I know I have said this time and time again, but it's worth saying again. My respiratory system simply cannot handle the enormous amount of pollutants filling the air here in Taipei. Also, my auditory nerve simply cannot handle all that noise when walking outside, especially through the market places. People shouting just to get attention for their business is really unnerving, and really rude, quite frankly. Respect our hearing ability, please. Also, I cannot handle what is being reported as news here. I had to walk away from it because it was too disgusting. Sigh...and people tell me it's good to be in Taiwan...yikes.

Today: Fasting first; trip to hospital to get checked up; got some blood taken out of me; running around trying to do boring governmental administrative thingies; afternoon nap that had me in a trance where it was really difficult to wake me up; night time nothingness. So...my battle with jet lag continues. Oh yeah, dad came back, but he's sick, so that really doesn't help.

I think I'm fast becoming a mad man with this internet thing. I think I've downloaded 3GB worth of stuff just today. Cumulatively I might have done close to 10GB so far. Compare that to an upper bound of 1.5 GB per week back in Waterloo...yikes.