My best friend in Taipei is an idiot

My friend, Alex, has become an ogre/monster in the span of one night.



He went to a dermatologist today and had his wounds scrubbed out w/ harsh chemical cleansers and antiseptics. Then they put synthetic skin grafts on it. He said the wounds were oozing pus which was dripping on his laptop...lovely, eh?

I should also mention that it's not just his face that's a mess. His jeans were ripped open at the knee where he has a deep gash. His palms are also cut, and he is cut behind his ear. He also went to a dentist because one of his front teeth is loose and cracked. He also may have had a concussion.

I know you are now dying of curiosity but even he wasn't exactly sure what happened initially. Then after calling some people and pondering about it he finally managed to reconstruct what actually happened. And in order to spare any shred of dignity he possesses I won't divulge the details on this public blog.

Just know that what actually happened is hilarious and completely ridiculous and could not have happened to anyone else. And of course it involved a girl...doesn't it always?

Pingxi Lantern Festival

So I haven't updated in awhile because my internet is extremely slow plus I've been pretty busy with well...life.

Here are some photos from the lantern festival. Most of the pictures came out pretty poor due to the bad lighting and dreary weather.


This was on 3 sides of an ice cream machine. It was too great not to chronicle



I thought this one would fall and burn up but it later gained altitude again.


Many of these lanterns would fall and in a blaze of glory. This one hit the street lamp I was standing next to and poured some of the petro on me which slightly scalded my forearm.


I was teaching her how to use a digital camera...

One of the few pictures of the sky lanterns that came out somewhat clear. The white specs are water landing on my lens...

My classmate Chido and I set off a sky lantern along w/ hundreds of others

They looked like this on my camera...



Yes I want to get a new camera....nevertheless it came out pretty cool I think. I think the second photo looks like fluorescent bacteria in a petri dish.