China

Waking up at 4am to go to China for 2 weeks. Its a 5 hour flight, but I don't know what time the flight is.. Sigh..

Haven't been editing vids much nor have I filmed much because we stayed home the past two days and I've been feeling sick with a sore throat.

I've been really grumpy and irritated lately because of all the mosquito bites I've gotten. I'm the only one in the house that gets bit. Its so annoying..

Anyways, 39 MORE DAYS UNTIL I'm HOME!!

Boring Boring

Ah, today was very unproductive.
Did nothing at all today.. So I tried my best to entertain you guys while at home.. That vlog will hopefully be up tomorrow.

Here is vlog 9, June 20th. The one where I go to the mountains to become Robin Hood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHiaB4N0I7c

Very pathetic blog but.. Its alright.. Right?

Mugged.. Well almost.. No not really..

So I had to walk home by myself tonight at around 9 because we bought some groceries and grandma told me that I had to walk home by myself, its only a few blocks away but Taiwan is scary at night.. by yourself.. Its all on film and it'll be in a vlog. YOULL SEE HOW SCARY IT IS.

Also, I got John, my boss, a handcrafted ceramic Tiger. Sucker was 140, I called him 1am EST to ask him if he'd be alright if I spent the money he gave me on ONE statue, or if he'd rather me spend the money he gave me to get many small trinkets, but he said he wanted the statue. So, it'll be in a vlog also. Its a sUPER AMAZING TIGER. ONE OF A KIND.

I went to this place called Mosi Burger, it was... interesting, they had a rice patty burger, where the bun part was rice! Then we went to some Japanese place for lunch and it was aight, nothing amazing. But I left my umbrella there =(. Then it started to rain later. LOL speaking of raining, it was raining hard.

Grandma: Kevin! What do you call this type of rain? Its raining catdog?
Me: *holds in laugh* Yes grandma, its raining catdog.

I want to make her say mother father so badly.. But I wont. Thats cruel.

VLOGS:

7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJp0WggJocc

Yes, I embarass myself by pretending to be Tiger Woods. Its okay, I ended up getting a huge blister on my middle finger because I didnt have a glove on and the grip on the club gave me a blister. Ouchie.
100 balls for $6.50 USD and club rental for $1.50 USD. I don't know much about golf, but I'm pretty sure she gave me the wrong club for driving.. Which is why I did so terrible.. I mean even with the right club, I'd still be terrible BUT I at least wanted to LOOK LIKE and PRETEND I knew what I was doing..

8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFU2TqHh2-I

Nothing interesting in this one, EXCEPT FOR THE AMAZING MEAL I HAD WITH GRANDMA THAT WAS $30 USD FOR THE BOTH OF US!! :o Also, you guys get to see what earrings I got you all. Also cute little play put on by the kiddies at church, its in English.

Mountains.

Today went to the Mountains, saw a waterfall, went to an archery range for the first time. Vlog 5 and 6 are up now.

5 --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_tj9y5YJg

6 --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1nV5P-Yg2M

I should be caught up to date by tomorrow.

More vlogs up.

3 and 4 are up! It only took 6 hours, no biggie.

3 --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrxDEoNh4M

4 --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80QVbJ2E454

I went to church with grandparents. This was a HUGE church. 3 stories, and service was only an hour long. No Sunday school or anything. They put on a short English skit the kids learned, it was cute, I filmed it. Also during the actual service they showed this clip, and it was entertaining.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiTcW3AAa64
God's Pie.

So I went to Danshui again.
I got myself 4 earrings..
I also went and got 5 pairs for 5 people back home.
I got YOU another pair of black star earrings that look very very similar to the ones you have now, incase you lose the ones you have now. I've 5 pairs of cubic zirconium star earrings, bling bling. So yes, more presents for you guys.

Also, let me know on here, if the quality of the videos are good or bad, because I can't watch the videos on youtube from here because the internet can't load them. I mean it does take me 3 hours to upload one video..

So, I have to know, if the quality is good/alright, let me know. If its bad, then I'll try my best to fix it.

