omgwtfbbq

things are getting worse and worse... and i'm getting more aggravated as the day goes on.

i have to say... the situations that arose have made me EXTREMELY displeased about being here at the moment. i mean, i still love being in taiwan, the environment, the social interactions, and i'll miss them all, especially the grad students with whom i've become friends with. yet i'm very unsatisfied with what's happened. let me start at the beginning.

yesterday, i was informed by tony that i needed to move out of my apartment... ok wtf.

today, i told him everything i was displeased about in regards to housing. yes, EVERYTHING. though i already knew for a fact that he wouldn't understand, but i told him that i was displeased with the situation and that i thought everything was poorly planned. and lo and behold, exactly what i thought would happen, happened. ugh.

then, of course, he also decided to give me "advice" about my project, when it's way too late, and almost useless. this sets me back as usual.. and has discouraged me very much, unfortunately. i've tried salvaging what i can from this, but it seems more and more bleak as time goes on.

whatever, i'm just going to try and enjoy myself, which will be exciting because.... ORCHID ISLAND here i come! =D

taipei mini-trip in 24 pictures

woooooo. so unfortunately, instead of going to orchid island, took a trip to taipei instead. there was a typhoon about 2 weekends ago, and that prevented all the ferries and boats leaving for orchid island to be postponed til this weekend (YAY!) so anyway, as usual, i'll let my pictures speak for my wonderful adventure.

[ximending during the day, an outdoor shopping mall and home to the cinema park]

[the red theater, famous landmark in ximen district]

[taiwanese presidential office building, 1 block down from where my hotel was]

[photo district, every photographer's dream]

[rainbow! it was continuously sprinkling that day]

[the gateway into the memorial hall]

[chiang kai-shek memorial, dedicated to the founder of the republic of china]
[view from the top of steps at the memorial]

[no slovenly dress!]

[danshuei day/night market, constantly filled with people since it's a big tourist attraction]

[fort san domingo, one of the many in danshuei. made by the spanish]

[it's dr. mckay! he was a christian missionary who helped defend the island from british? attack][some weird freak animal show D=]

[night view of danshuei from the riverside]

[dock at yeliou]

[yeliou rock formations. a very popular tourist site]

[candle rocks, and they kind of look like candles with flames as well]

[sitting on a rock formation...illegally??]

[the queen's head. most famous formation in yeliou and literally untouchable because it'll break]

[sun yat-sen memorial hall]

[dr. sun yat-sen, the founder of the chinese nationalist party]

[taipei 101 from the sun yat-sen memorial hall]

[some bike expo near the taipei 101]

[solar eclipse on 7-22, 9:30AM]