxing, despite the 2 hour train ride there... and then back. but i got some awesome shells. and i'm going to start a project where i fill a corona bottle with seashells. easier said than done though because the opening of the bottle is actually pretty small.. not a lot of shells fit. as you can see, i did not fill up my bottle. basically after my room is clean i'm going to ~keep it clean~ (hmm when have i said that before) and it's just gonna look super awesome with my line up of corono bottles filled with seashells.