Thursday, May 03, 2007  3:59 AM
From a basement in Taipei
In Taipei, and currently sitting in the basement of the hostel we're living in with the flatscreen screening AC Milan versus Man United. Our 7-person room looks exactly out of the pages of the Ikea bedroom I've always wanted with the bright, colourful prints on its bedsheets and comforters, and round lantern-shaped lamps hanging from the ceiling.
The hostel feels exactly like home. I sleep on the lower bunk like that of my bedroom back home, and the feeling of being in that cocoon lulls me to sleep easily. And once you step out of the bedroom emerges a living room with couches, books, board games, playing cards and the flatscreen television with a collection of DVDs. For its dirt-cheap price, this is probably going to be the only place I'm ever staying when I visit Taipei.
I like the life I'm leading now, the freedom I'm getting and how much of the world I'm seeing. Staying in this place and talking to Finnish and Japanese people at 3am in the morning about the future and Singapore's government makes me feel like I'm really an adult now. And it surprised me how much stored knowledge I actually have in my head that I never make use of until I have intellectual conversations with these other backpackers.
The trip's been pretty good so far. Today was the highlight of the last three days for me with the trip up to the gorgeous Yangmingshan and running through the rows and rows of lilies. I'll do an update about the trip with pictures soon.
Currently, AC Milan leads 2-0. Two watching the game intently on opposite camps, and one not being very happy about the score. I watch this match just for Kaka.
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