lee ho fro HsinChu Taiwan

So I've been in Taiwan for the past month and a half, and I have experienced many new things: some new and some disgusting.(I will post pictures later) But here is a list of things that I will definitely accomplish before my flight back to the States.

Things to do before I leave Taiwan:
1. Try a squat toilet. I have too many unanswered questions.. Supposedly it's more clean to use a squat toilet, but...where does your junk go?!?
2. Take a picture with a Bing-Lang Mei. Who doesn't want to take a picture with a Bing-Lang Mei.
3. Eat 25 dumplings in one sitting. My students always make fun of me about how less I am able to eat, so I made a bet that if I can eat 25 dumplings, they will buy me a drink. If I am unable to finish, I must buy them all drinks.
4. Converse with a native in Taiwanese. My students have been teaching me Taiwanese phrases, but right after they teach a phrase to me, they are all like, "you can NEVER use this phrase." But then I asked them to teach me conversational Taiwanese. wah4 ai4 li4!
5. Try all the different types of beverages at 7-11. Since it's so hot and I have to do a lot of walking around campus, I have to keep hydrated. Drinking 3 bottles of green tea everyday got kind of boring, so I decided to try all the varieties of drink at 7. I am about halfway through. I have yet to try asparagus juice, but my friend told me it's pretty good.

I only have until 4-5 days until I leave so wish me luck!

Playlist:
Priscilla Ahn - The Boob Song
Fall Out Boy - Beat It (Michael Jackson Cover) don't know why..
The Hush Sound - As You Cry
The Starting Line - Playing Favorites

What? Honest to Blog? Yep.

A prize to whoever can tell me where the title of this blog entry comes from.
(there's a hint in the entry)

SO I am at work right now, and i think it is an opportune time to update. It sure beats watching the UCR mascot do the "Crank Dat" dance. I swear, if I see another person do that horrid dance, I will punch him/her in the tooth. Hm. let's see, where to begin. Over winter break, the fam and I went to London and Paris, which was most awesome. As you can see here

This is our "Awesome-Face" (I would not click on this picture if I were you, but you're going to do it anyway..aren't ya? Don't say I warned you...idiot..)

You hear people talking about it and you see pictures and film of London and Paris, and you don't think much of it, but once you get there. Oh man, it'll blow your freakin noodle. Definitely, a site to see before you die:


What else happened...hmm..almost got thrown off a speeding horse, ripped my favorite jeans and then shaved a patch of hair from my leg that the hole reveals, (my efforts proved fruitless, for the hole is getting bigger and my hair is growing back with the vengeance), and convinced my mom to name her new blue beta fish "B.J." : )

Last but not least, "Things You Didn't Know About Me, and Wish Eric Would Shove This List Up His Ass Because That's Where Bull-Poop Belongs.....List.."
1. I keep my lips pursed about 75% of the time to hide my fatty lips. They're like a set of icebergs. Only 10% of it is viewable from the surface, while the other 90% is hidden under the ocean. Except for me, the ratio is not that skewed. It's more like....20-80.
2. I am psyched to watch FOX's new reality game show, "Moment of Truth," where contestants have to answer a series of questions, and to move on in the game, you just have to tell the truth, except as you go on, the questions get tougher to answer, especially on national television. My favorite question from the commercials is "Are you repulsed by fat people?" and then it cuts to the contestant bug-eyed with fear, and turns his gaze to some heavy-set audience members.
3. I'm a big smell person. (Now I know for a fact, that some of you read it as "I'm a big smelly person." I am that too, but anyways..) Smell. Everytime I open a bag, a bottle, a box, a jar, of something, anything, it doesn't even have to be food, I literally nose-dive into it and inhale. If you ever see me at a desk or sitting down in a chair, it appears that I am merely resting my head in my hand because my neck is getting tired, but actually, I am actually smelling it(my hand). The only reason why I wash my hands, is not to kill the bacteria(I don't believe in germs), it's so that I call smell soapiness. Gross, right? You ain't heard nothin yet. In fact, every morning when I take a ... lol I will spare you the details and the image. Actually you're probably visualizing it right now huh? *SNIFF*

Eric's Playlist:
Michael Cera & Ellen Page - Anyone Else But You
Muse - In Your World
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be
Rise Against - Ready to Fall
Death Cab for Cutie - Brothers on a Hotel Bed

Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes!

Oh...We got a big big mess..

Life has been pretty good to me.

So after searching high and low for a part-time job, I finally got one as a as a Video Camera/Streaming operator at the Athletics Department at UCR. Aside from filming/broadcasting the games, they referred me to the Big West Conference to work on "special projects," such as interviewing people for video diaries, and editing/compositing some videos together(hopefully). Other than that, I'm also applying for transfer. UCI, UCSC, and UCSB. I kinda like it out here now, but I just want to keep my options open just in case I end up not liking it anymore..

