A Busy Weekend (for me)

This weekend was pretty good. Instead of sleeping to the late afternoon I only slept to the early afternoon and actually did productive things for a change. For Friday, (just look below) I had a huge ass meal and I was too full to do anything but stay in and watch “Wedding Crashers” after the DVD for “Road Trip” didn’t work. I will always laugh at the motorboat bit.

Saturday I was called and woken up by my two friends (who happen to be sisters) Vanessa and Francy. They took me down to a huge bookstore where I was able to check out some books. I found some travel books about Portland, it is definitely funny to read names of places at home as their Chinese equivalents. We also went to a huge music store. I found CD’s by my two favorite bands for the first time in Taiwan (not the newest ones that I wanted though) by the Dandy Warhols (as an aside, there is an Andy Warhol art show in Taipei this month that I am going to check out) and Less Than Jake. After that we had dinner and had a nice coffee and chat.

Sunday I went with a coworker and his wife to a public gym for $2 to workout. I ran for 30min on the treadmill and did some lifting for probably the first time in a year. So I am a little sore today but not nearly as much as I expected.

On Sunday night I had a nice dinner and chat with my friend Claire. We went to a pasta place that was pretty good—as always I added lots of Tabasco. Then we went to a bookstore where I read a bunch of magazines (Economist, Newsweek, and National Geographic). I also found Thomas Friedman’s most recent book “Hot, Flat, and Crowded.” I have been searching for it since I came here and when I saw it I immediately bought it.

You may notice there is nothing about the ladyfriend. It is a strange situation to be honest. I hadn’t seen her forever over the Chinese New Year since she was in Hong Kong. Then on Monday she came back but did so without calling or responding to any emails or texts. So Tuesday night I called her—yes she was in Taiwan she said, but no she could not see me or hang out. Apparently, she had some friend in from HK that she was showing around town. Could we all hang out? Nope. I was pretty surprised and not sure what to make of it. Hopefully something was lost in translation. We shall see.