Lazy Sunday

The 101 from the end of my street

My street!

9/02/18

    Another day gone by, and it’s certainly less exciting than the previous day. I got all the things needed for coffee which was magical. I didn’t have any coffee yesterday and it was rough, i fully admit to a caffeine addiction, I’ll kick the habit when I’m dead.  I cooked my first set of meals in the kitchen. The kitchen isn’t so bad, but in typical college student fashion a lot of the roommates do not cook at all. I saw Nick again and asked him a few questions about the kitchen to which he had no idea. The only other person I’ve seen in the kitchen is my Vietnamese roommate (I think her name is Mei, but I am honestly not sure. We barely speak when we run into one another. Language barriers for the win). So I cleaned up the kitchen after she’d hadn’t really done much to it other than stack dishes in the sink. I made a tasty rice stir fry for myself and used my new tupperware to store a day or two of the food. I talked to her about the cleaning and I think we’ve reached an understanding. Either that or I’ll start up early morning clean the kitchen routine.
    I then popped out for a couple hours to explore the area. I walked over to the Taipei 101 to do some tourist and people watching. I wasn’t disappointed, between the Falong gong protestors, traffic controllers whistling at cars pulling illegal maneuvers, and gaggles of tourists I was entertained for a while. I really enjoy watching humans interacting in public spaces. I used to go people watching in China, and I suspect it’ll be another past time here in Taiwan. I was thinking I might go hiking today but I was too late out, and it was the heat of the day so I decided that I’d go another day.
    Headed back to the apartment for the much needed A/C break. Now this entire time I was out, I had my umbrella. Did it rain? Nope. Were there clouds? Yep, but no rain. So after I relaxed for a while. I once more headed out for different direction exploration. Now, there was cloud cover, lightening and thunder, but was there rain??? Nope, not a drop. The day I bring my umbrella the earth decided no rain on Taipei?? Story of my life… I am really starting to like the area I am living in, and I’ve found much better grocery stores. Though it’ll still be a while before I am totally settled, I am feeling a little more comfortable. This week I am hopefully meeting a few friends along with starting the immigrant registration process. As for a what I’ll do tomorrow I’m not totally sure. There is a park close by so I might go there and wander around. Best to be out of the house and exploring. As promised so pictures(mostly of the Taipei 101, click on them to make the bigger!)