A couple more things you don't know about me, and still wish you didn't.
1. Whenever I watch something (tv, movie, lecture) I always tilt my head at a 45 degree angle to the right. Lazy? probably. Look stupid? most definitely.
2. I just killed some ants in the bathroom with my bare thumb, and let their corpses collect. I counted my kills out loud just like Orlando Bloom in LOTR: The Two Towers. I got about 100 ants. Beat that Orlie.


3. I have never carved a Jack-O-lantern before. After Grace reminisced to me about her carving pumpkins on family night, and eating the pumpkin seeds right after her mom pulled them from the oven, I realized that I have missed out. This will change...very soon...

October Playlist:
1. The Academy Is... - 40 Steps
2. Timbaland ft. Fall Out Boy - One and Only <- earmuffs please
3. Thrice - Digital Sea
4. Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
5. Jimmy Eat World - Here It Goes
6. Radiohead - Nude

Shirts for Sale!

So i decided to pick up screen printing as my next hobby, and after many failures, tears, and spills, this is what I have come up with. I know it's still a disappointment, but eh.. what you gonna do. These shirts go for $12 USD a piece, and there are many more designs to come. Just let me know your size, what color shirt, and how many. Don't bother leaving messages on this blog, because I don't really check it. You can email me, or AIM me.

email: ericdchiang@gmail.com
AIM: xshhhhzzzx

My yellow in this case is not so mellow

Dear Blogger,

I apologize for not writing to you more frequently.
It's just that i met a girl named Xanga. I know, exotic right?
She's everything a guy could ever want. She's vibrant, popular,
and she fulfills with all of my needs...you know..blogging
needs? I'm sorry Blogger, I admit this is unfair to you and
that I am a Xanga-whore, but this is the last time I will
be writing to you.

Eric
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that's how my break up letter, or excuse me, break up blog, would go. ( i know i'm lame, so shut your face)

Here's the real thing:

Dear Blogger,

Things have been going well in the Bay Area. This past weekend, I went fishing with some old buddies. We didn't catch anything, but it was nice just to relax and drift around the lake.



13 Things You Don't Know About Me (But wish you still didn't know)
^The person I got this from had 100 things, but I'm just not that interesting

1. I am someone’s GBF, although I am not G.
2. I had surgery a total of two times.
3. I used to take figure skating lessons. I was 6. Scott Hamilton was my idol, until he lost his balls.
4. I have seen Independence Day a total of 25 times
5. I’m a sucker for disaster/monster movies
6. Throughout my extensive soccer career of 10 years playing AYSO, I only scored one goal.
7. I was mistaken for a girl…. when I was 11.
8. Every time I take a bite of food, I always wipe my mouth with a napkin. Even when I know there’s nothing on my mouth, I wipe.
9. I keep a diary, but only write in it when good things happen.
10. Because of my bad circulation to my limbs and digits, I curl my toes. Even when I am warm, I curl them anyways. Now, they are very curly
11. I am bottom-heavy
12. I loathe the cars and the drivers who have license plate covers of where they are alumni of.
13. I love peanut butter so much, that I want to make peanut butter chap stick so I can just lick it off my lips whenever I want. Although it wouldn't look very attractive, cause it would just like you went to town on a pile of...well you know...doody.

As my stay here in norcal comes to a close, I wonder what my plans for the next summer will be. Loveboat? Study Abroad? Backpacking in South America? If anyone's interested, holla back. I can't wait to go home.


Sincerely,
Eric Chiang

Disclaimer: Beware of Boring. Do not read if operating heavy machinery

Dear Blogger,

I have a feeling this is going to be a summer of many firsts. Within these two weeks, I have already rented my first motel room, have my alternator die on me, drive 450 miles all by myself and another 450 miles with a friend, and start a REAL internship. But a first that I really want to experience this summer, which many teenagers yearn for, that sweet taste of pleasure, that smoldering hot passion, is to get....me...PAID!! ahhh!!! you thought i was going to say "LAID" didn't you!?! you naughty boy/girl you! but yeah, this is my first real internship that pays a decent amount. Not like teaching kids at summer camp (JOL, Irvine Academy), some crappy movie theater, or being a temp for random companies. I'm interning at a advertising/marketing design company called "Designworks" in San Jose. They make logos, websites, flash media, brochures, and other cool stuff to advertise our clients and their products. My schedule is.. Business class from 7:30am - 9:30am, then work from 10:00am - 5:00pm, and finally Business Law class from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, and hopefully squeeze in a workout afterwards. On the weekends, I'm totally free, so visit me if you can!
While in Norcal, I'm staying at my boss's place in a little town called Los Gatos. It's really isolated and filled with trees and wildlife. Oh yeah! We have a family(a mommy and two babies) of deer living in our backyard. They're not very social. They just sit there and eat, and if I come around they ignore me or they run away. How rude..



Sincerely,
Eric Chiang