Update on my last couple of days...

On Sunday, I helped out with a capoeira workshop organized by CAPT - a group with which I am not affiliated, but that isn't too far off from CCPN. They hired an instructor from Axe Capoeira teaching in Taiwan now, who happens to be someone I trained with back in Vancouver. It costs 3150nt (about $110 cad) per month to train here, with access to training 5 times a week. Even then, it's far too much. In any case, I'm not considering training again, but I might join for a roda or two in the future. The workshop was held in the covered walkway area around the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, sheltered from the heavy rain. We were asked to be more quiet a few times due to disturbing the library and a dance class inside. Eventually, we just did without the drums.

After the workshop, A&I taxied to a tow lot where my scooter was taken due to an unfortunate illegal parking violation that had nothing to do with me. After picking that up, we went to Nostamos Cafe - a Greek restaurant we found online. Only that, despite the traditional blue-roofed top and sterling white walls, they didn't have a single Greek item on their menu. The owner said that they changed their menu a few times because Greek food hasn't been too well-received as the flavours don't fit the Taiwanese tongue. So, instead, they became a Mediterranean restaurant with a mixed assortment of European food (even from countries not around the Mediterranean). The food was fair, but not all that cheap, and I'm still craving Greek.

Fastforward to Monday. I didn't sleep well last night (Monday night). Just had a lot on my mind. To start, I watched the last 2 episodes from the Desperate Housewives Season 1 DVD set (I can't believe they killed him off!), and that took me to 2:40am. I spent the next hour just lying in bed thinking about a myriad of things. Add those thoughts to the growing hunger developing in my belly and the noise of the rain outside, I gave up on the shut-eye plan and turned on the TV. Then I made some instant noodles to fill the void. At that point (4:15am), I decided to take Tuesday morning off, so I emailed my coworkers to let them know. And... since I had Tuesday morning off, I let myself watch Shuan of the Dead, a witty and comical British zombie movie that was on TV at that hour. Finally, having drained myself, I crept back into bed and slept from 6am to noon. Well, Wednesday's a holiday anyway, so no worries.