Ask & ye shall receive

Or, as Amay seems to prefer, just use the imperative. I was planning on posting earlier; really, I was. But, it seems that a little something called 'being insanely busy' took over, and I was denied both time & energy. Anyway, those things present themselves now.

Week at a Glance

Tuesday: I forget what happened on Tuesday. I pretty much just went to school.

Wednesday: I likewise forget... art class was cancelled. At lunch I found the drummers, and the drums. I'll be getting involved with this later. Also this was the last day of Chinese class, ever... in the morning I spent the entire thing writing my 1000 word essay, and got it done, I might add. In the afternoon we had the class. Fanny came to visit Claire as agreed & we studied a song the title of which translates to "Happy heaven/paradise" ... it's the theme song of the mid-80s move of the Taipei Zoo from its original Yuanshan location (about where the children's park is now) to the current "MRT Taipei City Zoo" place at the end of the brown line.

Thursday: I went to school in the morning Thursday. We watched I am Sam in "Domestic Science" because it is about family relationships (& the soundtrack is Beatles covers). Then, I went to a Rotary meeting. The meeting was rather sucky as usual... when we have Japanese food it's great eating but otherwise it's gross-restaurant-style Chinese food. After that, I went down to Main Station looking for "Taiwan Book Store" which I couldn't find; however, I did find a street of bookstores & got the cram school edition of the Chinese Grade 3 textbook, woohoo. I think that evening I watched the end of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and not much else worth noting.

Friday: left at 6:30 AM for school, as usual. In "three principles" we watched a Charlie Chaplin film. Nobody could hazard a guess as to the relationship to principles of government, Taiwan, or Sun Yat-sen. More drumming at lunch. In the afternoon I went to the library & studied some passages from my grade 3 book that my teacher assigned to me. Well, I finished one, but haven't got to the other. Choir has been seeming longer lately. After that I found a club that is a study-Japanese club, so I asked the teacher the difference between "wa" & "ga," because they're evil. He pronounces 'ga' kind of like 'na' which I found odd. After this I ate dinner then went to Jinghe high school (in Zhonghe) which took a LONG time to get to & practised with the band. We were sucking... I finally got home at like 11:30, yay.

Today: (well... yesterday now) I went to choir in the morning, then to Guting for our "lineup practise" where all the bands do their sets at a rehearsal place. We had to wait about 75 minutes for the room, for no reason. For some reason I just rocked the fucking socks off of "I zombie"--the faster of the two songs... I'd been playing it too slow before. Got to listen to some other bands & talk to a few people. Out the door at 8:00 AM & back at 6:40 PM.

In the afternoon we're doing the concert... playing at "the Wall," a tiny place that is apparently Taipei's premier underground rock venue. I went there with AA one time before, back in the day. This post took a long time because I was doing other things. Check out "The Jovial Athiest," especially his section on prayer, which I thought was an interesting take. K out