good morning houston

despite being short on sleep and long on alcohol the last few nights, here i am at 6am writing my first entry for my new project.

i've been drinking lots of hot tea, eating lots of cough drops and vitamin c, and trying as best as i can to prop up my immune system in preparation for my 24 hour journey to taiwan. sleep would be really nice but i'm pretty excited today.

on my itinerary for the first day in taiwan:

1. change some money
2. get a new sim card for my phone
3. find my way to my hostel
4. get a universal id number at the national immigration agency office
5. try to open a bank account
6. meet my friend after work

it seems i'm going to get pretty comfortable riding the mrt on friday. it also seems i'm going to have plenty of opportunity to practice the very little mandarin i know immediately.

time for more sleep if i can manage it. pictures on friday.