Taiwan: Part 397

It's only been two day since my last visit to Mr. Aztec Internet Cafe, but I was bored today, and I already told you what doing nothing at home usually results in.  Today, I rollerbladed to the Cafe, which cut the travel time quite a bit.  But isn't it my luck that when I rollerblade, it starts pouring raining en route?  I hope the rain doesn't last the 3 hours I'm here.  That, and I haven't tried my blades since I brought them into Comor to have them serviced... not sure if they rotated the wheels, but the wear is such that they're really slippery right now. Hmm...

Chinese.  The only language I know where text is written vertically, horizontally backwards and forwards.  This can be confusing if it weren't for the fact that my reading abilities are stellar.

Had dinner at a steakhouse with my Kitsilano school-mates.  A tough 8 oz. (roughly) steak in mushroom sauce, and all-u-can-eat fix'ems for about $6 CAD.  Then we headed over to a "Dante's Coffee" shop, where the drinks were bland and the air con turned up too high.  Good to catch up with old friends anyway.

A friend sent this to me, and I thought it was appropriately Asian: Feng Shui Motherboard.

My replacement Iron Ring, I hear, has arrived at home.  I hope to have it on my pinky again so that I can lose it shortly thereafter.

Yesterday, I did some Visa / Alien Residency paperwork in Hsinchu and went to Home Depot / Revy's-type store called B&Q to do some preliminary surveying.  Looks like I'll have a spend a few hundred dollars on making my home feel like a home.  Electric fan, shower curtains, laundry basket, toiletries, iron, a few rugs, plastic storage boxes, and a broom are on my list, amongst a few other things.  I'm looking for a comfy chair... something like this one but with a little more padding of my delicate self. Can't wait to go shopping!

I finally finished going through my Second Year CMPT290 course material (in preparation for my new job). Wow, I can't believe how fun digital design could be! Wish I paid more attention to that kind of stuff in school. Now I'm working on reading "Verilog HDL" by Samir Palnitkar, my last big purchase from Vancouver.

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