DAY 4 [ Taipei ] : The Sun WILL NOT come out tomorrow...
Awake at 8:30 am! Finally, I think I'm getting shifted to this timezone.
Today was Sunday. Since we've been walking and seeing so much, we just took it kind of easy.
A quick shower and off to an early lunch. I don't know why I even bother.
Since the weather was clear and not rainy we took the metro train to the far end of town to see the harbour. It was a perfect seaside picture. A nice light breeze whistled around us while families strolled around playing games and eating food like squid on a stick. The ocean and sky were a light grey and the normally rolling green hills had lost it's color to the hazy mist. It kind of looked giant black and white prints of a harbor.
As we walked to the very end of the walkway, the grey became more grey and the light breeze became quite stiff. Within 5 minutes the picturesque scene had become 'typhoon lagoon'. Rain rain rain!!! Thousands of people now scrambled back to the trains. Soaked to the bone again! At least we had our umbrellas this time.
Back home. Watched some Taiwan TV and took a nap.
Went to Warner Plaza to the food court to get some french fries and people watch. Even thousands of miles away from the States, it's amazing how 'the same' we all are as cultures. Shopping, hanging out with friends, catching a movie and eating at Burger King. There's something both comforting and disturbing in this infusion of cultures. On the downside, you can almost hold your breath and make it to the next starbucks, 7-11 or McDonalds without having to take another gasp. One never has to be without your Diet Coke or Grandé Latte for too long. BUT On the upside, in 2000 years there will be no more pure ethnicities. People have gone from being half of this and half of that to one quarter and one eighth. Soon you can have a couple that is made up of all Axis counties on one side and all Allied on the other. The world will be raceless with a couple less things to worry about. Besides, Mutts are much cooler anyway.
Today was Sunday. Since we've been walking and seeing so much, we just took it kind of easy.
A quick shower and off to an early lunch. I don't know why I even bother.
Since the weather was clear and not rainy we took the metro train to the far end of town to see the harbour. It was a perfect seaside picture. A nice light breeze whistled around us while families strolled around playing games and eating food like squid on a stick. The ocean and sky were a light grey and the normally rolling green hills had lost it's color to the hazy mist. It kind of looked giant black and white prints of a harbor.
As we walked to the very end of the walkway, the grey became more grey and the light breeze became quite stiff. Within 5 minutes the picturesque scene had become 'typhoon lagoon'. Rain rain rain!!! Thousands of people now scrambled back to the trains. Soaked to the bone again! At least we had our umbrellas this time.
Back home. Watched some Taiwan TV and took a nap.
Went to Warner Plaza to the food court to get some french fries and people watch. Even thousands of miles away from the States, it's amazing how 'the same' we all are as cultures. Shopping, hanging out with friends, catching a movie and eating at Burger King. There's something both comforting and disturbing in this infusion of cultures. On the downside, you can almost hold your breath and make it to the next starbucks, 7-11 or McDonalds without having to take another gasp. One never has to be without your Diet Coke or Grandé Latte for too long. BUT On the upside, in 2000 years there will be no more pure ethnicities. People have gone from being half of this and half of that to one quarter and one eighth. Soon you can have a couple that is made up of all Axis counties on one side and all Allied on the other. The world will be raceless with a couple less things to worry about. Besides, Mutts are much cooler anyway.
posted by jason71 at 12:57 PM
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"Soon you can have a couple that is made up of all Axis counties on one side and all Allied on the other. " ----best quote ever
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