guitar and others...

吉他! decent guitar for 3000 NT (~93 US dollars). came with a bag, stand, capo, new strings, a strap that i don't know how to put on, a string cleaner (?) and a couple picks. sweet.

i never forget to drink my pro sweat before volleyball.

This pic pretty much sums up my roommate, Simon. ;)

this chick's got nothin on me.

went climbing at a really nice "YMCA" which had an olympic size pool. the climbing area wasn't huge but was sufficiently difficult enough to prevent me from finishing most of my climbs.

new beginnings...

i nuked all my contacts... but my iphone now works in taipei. it's a fresh start.

must stop slacking on this blog

is this guy 8 ft tall or is the ceiling just a bit low?

not your average American 7-Eleven...

say no to stinky tofu

Nainai used to make 臭豆腐 ("cou doufu") when I was a kid. It literally means "stinky tofu". You could smell her cooking it from two floors up. The whole house reeked of it. I wouldn't touch the stuff, but apparently my parents and grandparents ate it with much delight. Wikipedia says "it's is the unofficial national snack food of Taiwan and is universally loved". Joanne says that after the tenth time I smell it in the night market, I'll start coming around to the idea of maybe not gagging when trying to eat it. We'll see about that.