I'm biggity back, y'all

Well, I've been back in Taiwan for a week and a half already, and I've been pretty busy getting prepared for my summer and fall classes. In fact, my plane landed at 5 am and I was in the office before noon the same day, online slightly scatterbrained.

I've finally posted a stream of thought that I wrote while waiting for my 2am flight in the Vancouver airport (below). It is slightly disturbing in that it is pretty critical of Taiwan, and I have never wanted to become one of those non-stop complaining foreigners that are so common here. Since arriving, I've become a little more equivocal in my assesment of the situation in Taiwan. For example, there are indeed a lot of trees in my area of Taipei, and Taiwan would be quite beautiful in general if you could see the hills clearly (unfortunately everything is obscured by a haze which I assume is pollution-related.)

I have indeed become more of a bitter foreigner though. Since returning I've somewhat rudely told my new boss that I don't trust the school administration and that contracts don't mean much in Taiwan, and the oxymoronic comment to my girlfriend that Canadians don't generalize about races and nationalities as much as Taiwanese do.

Anyways, I've got lots of pictures to post from my trip. I'll try to digest it over the coming weeks. But now, it's class time...