Things are winding down here in Taiwan. Loveboat is ending in a couple days and after a week of chilling with fams, I'ma have to return to my exciting and stimulating days of watching TV and surfing eBay. I will be sad when this is over, but all good things must come to an end right?

We took a 3 day trip to Yi Lan on monday. Its in Northeast Taiwan and was really beautiful. I think I would have had mad fun but I got a stomach virus the very first day, so that fucking sucked. I had massive stomach cramps and diarrhea. Yummy huh?

Went to this club called Plush yesterday. Its suppose to be one of the nicest/most expensive clubs in Taiwan. I must say that it was well worth the $700 NT door. The place was very well decorated, lots of nice couches and waitresses wearing skimpy ass shit. hehe. And they spun the best hip-hop that I have heard in Taiwan so far. I was very impressed. My only complaint was that the dance floor was really small. I also ran into 2xs Amy there. She was w/ her g/f's and seemed to be having a really good time on loveboat as well. Too bad I couldnt chill much because of my....bowel problems.

For anyone who doesnt have anything to do next summer and is between the ages of 18-23, GO ON LOVEBOAT~! This includes you Brian. I'm sure you can lie about the age thing and come tear shit up here in Taiwan.

Sorry for not blogging in a while boys and girls. Things got a lil hectic this past week and everytime I got the chance to blog, I couldnt think of anything to blog about. But yea, things are good in Taiwan. Real good. For a while, things started to slow down and the conversations started to get dry, but leave it to a night at a local club with forty loveboaters, plus some drinks and some hip hop music to pick things right back up.

The only word that comes to mind when trying to describe the past 3 weeks is surreal. This trip is turning out to be seriously one of the best times that I've ever had in my life. I dont think I have ever been this carefree, at least not in my adult life. Its been really nice to just step away from my anal-retentive, self-righteous judegmental life and just chillax. Although I miss NY and my family n all, I'm really dreading going back.

I think things have really turned around for me here in Taiwan. I'm actually having a pretty good time. I've met some pretty chillz people and been rolling with them almost every night. its dope because we dont hang out in the huge group of people and we mostly find our own spots to chill at. I genuinely, or at least hope so, think that the people I hang out with chill together because we want to, not just because a group of people just happening to be doing something. I'm really happy that things are working out this way.

As far as last night was concerned. My "crew" and I went to this mad nice kareoke place around Sogo mall called Cash Box. This place was straight up like a hotel. I'm talking about marble floors and ceilings, employees dressed in Tuxs who greet you and bow to you at the door, invidiual rooms with leather couches, your own bathroom and a bar. And on top of all that shit, food and drinks are included. We ended up singing for like 2 hours in this mad nice place and it only ended up costing about 300 NT ($9) EACH~! How fucking great is that! A place like this in NYC would literally run like $200 per hour or some shit. goddam chilling in Taiwan is cheap. Too bad the weather here is hot as ASS cheeks and there's a typoon like every other day, literally.

I'm really glad that I am here this summer. Although I am still missing NY, all its people and my baby (the CIVIC) Haha, I'm really glad I got the opportunity to really experience Taiwan. I mean, it'll prolly be a few years before I actually get to come back and the chances that I'll actually get to do it with a group of ABC's like this will prolly never happen again. Yes yes, to all the people that I was bitching at about how wack this trip was, you can all say it. I told you so.

Kyle's Friday night in Taiwan:

Went to Shi Ling night market. Missed out on a lot of good food due to upset stomach and THREE canker sores. Bought a T-Shirt w/ a design I really liked for like $5. Was mad happy until I tried it on after I got back and realized its like 3 sizes to small and fits me like a baby tee. Happiness ended. Grabbed a few people and went to this bar/lounge called B1 ($500 cover, all you can drink). Heard Hip-Hop when waiting on line; became happy again. Upon entering the bar, they played YMCA followed by Dancing Queen; became sad while simultaneously having flashbacks of my 6th grade school dance. Cops raided the club looking for drugs and checking ID's. Used broken Chinese to explain to them we were dumb innocent foreigners who had no drugs and were just there for the local girls. Sold out to the devil and had some alcohol. Black Russians are fucking strong. Laughed my head off as I watched two friends try to spit game at two local Chinese girls not knowing any mandarin and the girls not knowing any English. Staggered back to camp just before curfew acting afool in front of the counselors. Woke up with a bad ass headache. Soberness RULEz, Alcohol Drools.

Loveboat bitch-entry 3:

So far, in my 4 days on loveboat, they have taken us to a botanical garden, a FARM, two museums (Customs and National Taiwan), and the Chinese "FBI" office. Fun shit eh? Well, as far as the people go, most of the cliques have already been formed so I think its going to be harder to make friends. The bullshit into's have died down, which I guess is a good/bad thing depending how you look at it.

Well, on a brighter note (hehe, bet you didn't see that one coming), I went to this club called Room 18 last night. The entire club was pretty much over run with ABC's from my loveboat camp and the other ones. We braced through a fucking typhoon to get to this place. Thats how eager everyone was to have some fucking fun. They played a decent amount of Hip-Hop, which was great and un-expected, followed by a set of WACK trance/techno shit. I was so happy to be able to actually stop small talking with ppl and dance a little. I think EVERYONE needed it after being couped up in the dorms for like 3 days. Hopefully, this was some sort of turning point and things will improve. But we shall have to see. Okay, until next time boys and girls.

To all that people that told me to go on loveboat because it was so much fun....DIE~!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate you all. For the past 2 days that I have been on the program, its been non-stop meet n greet bullshit. OMG I cant take it anymore. Its not like meeting ppl in college cause at school, you at least have other stuff like class, studying, TVetc. to do. Here, its been NON fucking STOP..."Hi, how are you. My name is...i am from...Where do you go to school" BULLSHIT. I'm talking when you wake up, when you're eating, when you're fucking trying to sleep n shit. Someone please email me and remind me that I was actually someone cool and liked in my pre-looveboat life.

Hello from the land of shoe-sized roaches and smelly tofu (cho-dofu). Sorry for the lack of updates. Unlike Suj, who is getting lots of ass in Spain, no doubt, I spent most of my past week here in Taiwan online and watching TV shows that I dont really understand. The only thing I have been doing is eating, eating and more eating, which leads to upset stomachs, indegestion and....massive squirting. There is hope however. Today I embark on the adventure that is Loveboat.

I went to check out the dorms today and holy shit do these Taiwanese college kids have it bad. Their rooms are about the size of a SQ double but is shared by 4 students, each sleeping head to foot. Their bathrooms...holy shit. Its straight outta shawshank, literally. I don't know how I'ma be able to adjust, but I guess I dont have much of a choice.

Okay, enough bitching. I'll complain more later.