On Sunday, Nick, Duane, and I borrowed the car to make our (now) weekly surf trip to Zhunan. We knew there was a typhoon on the horizon and the wave report claimed there would be 2+ meter waves, which is unheard of for our experience at the beach.
When I say there was a typhoon [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Surfen Verboten
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Typical Days, Cha Nights
Posted in Uncategorized on July 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What a day, what a day.
Now it’s Sunday morning–6:21 a.m. actually! I’ve been awake since about 5:30 with nervous energy, so I decided to write a blog entry.
I have some semi-banal news:
1: Nick sold, like, a lot of our furniture, as he is leaving Taiwan in less than a month and I’m leaving in about [...]
Crash
Posted in Uncategorized on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Don’t Move. They’re coming soon. Everything’s going to be ok.”
“What’s your name? No, don’t close your eyes. No don’t move. I know it hurts, it hurts, it hurts”
“Your head is hurt. Maybe your back, too. You have to wait. Don’t try. How old are you? Can you [...]
The First Step
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And so, with a serious face and a committed attitude, I registered for the GRE today.
(I also paid $195 USD for it…blughs)
So I’m officially putting forth an effort to put steps in motion to go to grad school.
Taiwan has a weird two-parter system, so I’m taking the Analytical Writing part on Sept. 10 and the [...]
Book Review: Religions in Asia
Posted in book review, tagged book review, buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, hinduism, religion in asia on July 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Title: Religions of Asia, Third Edition
Contributors: John Y. Fenton, Norvin Hein, Frank E. Reynolds, Alan L. Miller, Niels C. Nielsen, Jr., Grace G. Burford, and Robert K.C. Forman (General Editor)
( Man, I hope if I’m ever a professor or scholarly writer, I don’t turn my name into Jennifer L. Nafziger).
Review:
Religions of Asia provides a very [...]
ACKADG!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
AHH!
I just wrote this uber long, poetic post about my weekend and then it was ERASED. Grrr.
I’m not writing that again.
Here, take this:
-we went to Dakeng. It rained and was dangerous.
-we met a wild monkey.
-Nick and I are going to Bali in August, so surfing in Indonesia woohoo.
Stupid wordpress.
