Last night I stayed at the Cozy Planet Hostel for the second time. Again, the room became too cold from the A/C. Apparently, even 28 degrees C is too cold. 29 seems to be my ideal temperature. Of course, I could have put my shirt on. But that’s uncomfortable =\ I had a dream where…Continue Reading…

Today I recorded a voice memo on iPhone. To trim it and get it into the iPod app, here’s what I did: Trim the audio recording in the Voice Memos app on the iPhone. Sync my iPhone with iTunes. View the file in Finder. Drag the file from Finder into one of the Playlists that…Continue Reading…

I learned that this is, apparently, a Catholic university. I attended Betty’s Diplomacy class. Though the lecturer started off in English, he soon switched to Chinese, and that’s the language he used for pretty much the entire class. It was their last class session, so it was pretty good timing on my part for coming…Continue Reading…

While Googling I came across one blogger’s impressions of Kaohsiung. It’s a nicely-written post with lots of pictures. One notable thing is the interesting diversity of insects and wildlife here in Taiwan. As a relatively isolated island, there seem to be many species that are unique to this country. Today I woke up at about…Continue Reading…

Today I went swimming at Morrison Academy. It was my first time visiting the school I’d heard so much about. I now know quite a few people who have graduated from there: David, L&H, the Shoes (not sure how to spell their name). I now also know quite a few current students: M&M, and a…Continue Reading…

Today I stayed in Taichung, mostly working. It’s nice to work from Taiwan, especially since I’m staying in a home where there’s nice Internet and a relatively peaceful environment. For lunch, I went to FamilyMart. They gave me a weird-looking blue thing to hold the heated food that I bought. It’s refrigerated until purchased, at…Continue Reading…