Formosa For Me
It's early Wednedsay and finally posting an update for y'all. Man since my last trip to Taiwan was over 6 years ago in 1999, it's been a while since I've had to conquer a 14 hour time change. Granted London and Rome were just a couple ahead. Anyways, this past weekend and early in the week was spent with a weird schedule, I was the zombie lurking at night. And a zombie lurking in the day-time too. Please pay no attention to those bags under my eyes, they're supposed to be there. It's part and parcel of the whole travelling gig. I'm finally shaking this somnabulism off, finally. Maybe I should still tie myself down just to be sure. Or go don my alter ego and patrol the heavy streets of this town and save innocents. And maybe avoid the sunlight.
Man, you know one thing about the Taiwanese culture. All about food, food, food. The stomach is king here, barnone. I hadn't been so hedonistic since the day I became hedonistic and lived for myself. So much food in so little time. A normal human can't withstand what I went through. I'm a seasoned professional. Kids don't try this at home. Disregard your natural human predilection of keeping your body safe from harm. Go eat without bounds at restaurants every meal of the day, gorge yourself on 12 course meals. And then have desert. Have that cake and eat it too. But it was fun though. I embellish. Anyways it was really nice to check out the non-American culture which I was accustomed and emerge myself in this other world, taking it all in, overloading on every sensory and neural input possible.
The plane ride was of course as expected, long. I hate long travel time, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Yes, suck it up soldier for this short stint of sitting in your chair with cramped leg room, and then the person in the front of you reclines their seat all the way. Rinse and repeat for 14 hours. Arrgh. So anyways, it was a 2 hour drive to the airport, then 3 hr 15 min flight to the international hub, then 14ish hour long flight to Taipei. Food was great. Saw The Incredibles and Final Cut. Good movies. Airplane food was great. I even had a Taiwanese Cup O Noodle equivalent as a midnight snack, or whenever that time was. Did I mention that the food was great? And don't forget the service. Excellent service from the wonderful stewardesses.
We got into town a little late, 11pm local time. Our ride came and picked us up and we headed off to the smaller town outside of Taipei that we were staying at, to our hotel to get ready for the festivities the next day. Hotel was nice, a seaside hotel with a great view. Relatively new, I was impressed by this former ice-factory turned hotel, which I found out later. Decor was unique and the rooms were really nice. So I unwinded, met up with some relatives, chatted til late, turned on the cable and there are channels and channels of Hong Kong action movies. I finished the tail end of a John Woo movie to cap the evening. That was grand. Executive Breakfast would be served bright and early by Room Service. Awesome.
To be Continued...
Will Jeff be able to get enough rest for the week?
Will Jeff be able to handle all the food subjected to him this week?
Stay tuned, same Jeff time, same Jeff channel...
Man, you know one thing about the Taiwanese culture. All about food, food, food. The stomach is king here, barnone. I hadn't been so hedonistic since the day I became hedonistic and lived for myself. So much food in so little time. A normal human can't withstand what I went through. I'm a seasoned professional. Kids don't try this at home. Disregard your natural human predilection of keeping your body safe from harm. Go eat without bounds at restaurants every meal of the day, gorge yourself on 12 course meals. And then have desert. Have that cake and eat it too. But it was fun though. I embellish. Anyways it was really nice to check out the non-American culture which I was accustomed and emerge myself in this other world, taking it all in, overloading on every sensory and neural input possible.
The plane ride was of course as expected, long. I hate long travel time, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Yes, suck it up soldier for this short stint of sitting in your chair with cramped leg room, and then the person in the front of you reclines their seat all the way. Rinse and repeat for 14 hours. Arrgh. So anyways, it was a 2 hour drive to the airport, then 3 hr 15 min flight to the international hub, then 14ish hour long flight to Taipei. Food was great. Saw The Incredibles and Final Cut. Good movies. Airplane food was great. I even had a Taiwanese Cup O Noodle equivalent as a midnight snack, or whenever that time was. Did I mention that the food was great? And don't forget the service. Excellent service from the wonderful stewardesses.
We got into town a little late, 11pm local time. Our ride came and picked us up and we headed off to the smaller town outside of Taipei that we were staying at, to our hotel to get ready for the festivities the next day. Hotel was nice, a seaside hotel with a great view. Relatively new, I was impressed by this former ice-factory turned hotel, which I found out later. Decor was unique and the rooms were really nice. So I unwinded, met up with some relatives, chatted til late, turned on the cable and there are channels and channels of Hong Kong action movies. I finished the tail end of a John Woo movie to cap the evening. That was grand. Executive Breakfast would be served bright and early by Room Service. Awesome.
To be Continued...
Will Jeff be able to get enough rest for the week?
Will Jeff be able to handle all the food subjected to him this week?
Stay tuned, same Jeff time, same Jeff channel...
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