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Gotta concur with N that the night life/clubbing experience-atmosphere here definitely beats that of Vancouver. Depending on where you go the cover charges and drinks can be expensive (eg. $10 Cdn for soda pop or beer to $17.50+ Cdn for cocktails)…but the experience is well worth it! Bobby, you gotta come here some time, buddy! This is your kinda town! It’s a good thing that B comes along and doesn’t dance because then he can look after the girls’ purses/jackets….heh, heh! Hey, N…..we’re gonna go to an even better club than “Vibe” or “Kiss” on Saturday night! Woohooooooo!!!! We’ll drink a toast to your safe return…….back to work! ‘,’The night markets here totally “rock”. You can definitely build up a small quality wardrobe on a couple hundred bucks Canadian. The haggling is kinda fun, too. I was relying on V and C in the beginning to do the talking in mandarin for me but I’m beginning to feel comfortable doing it on my own now. If y’all hear a story from C about me and N haggling over a $1 Cdn corn dog……..IT’S NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t know how I missed that story of B trying to buy a KNIFE in that “dollar” store. I was in the same store and the closest thing I remember was V and N telling B that he was CRAZY & RETARDED …….which is a pretty normal conversation on this trip.

Anyhoo…here’s a sorta funny story. We went to see Chiang Kai-Shek’s estate the other day. The house isn’t open to the public but the surrounding park is. Anyways, I thought we were at the wrong tourist site and Vivian heard me say that we were actually at Taipei Sea World. Nobody believed me that I had seen a sign indicating otherwise. The garden at the front entrance was adorned with bushes and wooden carvings shaped like fish so she asked the gardener if this was in fact Taipei Sea World. V got this hilarious reaction from him. He was directly looking at her and thinking something like, “Sheeesh! What’s with this girl?The lights are on but nobody’s home!” He then laughed and said that this was CKS estate. I learned that V doesn’t like to be embarassed! Even though I had seen a sign indicating Sea World it didn’t make her laugh when I jokingly told her that I didn’t mean “Sea World” but “C World” as in “Chiang World”.

K! When you mention “stinky tofu”….is that a nickname for B??? Also not sure about the monkey brains….haven’t seen ‘em in any night market stand! I’ll just have to keep asking. Btw…..where do you want me to mail these monkey brains when I do find them?

A! Guess you know by now that I’m going to HK……unless B strangles me for making fun of him. As for the stomach problems…..I’m glad to report I’ve experienced none so far. I guess I’ll just have to stay away from those nasty corn dogs!