Also, I had a 6 course meal with my grandma, IN THIS ORDER

Shrimp w/ Asparagus
Baked mushroom w/ cheese.
Heart Romane Salad
Italian Beef Stew
Tasty roasted steak
Creme Brule (sp?)

The service was amazing. If you even take just one sip out of your glass they refill it for you within a minute.. Also they're all polite and you don't leave tips in Taiwan apparently.. Anyways, all that only cost $30 USD for us both combined.

I didn't get to talk to YOU at all today.. Shame. Makes me die a little inside, ITS OKAY YOU'RE PROBABLY ENJOYING YOURSELF WITH THEM COUGH COUGH. Jaykays. :) <3

Guess what?! NEW VLOG!

Yes! Thats right! I went out, got a flash drive, transfered all of the finished videos onto it and put it on my grandma's old laptop thats connected to the internet, took 3 hours to upload BUT THATS OKAY! SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE! And now THE PLANE RIDE VLOG IS UP! I'll be uploading the rest later. YES YES YES YES YES!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gRlHpjysio

^ Vlog #2

Danshui!

Alright, so I went to Danshui which is on the opposite side of where my grandparents live. We got mussles, bamboo salad, clams, shrimp fried rice, and some noodles all for 30 dollahs. Love Taiwan.
I bought 3 earrings. YES THEY SELL SINGLE EARRINGS. LIKE A WHOLE SECTION OF JUST ONE.

I got a new stud which is shinier than the old one I had. A playboy stud thats a black semicircle with the white bunny in that has a point at the end so it looks like this <---o

and THIS ONE!



I like it. I don't know if you guys.. girls approve. BUT MY GRANDMA APPROVED!

I also bought bracelets for 3 people. Which 3? I don't know. Theyre the stringy kind and they look uber nice. Like.. Iono. You guys can fight over who gets which one.

I GOT A MASSAGE! SO the lady was like, 'oh you so muscley, what sport do you play?'
Me: Oh I wrestle
Her: Oh really?! What weight are you?
Me: 145
Her: But the Americans are so strong! They're built so well, especially the black people, are they stronger than you?
Me: Ya.. Some.
Her: Have you ever lost because someone was stronger than you?
Me: No...
Her: But... BLack people are really strong.. I've seen them on TV

then I lol'd.

So let me know what you think about the earring.
Toodles.

With frustration comes irritation. Yum.

TAIWAN DOESNT OFFER FREE WIFI ANYWHERE EXCEPT AT THE AIRPORT!!
We were going to get a 4g card but you need to use a min. of 2 months before you can cancel it. I'm going to be here less than 2 months and its 10 a month and I'd feel bad making my grandma pay and blah blah. So.. I can't upload the vids.. UNTIL NEXT WEEK! When I go to China I can use my cousin's internet. Muwahaha. So you guys will have to wait til next week for the vlogs, even though you're already reading the blogs, but s'all good.

I ISH SO BORED. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU HELICIAAAAAAA
HELICIA!! WHERE ART THOU HELICIA.

Frustration.. Yum, my favorite.

Soo... I found a converter that converts mp4 files to avi.
I edited a the June 12th vlog, BUT I couldn't upload it to youtube because the meanie who I was stealing internet from turned off their interent, not I can't upload the video onto youtube because the video is on my laptop, and i won't connect to my grandpa's internet, even if I use the LAN line. So frustrating..
I need to go to a McDonalds that has free WiFi, but I haven't seen any signs that say free WiFi, so I don't know if McDonalds offers free Wifi, so I'm just so irritated. I guess I can just edit the videos everyday and once I do get internet I'll just upload them all at once! GENIUS! But what if I dont ever find internet? Then I've a lot of uploading to do when I get back on the 2nd, BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE LAPTOP AND I LOSE ALL MY SAVED VLOGS??!? Then, I'll cry... For ever.

I hate being away from you. I don't get to talk to you. I don't get to see you. I don't get to do anything with you! I also hate living in a weird timezone now.. I've no friends. NO ONE on facebook to talk to. I've been sleeping at 8pm every night and waking up at around 6am... UGH.

