I'm leaving on a jet plane...

Flying off to Taiwan on sunday morning. Have a vague idea of what to expect. From briefings i've had so far, have a a rather bad impression of the country though. No portable water, lousy flushing systems, jerks who deliberately walk along roads with plenty of blind spots with the intention of getting run over so they can subsequently squeeze every penny out of the poor driver for compensation. What's there to buy in Taiwan? Is taiwanese culture similar to that of Singapore's chinese? What should i get as souveniers? been asking myself these questions. Was with Shawn at the money changers today. Think i'll probably be spending most of the 'ren min bi' on gifts. I don't really earn alot so i'm just getting my relatives stuff. If you do get anything, it's probably cheap and you should consider yourself lucky... lucky that i found something worth buying in bloody Taiwan...

Today was a drag. Spent the morning listening to briefings. The rest of the day was spent cleaning the bunk, slacking and basically waiting for dinner. We were supposed to book out around 3 but the CQ screwed up and indented dinner by accident...

Tired. Off to bed.