Last night in 대만 (Taiwan)

Well, I've finally come to my last night here in Taiwan.  I don't really have any mixed feelings about leaving, I'm really looking forward to going back to Korea.  Had I done more research, or planned a little better with finances, I might have had more fun here.  Unfortunately, I didn't do my homework, so I didn't know the weather patterns of Taipei.  All I can walk away with, as far as experiences go, is the fact that I have been in the observatory of 2 of the world's biggest buildings (Sear's Tower, and Taipei 101).

I was unable to control my finances, because I didn't factor in the possibility of long-term stay (3 weeks).  Had I done that, I would have done better with my finances, and I would have allocated a certain amount for"room and board" so to speak.

I found the better English bookstore today.  Too bad I found it TODAY and not....last week.  But oh well, the book I would have been willing to buy on the spot, they didn't have (Murakami's Norwegian Wood).  So That's OK.  My father deposited some money into my WaMu account because he was of course concerned.  So I was able, with that money, to buy a pair of shoes (for working out).  My normal K-Swiss shoes are on the out...they make running rather difficult.  And since I'm made a deal with my GF to work on losing 5-10 kg, I needed a new pair of shoes to do that.  I had to get them here, because Korea doesn't have anything bigger than a size 11 (290 by their system).  So whenever I get the chance to buy a pair of shoes, it's normally annually.  So yeah, I feel guilty about using the money he sent me to buy a pair of shoes, but this was the only place I could get a new pair, so I had no other choice (plus, the prices were much lower than in the states).  The downside is, I have to use basketball shoes (they only had basketball shoes in my size).  That means I need to get accustomed to high tops again.

I'm glad I have reading material for the flight back.  And I knew I'd finish all 5 books I bought the day I came to Taiwan.

I need to keep this short because I plan to wake up in 7 hrs.  Well, let me rephrase that... I plan to have my alarm go off in 7 hours, so I hope to be out of bed by 8am (it's 12:13 this instant, it won't be once this post is published though ㅋㅋㅋ)

With that, I'm off

P-CE