I miss you. :'( I don't want to stay here forever.
I'm so bored without you!
I HATE SLEEPING WITH ANDY!
So, this is the story. *ahem*
I get woken up at 2:30am because the kid rolls over all the way onto my pillow... We have TWO twin size beds put side to side, hes on one side and I'm on the other, how does he manage to roll across the entire thing ONTO not only my side, but MY PILLOW. I woke up, all grumpy, so i hopped over him and pushed him off the bed. He didnt land too hard.. He woke up all disoriented, got back up, went to his side and fell back asleep within a minute.

Tsk, so every hour I'm still drinking a glass of water. I'm also forced to constantly eat fruit still because 'itll help with my digestive track'

Sigh..

TOOK FOREVER

I copy and pasted every button in google translator to find out which button to press to be able to make a new blog.

I hate not being able to read chinese but i <3 google translator.

I can't figure out how to post comments so ill just blog my replies.

I'm glad we still think alike because last night I put on purple laces on left foot and neon yellow on right foot. :)

I saw the email, I'm pretty sure I can make it. Overnight yes.

So I'm still trying to figure out how to make vlogs work, the biggest problem is windows movie maker won't let me import my mp4 video files and i don't know how to do, and every converter i'm using doesn't work. I'm so frustrated argh.

So I GOT PRESENTS FOR EVERYONE. Tell me if you think I forgot anyone
Helicia I got you another one.
Vivian.
Cheyenne
Jocelyn
Steven

and I got stuff for people who don't read my blogs because I don't feel like sharing my blogs
aka the white folks.

OH MY I GOT THE COOLEST HAT EVER.

I'll let you, YOU, you know who you are. Borrow it.

Went to the zoo today. filmed.

home now. ntohing to do.. bored. miss you. =[

oh, i'm being driven insane.

every morning my grandpa is like, drink a glass of water, its good for you body.
but.. i'm not thirsty.
no still drink.
don't eat after 8pm, its bad for your digestive track.
drink a glass of water every hour. its good for you.

i hate drinking water or anything when i'm not thirsty.
ugh...

but i guess hes just being grandpa.

oh, grandparents are on my dad's side.

Ah

So today I woke up at 4:30am, fell asleep at 8 last night.

Went to get breakfast then went to shop.

I can't find any tshirts here because Taiwan has their own style and its.. eh..
They mispell a lot of English words, for example I saw this shirt that said Aesthelics :)

I'm glad you like the batman nikes I got.

Also I love how we think alike. I actually got a pair of 6.0s today.

Here they are.

http://www.ozzys.co.uk/zoom/12626977684106ZoomOncore2_WhiteClubPurple_1.jpg

they came with purple laces, and i went out and got some neon yellow laces. was getting neon yellow a bad idea? which laces should i put on? they came with like a royal purple, the same color you see on the shoe.

also they were on sale for 70. i wanted some funky colored shoes so i decided to get those. i mean tell me honestly if you like them or not and what color laces i should use.

Taiwan is weird because prices drop for shoes once a new design comes out, even if its the same shoe.

I went to a MLB hat shop today and all their hats were from 50-70 because they said because they're shipped in they had to pay some tax on it that made it majorly expensive. I was hoping to get some hats in Taiwan but I guess that won't be happening.

I should get those Game Boys ;)

I showed my grandma your facebook and we went through as many pics as we could because this computer sucks we didn't get far. I told her you played volleyball and she was telling me how she used to play too. She loves the fact you're Christian and Chinese :o

I won't be drinking that much, I don't want to give my grandparents the impression that I'm an alcoholic.

I GOT YOU TWO PRESENTS! :o so far

I've gotten in trouble in 3 stores so far for filming, because apparently they don't allowed people to film, so I just apologize and turn it off.. I'm tempted to act like I don't know Chinese next time I get introuble and see what happens.

Anyways, I'll be up at like 7am tomorrow, so hopefully you'll be on.
We'll cam and talk for a bit.

Also I don't know how to use this blog thing because all the instructions and font names are in Chinese.. So.. yeah..

I miss you! Only.. 48 more days when you wake up!