Summer 2012: Far East Movement and 萬里

Friday night was Far East Movement's concert at Luxy. They performed for about an hour, and sang most of their hit songs. I was at the front right, at the foot of the stage, so I got a pretty good view of them. I thought they were pretty good, and I liked the order they played their songs. Unlike some bands, Far East Movement live was pretty much like their recordings. After the concert, I sat on the street corner and chatted with a friend until sunrise. I've always liked late-night conversations because they are more meaningful, and this was no different.

Saturday morning, seven of us left Taipei for 萬里 for a friend's beach house. It was an apartment complex overlooking the northern coast of Taiwan. The apartment was small but cozy, and we all hung out comfortably in the air-conditioned room. We went to the ourdoor pool for about two hours, chatting, playing games and just fooling around. Then we took the bus to 金山老街 and walked around there and ate lunch. There's actually not much to see and do, but there wasn't much to do in the area to begin with. At night, some people went back to Taipei and there were only four of us left. We went to this recreational area where our friend's uncle brought us dinner, and we bowled and played ping pong. My bowling skills have gotten a lot worse since I took bowling gym a year ago.

Sunday, we woke up early, relatively, to go to 女皇頭 in 野柳. The place wasn't all that different from 和平島, except it was larger and had much more tourists. Just from walking in the sun for a few hours, I got a lot darker. Afterwards, we rested at the apartment for a bit and then headed to the beach. Right when we got to the beachfront, it started raining. Since we had to pay to go in, we decided to not go, since it probably wouldn't be as fun anyway. Instead, we went back to the recreational area and played there for another two hours.

Overall, it was a fun weekend. Sadly, this will be the last weekend I will be free in Taiwan. Next weekend is the Awards Night Banquet and Sunday will probably be spent packing for the U.S.