A Good Weekend

This weekend was, interesting. Friday after dinner I went out to explore a bar area in town that is college oriented. Well I had read up on which bars to go to but when I got there they were totally empty and this was at like 10:00pm, what the hell?

Then Saturday I went to see the National Palace Museum. It is the largest collection of Chinese artwork anywhere in the world. Most pieces are from the Chinese Imperial collection and were taken by the KMT as they fled the advancing communists during the Chinese civil war (this was good since had they been left in China they surely would have been destroyed in the cultural revolution). It was pretty cool, even though I couldn't take pictures. There were some absolutely amazing pieces of work there. For example, there is a ball carved out of a single piece of ivory that contains 17 other balls inside of it (all with unbelievable designs on them).
After that I was able to go relax in a public garden that was next door to the museum. It had several ponds with the biggest damn carp I've ever seen in my life.
That night I was planning to go out to TGI Friday's to watch the Olympic 100m dash finals. Well I eventually found the place only to find the best American hope was knocked out in the semifinals and the bar didn't have coverage. But it wasn't a total loss since I was able to see the US-Spain basketball game and met some Taiwanese military police who were out for a weekend break. Besides Tyson Gay not making the finals the biggest problem was that the long island iced teas at TGI Friday's are nothing like the Backer's. I've come to expect only the best. No problem though, if one isn't good have another or two...

Edit: another sucky thing over here is the lack of live Olympic coverage. And to make matters worse I can't get any of the NBC feeds or videos since those are only for the US. Hence, I'm still waiting to see Usain Bolt's record in the 100m.