Briefly recap last week's events... Monday: diarrhea in the morning, made a mess of the things; clean up the mess; took an early uncomfortable bus to Tainan; met 4 cousins; service commemorating the 10th anniversary of grandfather's death; trip to the graveyard that included some of the most beautiful pictures taken; large feast that I couldn't quite enjoy. Tuesday: trip to Kaohsiung; Italian lunch at a huge department store, at the 11th floor, which was way too high for me; bought shoes and CDs; trip to Gongshan; met up with Iris, Lawrence, Henry, Joy; Henry grew up so much! Wednesday: early comfortable train to Taipei; stayed at home for the rest of the day. Typhoon Talim was approaching, and we got out of the south just in time. Thursday: giant typhoon hits, mighty exciting; my room's door was rocking even though it's at the core of the house and every window was closed. Ok, there, I've finally caught up with the journal.

Today: Small earthquake in the morning that scared me a bit. Haven't had that for a while now... Went to Taiwan University to meet up with Su GuoShien. It was nice to be able to talk about things I'm studying without getting confusing looks all the time. There was a nice big Thai-style lunch. He's very talkative, and very much experienced in academia, so he was able to share a lot of his views and experiences. Toured around the book stores, and bought a book myself. Probabilistic Methods. I'm not sure why I bought it, but it's sort of cheap and I may need to use it some time in the far future... Met up with mesister afterwards, and bought some CDs. And that's pretty much it.

Mom's in Tainan right now, and I should join her on Friday, return Saturday, and fly home on Sunday. Now that's a tight schedule!