The weekend is nearly over

So I haven't updated in awhile cuz I've been pretty busy and lazy...

This weekend was pretty wild. Didn't do much on Friday, seemed like everyone in Taipei was going to the Linkin Park concert. I saw the LOOONG queue from the subway/MRT. Albert said that all the Taiwanese ppl had all the LP lyrics memorized and were singing along. All I did was teach English all the way in Beitou and got 1400 NTD (700 NT/hour) even though it actually was 2.5 hrs long I thought I would let it slide since it was the first time I met them plus they were really nice. The dad picked me up at the MRT station and then I had a really nice dinner cooked by the wife. The kids were also a pleasure to teach. Later, I helped them read books while the dad prepared hot tea, it was pretty nice. On the other hand, I teach a college student, a Hakka (ke jia ren) who btw are none as 'Chinese Jews' as Alex (Canadians are none to be racist haha) calls them, and he pays me 530 an hour...I'm thinking of requesting a raise since Taipei is so expensive.

Last night, I skipped out on Amy's Cafe in Tian Mu since, I read online that each plate of food is 400-500 NTD....so I can just go to a cheaper place for authentic, Mexican food hah. I ended up having Indonesian food with my French classmate and a local girl (she got on my nerves) and the food wasn't good but it was damn cheap and filled me up. Later I met up w/ some Taida folks and went to BED (a hookah bar). They ordered some drinks a capuccino flavored hookah and 2 plates of Thai food....somehow the bill came out to be 4,300 NTD or $130 US...uhhh W T F BBQ? And that didn't even include the rounds of beer that my friend Winston paid for at the bar. I dunno...but it's all good bc the locals paid for it all...they are ballers (architecture students from Wen Hua Da Xue, the school known for having really hot girls albeit stupid since it's one of the worst schools in Taipei it's on top of Yang Ming Shan, a mountain). We say some famous pop singer at Bed that I've never heard of.

Afterwards, we went to Luxy and got in the VIP section upstairs since we know the bartender there. It was a sweet deal since we got a ton of Black Label Whiskey, Coke, Henieken beer, and snacks for 800 NTD (the cover alone is usually 600 NTD). We also had our own private bathroom, section, and balcony to look over the main dance floor. (Oh the locals from Bed also went to Luxy and they can get us in for free! It's nice to have rich as hell local friends).

We ended up moving around to all sorts of places (it's a huge club). There's another VIP section where the floor changes to different colors and ppl started break dancing there. We also had fun taking over some random leather sofas there and drinking a lot of Long Island Iced Tea and annoying the poor bartenders hah.

I think I smoked way too much last night what w/ all the cigarettes and cigar. I had Marlboros and horrible tasting Mild Sevens (Japanese cigs). The DJ was supposed to be some famous hip hop guy called Premiere. It was a fun night except for the drinking game I had with the locals. They made a drink combining whiskey, vodka, beer, and pineapple juice (only in Taiwan)...it was sick. I wasn't very good at the guessing game (everyone throws out a zero or a 5 and you guess a # and if it's that # the person to your left has to chug a glass of that vile liquid. I lost 4 times in a row....and then more times afterwards as well. I started taking really long drags on the cigs just to get the taste out of my mouth.

Albert also was a great wingman and set us up w/ some really fine girls from Fu Da (girls from Fu Da and Wen Hua are said to be the finest in Taipei). A lot of other sketchy stuff happened which I won't discuss on a public blog haha.

I was supposed to go to Jiufen with my classmates today but I completely overslept. It's because I forgot to set my alarm when I came home last night. I just went home and passed out. When Jimmy called at 10 AM I was so confused I had completely forgotten about waking up early. I've been recovering all day today...basically being a bum, surfing online and napping a lot. I really need to start my presentation on Wan Hua though. I also need to finish my workbook. Blah didn't do anything productive this week besides get paid.