A Taipei (101) New Year

A happy new year to everyone! It is kinda wierd to think that most of 2007 will be spent here but im sure it will fly by quickly I still remember sitting in Ashley LeLees basement ushering in the 2006. Anyway on with the update.
To celebrate New Years i went to Taipei which is somewhat of a minor league version of New York. Taipei is the busiest, biggest, most expensive, city with the most to do making it an obvious new years choice. The first thing worth commenting on is the bus that took me there. Buses in Taiwan are nothing like the greyhounds back home. They are luxurious. You sit in a lazy boy chair that offers you all the leg room a guy taller than me could ever want. Not only is the chair a lazy boy but it is also
a massage chair with at least 15 different settings. If that werent enough every seat comes equipt with a flat screen tv which you can either watch tv on, look at the view infront of the bus, or play video games on. They have the old nintendo
classic 100 games in 1 built into the Tvs. The bus also gives you blankets, hot towels, snacks and a beverage. All so cheap. Unreal. The whole weekend was a blast and i think i spent more that weekend then id spent in almost 3 weeks back home.
Saturday night was such a great celebration that it made New Years a tough one to get up for but ol Denny gave her like only he knows how to do. We started celebrating
New years eve on a patio bar (yes thats right i said patio bar for new years eve)
at a place that serves up beers for less than 2 dollars canadian. It was great to see some people from training. Contratry to the rumour i think i started, New Zealand idol castaway Sam Inder did not quit. Brian and Calley were out in full force and its nice to know that Brian has Calley practicing driving the scooter in circles down in the parking garage. We also discussed the possiblity of Thailand in April which is certainly enticing. We swaped some first month stories and then walked to Taipei 101 which is billed as the tallest building in the world though i am still convinved the CN tower is taller. In case you didnt know, chinese people are very reserved and shy thus we were easily the rowdiest ones there. Our attempts at starting the wave didnt work, though our efforts were applauded. There were fireworks at midnight. We lit our sparklers and yelled some more. After a while we left but not before fighting our way through the biggest crowd of people i have ever seen. We all had some late night food. The next day was a casual new years day. Me and avi threw the frisbee around the park and then went to the shilin night market, which is basically a mixture of a flea market and the ex back home. Tons of games, food, and anything youd want to buy dirt cheap. Then we met Kathleen had a subpar burger and watched Brett Favre take care of the bears. Its wierd how much football changes in 6 weeks. How are the Broncos out and Cheifs in? Im sure bear could explain it. My superbowl prediction Chargers vs Saints. After a nice ride home to cure the aches and pains from a fun weekend i walked home from the bus station stopping at every school i saw on the way to work (about 5). One interviewed me on the spot and might have a couple hours i can work in the afternoon before my current job starts. Another may pass on some adults who want to learn guitar. Its just that easy to find work here. We also have a new roommate named Joe. He seems like a good guy and just so happens to be working at a school I have my eye on. Krysta leaves this weekend so we'll have to see her off. I hope everyone had a great new years. Ill certainly be expecting a big one next year.