Weekend Report

Friday: I got off of work late and went out with my friends Calvin and Kara for dinner and to walk around some of the happin' areas in downtown Taipei.

Saturday: I had wanted to do a lot so I got up a little early. I went out to go swimming for the first time in years. I went to a sports center pool and bought some goggles. But I did not buy a swim cap. Now let me explain why, I used to swim competitively since the age of 8 and only in important races would I wear a swim cap. Little did I know that it is required that you wear a cap to swim at this pool. So they threw me a sweet pink one with some flowers.

The lap swimming sucked. The problem was that the people in my fast lane were damn slow. There is NO reason if you are taking it easy and doing the breast stroke for you to be in my fast lane. Then again even when I saw people walk in who were built like swimmers and looked the part they were swimming slow. I was the fastest one there, by far, after years of not swimming. Which was good since I started getting pretty winded at the end so I was able to take a nice break after each lap to wait for the slow pokes in front of me.

That night I got the business card of a billionaire. Yes, a damn billionaire. He is a b.f.d. here as a business tycoon. The dude sits on the board of trustees at ND and so I went and met in his (too damn amazing to even describe) board room with the ND Club and 12 visiting business students. After that we took the students to a nice dinner. Oh yeah, I have a billionaire's business card.

After that I went out to a birthday party with my friend Oscar. Half the people there were French. But no matter, I had a good time and met some new people before heading for home about 4:30am.

Sunday: The late night was bad since I had planned to go for a run with the Hash Harriers of Taipei, "A running club with a drinking problem," which sounds like a hell of a deal to me. Instead, because I got back so late I slept in then got up and ran some errands at the store, do some laundry, and buy some shirts for my business trip on Tuesday. Then I went to my have dinner with my boss and his family. My appetite is finally back and I ate like a man possessed.

Very good weekend.