happy moon festival

happy mid autumn moon festival (zhong qiu je kuai le!) guys!

enjoy your moon cakes!

mike

typhoons abound!

it's typhoon season...

i think this is taiwan's third so far.

weeee....

enjoy your no typhoon weather,

mike

taiwan update

hey guys. sorry about the lack of updating. classes have started at the mandarin training center, but i will definitely update as much as i can.

taiwan has been good to me so far, weather has definitely cooled down a lot, and i have been out and around taiwan a lot. just yesterday i went to the water park here in taipei. pretty much like any water park in the states, but still an awesome time, and perfect timing since the cold weather is coming in.

well back to work. i'll keep you guys posted.

later,

mike

my new baby (this thing is pretty sweet!)

hey guys. so if you haven't already known my laptop crashed, and basically i needed to buy a new one here in taiwan. so after a frustrating week of trying to find the right laptop for me, i finally found the one:

meet the acer aspire 4741G with intel core i5 processor that in total was about $850 in taiwan rather than over $1000 in the states. i think i got a pretty good deal!

some pics of my new baby:

oooooooooo....

ahhhhhhhh (btw that's a picture i took of danshui, a seaside suburb in taiwan near the capital taipei)

the laptop closed

look how thin is it!

comes with free bag and mouse.

yes i'm a happy guy!

enjoy your weekend,

mike

taiwan update (about freaking time!)

hey guys. yes this post has been long in the making, so sorry it took so long... T_T

this post will also take a few days as i have a lot of photos i wanna put up (i told you this was pretty big)

anyways here are some pictures of my neighborhood in taiwan:

the park near my apartment building (you can see taipei 101 in the background)

some cool lights i saw

lots of scooters here in taiwan...

like i said

a lot of 7-11's here (food is a lot better in here than in the states)

a favorite store of mine. you can get anything and i mean ANYTHING here

another 7-11, on the same street...

taipei 101!

typical day on mrt (taipei's metro). can't complain though, one train comes every 5 minutes

OMG MISTER DONUT!!!!

love this place!

the strawberry bear i bought. it had cream in it. delicious!

some things i can't do at a park i jog at... hmmm...

more to come in the coming days!

enjoy,

mike

sick... ugh...

hey guys the big post i hoped to put up today will have to wait. i'm sick with a cold and not feeling very well

hopefully will get that post up soon.

until then enjoy this picture i took of taipei 101 at night:

later guys,

mike

taiwan update

hey guys. sorry for the delay in posting. with classes and everything here in taiwan, things have been getting a bit busy.

right now is 7:45pm here and it's raining cats and dogs. yet it is still hot and humid as heck...

i also was able to meet up with some locals here in taiwan and get a drink with them (which was a large beer. delicious).

so far things are pretty good here. the weather just kinda sucks.

later,

mike

taiwan update

hey guys. so i started my first class for my refresher course before i start my class at the university here. if you want more info on the class i'm starting in september here's a link.

so some facts about taiwan so far (according to me):

-everyone and their mom drives a scooter here
-the drivers here are all freaking crazy!
-public transportation is so much easier here
-as long as you're in taipei, you can see taipei 101 ANYWHERE!

so that's it for now. will try to update as much as i can. stay tuned!

mike

ouch...

greetings from taiwan again guys. (july 29 11:20 am)

so got chewed up by mosquitoes last night, and i found out for my refresher class in mandarin chinese, i basically have to start from the bottom up. so i'll be in a class with "adults" or teenagers.

yah not a great today...

hope your day is better in the states,

mike

in taiwan!!!

hey guys. i am now currently in taiwan after a marathon 9 hour flight from sfo to tokyo, then 2 hour layover in tokyo, then another 3 hour flight to taipei. let's just say yesterday i was about to pass out. it's currently about 10:17am of july28th in taiwan as i am writing this so keep that in mind. trying to get used to the time change here, and let me just say it's not easy.

also it's freaking hot as hell. i literally have been sweating non-stop since i came here. haha but i kinda expected that.

hopefully i'll post some pictures of my room here in taiwan and my first day of classes here as i did bring my camera (of course i would).

anyways keep checking here for more updates. i'll try to be as prompt as i can as i have to walk to the local library for internet access which is kind of a pain.

btw fyi, google is automatically in chinese here. who would have thunk?

enjoy your week guys,

mike