Deliciousness

I know I've posted this in the past before...but it just seems so appropriate. "I would taste DELICIOUS."

Love and Logic

Having gotten into somewhat of a rant with Sue on Google Talk, I guess it's best to write down some thoughts that may be floating through my head.

It's always awkward when the factor of the human heart comes into play. I've noticed that people will say one thing, have all the signs point a certain way, yet, when faced with the inevitable situation where all the things will come into the open, choose a course of action that defies all explanation.

But such is the way of the heart. It defies explanations, no matter how often we spend time wondering, "What does the guy see in that girl?" or "How does a person like that actually end up in a relationship?"

Coming from somewhat of a Psychology background, I have to say that this absolutely drives me nuts. Then again, with an engineer and scientist's background too, I too can see when we are driven, above all else, to accept our logic and try to make our heart understand what our mind has already reasoned out.

I don't know, haha. I've been guilty myself of falling for the absolute wrong type of woman, and I'm sure that I've also been the target of the "How does a guy like that end up with a woman like that?"

It would just be so much easier if it weren't for all the games we play, all the roles we lead, all the social structures set up so that we can't just tell someone what we're feeling at that particular moment about them. Then again...maybe it wouldn't.

There's no right and wrong in the world, only what our hearts dictate is right and what our hearts dictate is wrong.

Sometimes though, don't let logic prevail. You never know what you might miss out on!

Happy Birthday Lisa!

Lisa, it's your birthday! Happy birthday, Lisa! Funny...I think of the one Simpsons episode when I say that. You guys know the one? The one with Michael Jackson...(god, I'm old).

Lisa, you're absolutely right when you say that it doesn't matter how old you get, all that matters is what age you are inside! :D Here's to being young for a while and enjoying life!

And also to fruity drinks. And gumboots. And the outback. And roos! :D

Adventures with People!

I hope everyone's doing alright back in the United States!

Almost two complete weeks have passed since the internship at the Taipei Zoo started and I have to say, I've been hanging out with people a whole lot! (every night so far!)

Most of you guys reading this have Facebook, and since uploading photographs here in Taiwan take so freakin long, I'm going to just talk about the people but not provide photos. If you guys really care, you could zip on over to my profile, click on more photos of me and find out who these people are!

I'll start with people I hang out the most (outside of work! My coworkers will get their own special post!)

First off, there's Sue. Sue hails from Chile and France. This is how awesome she is. She's a photojournalist and very fun to hang out with. =) She speaks Spanish like whoooaa crazy fast hard to understand her lots of times but it's so cool to hear her speak. Haha, I also find it awesome that she's working at the radio internship here!

Stephanie is the first one I really talked to starting the Taiwan Tech Trek program. That is to say, when we all got onto the bus the first day, we sat next to each other. She's got the kind of attitude and happiness that is contagious, which I find to be very refreshing. She's got the whole nerdy but still fun to be around thing going for her. That and she laughs when she thinks of something funny inside her head. :D

Kelly is someone from Holmdel! I couldn't believe it when we had mutual friends, I was like...no way. Haha, it's cool having someone from Jersey in the group also (not counting Ange, since she wasn't in my orientation group). She's the one I usually start planning hangouts with and from there it spreads like wildfire!

Jed is the youngest of the group. He's a newbie in all things Taiwan, this being his first time here. He works with me at the Taipei Zoo, but he's in the nutrition group. It's funny because his title is research assistant and he has yet to touch/handle any of the zoo animals. Yeah, I'm always poking fun at him because of this.

Wendy is coming from the London School of Economics, which...once my sister heard about, fell in love with her. Wendy is awesome and for reasons I still can't quite understand, she cracks Stephanie up all the time. Wendy has this magical power thing I guess. Haha, she works at the same MRT stop that I take to get to work, so I occasionally will see her when I get off work as she's taking the stop to go home.

So far, our hanging out has been mostly food-related and shopping-related. Note to self, shopping with three girls when you're the only guy...it's interesting. Hitting up all the night markets for food and stuff is always awesome, especially with this group of people.

I have to say, I'm glad I met these people, I know Taiwan definitely wouldn't have been as much fun if I didn't know them.

Yesterday, I petted a tiger.

Yesterday, I petted a jaguar.

Yesterday, I held an orangutan's hand and it kissed it.

Yesterday, I saw a baby gibbon with his mother.

Yesterday, I touched a baby gibbon.

Orientation

I'm writing this Friday night here in Taipei, the first time I've actually spent more than an hour at my place before needing to go to bed in about two weeks.

Needless to say, it's been a crazy wild two weeks.

Real quick. The program I'm doing my internship at the Taipei Zoo is called Taiwan Tech Trek. Every year for the last four years, Taiwanese people from overseas have participated in this program, which seeks to educate those who were born elsewhere about what life is like working in Taiwan. Yes, they do indeed hope that some of us do stay afterwards...and I have heard stories of one or two people actually staying here to work after participating in this program.

I had to admit, I entered the program nervous and scared. It had been a while since I was introduced to that many new people at the same time and the idea that I would be living and hanging out with the same group of people for four whole days (including nights) made me more than a little nervous.

Needless to say, I had a bunch of fun, meeting Taiwanese people from all places! There were people from Canada, Argentina, Chile, and of course, America!

I would post photos, but unfortunately my internet here in Taiwan is really slow...but you can see photographs of people and what I've been doing on Facebook! People should be posting their photos up.

I hope all of you at home are doing good. I miss you all!

Quick review of my First Days

1. Fed the elephants

2. Saw a baby giraffe

3. All around ROCKED OUT.