It’s been over a week since my last post, and you, my loyal fans are no doubt wondering what is happening in the wonderful world of Paul. Well, lots of little things have happened, none of which alone exceed the threshold at which it would occur to me to post to this blog. Here is a stream of consciousness list of what I’m sure will seem to you some extremely lame things. Yes, it’s true. I’m lame. Please feel free to list events in your life, trivial or otherwise, in my comments section!
I skipped class because I stayed up late at a cafe with my classmates Jonathan, Angie and Sherwin at the 24 hour cafe/bookstore, Eslite. Angie and Jonathan stayed until 1PM. They make me feel old. Compared to them, I am old. Jonathan is going to be a senior in college, and Angie is 23, going into grad school. My joints ache.
Today we saw a GIANT spider on the street which I was going to take a picture of, since it was 3.5 inches in diameter. Unfortunately, my battery was dead.
Yesterday I went to a presentation for McKinsey. There was good food, and I hung out with my future Kellogg classmate Cindy, and some people from Wharton. They say that working for McKinsey in developing markets is tough. I’ll bet it’s not tougher than being related to John Chang.
I started going to Daunte Coffee near Tai Da (Chinese for National Taiwan University) because Starbucks is a freaking rip off, dude! 3 dollars for an ice coffee.
The other day, I helped my friend Fumi install Japanese Windows XP on her computer. It took forever.
Jesus, is that it? Doesn’t seem like I did that much, but I sure feel busy. Anyway, I’ll be back in the US in two short weeks.
Yesterday I went with my cousin and Aunt to the Shilin Night Market, where you can buy, among other things, cheap womens underwear. We were selecting some underwear for my sister Ann (at her request) when the police arrived. Our street vendor, and all the other ones who were there illegally, ran away into small side streets. Since we wanted that underwear, we followed her, and she invited us to her hiding place, where we were able to complete the purchase. It had the feel of an illicit drug deal, except that we were buying Betty Boop panties. 11 pairs for $3.
Last night there was a spider in my room which was TWO INCHES in diameter, including its legs. My aunt killed it because I was paralyzed with terror. It was huge. Also, there was a four inch lizard which jumped out of one of my dresser drawers.
Tomorrow, come hell or typhoon, I’m going to this place called Guanghwa Market, where they have the latest and greatest in pirated DVDs, VCDs, and CDs. If you have any requests now or before I leave, e-mail me and I will do my best to accomodate them!
