from 'refreshing' to 'chilly'

Well, Friday wasn't a bad day... In "Three Principles" I had to explain the Quebec Referendum (or referenda) & history of that situation to my class. Also did some good 'distract random office staff' talking. At lunch hung out in the music room & sang songs, including a "Hey Jude" where the Andy starting rocking it out at the end part (much like in "The Easter Sessions" cover) so me & my music teacher headbanged a little. I don't have enough hair though, grr.

Studied in a few academics, then a fun Chinese class. AA & I had some good burnfests going on, though of course I am prone to lose. All in good fun & quite funny though. In fact a lot of that class was spent laughing. Choir was fun, got Kaylee to come too because I know she likes singing and doesn't get to at her school. All the tenors thought she was my girlfriend though, silly boys.

Then went to the Zhang house for dinner, which was good. Played Worms with Scott afterwards, then went back to Nanshijiao to change into some good clothes, i.e. anything not school uniform. Decided on sweater + leather jacket + scarf, because the forecast said a low of 8. Went back to the Zhangs', played more Worms, then went out to Taipei City Hall with Ivonne, Kenta, Etienne & Yu-jing. The subway was crowded, like not more so inside the car than any other 'full load' but in the station.

We randomly met some guy that randomly knew Kenta & he started hanging out with us. Plus some also random guy just had to wish me a "Happy New Year" because I was a foreigner. So we got kind of near to the front of the building... could hear the speakers, but couldn't see the individual people on stage. The sign on some building said 7 degrees, but out of the wind it was fine. Countdown was o.k. and then after there was really wussy cheering. Apparently it was the opening of Taipei 101 so there was a sweet fireworks show off the building. We went into the mall at the bottom & hung out a bit, then tried to get on the subway.

Outside of the exit there was a huge crowd and the police weren't letting any more people inside because it was too full. But then the entrance on the other side of the street opened up so we ran across with like 200 people, totally impeding traffic, to get on. There were a LOT of people in the station. I finally got home to Nanshijiao at about 2:30.

Today, I slept in until 1:00 PM... then the phone rang a million times & I picked it up because I guessed it would be an English-speaking person. And it turned out to be Scott. So he invited me to go to hot springs with him & the Chens, so I believe I shall. And with that, I depart for the MRT station. I have some pictures of stuff that I guess I will post later.

It's not quite 2005 yet for y'all, but I'll wish you a "Happy New Year" anyway. Rock on. K out [35 minutes]