greetings from taipei international airport!  just landed around 45 minutes ago and in the middle of waiting for our connecting flight to san francisco.  boarding time is at 11:25pm so there's roughly three hours to spare.  while wandering around this really, really huge airport, i chanced upon this free internet station.  good thing no one was using it!  so, here i am, blogging for the first time on foreign soil!  not to mention using a laptop for the first time as well since the internet station has laptops instead of regular PCs.  i also recorded my first video journal using my mobile phone.  i don't know how i can post it here though, so maybe all video journals i'll be shooting will be posted when i get back home.

the flight to taipei was generally smooth, though there was some slight turbulence while we were eating the meals that were served.  the food was also ok.  rice with veggies and some chicken.  the one thing i don't like about flying though is what it does to the ears during takeoff and landing.  i had to yawn several times to get my hearing back.  the stewardesses were nice, although i noticed that they looked a bit… old.  maybe late 30s to early 40s made to look younger with plastered cosmetics on their faces.

anyways, that's about it for now.  after this entry, i'll either be browsing, checking my mail, or just chilling to the sounds of my ipod for the next couple of hours before we board.  thank god for free internet access terminals on airports.  wish we had the same back home.  until next login… i'm out.