Night markets and hashing...again!

Well, I'm here to update everyone on my life and write another fascinating blog! Yesterday, I went to the Hash in Pinglin. It was a great run! It took about 80 minutes and there was actually a ton of actual running involved. It was a "runners' " run. We had to cut through like 8 rivers and run over a TON of rocks. Of course, it was raining so everything was really really slippery. I only fell once though so that was impressive. When I got to the end, I thought I was going to be the first man in but one guy was already there. Cam had been there for 20 minutes. Apparently, he had gotten straight through all of the checks while the rest of us were bushwhacking in circles. It was still an amazing run, probably one of the best I've done. It was also the last hash for 5 hashers, two of which are from Colorado and one is a CU alumni. It's a small world. And, on the run I met a girl who is roommates with a friend from Boulder way back when. That was a real shocker!

On Saturday, I spent the day with Brian and his whole family. I drove with him, sis, Mom, and Dad to meet up with his grandparents in Hsinchu. It's a city about 1 hour south of Linkou. We went to the harbor in town and rented bikes. We rode along the coast for about an hour which was a ton of fun. The highlight was when we first arrived at the harbor and there was smoke billowing from the water. A boat was on fire! There were about 30 firefighters surrounding it who put it out in about 15 minutes, but it was still very entertaining nonetheless. Afterwards, we went out to eat at the Hsinchu night market, which is over 100 years old. The food was pretty typical. There was also a temple adjoining the market and I went inside and made a wish in the Buddhist manner. You hold two halves of a wooden egg together, and drop them on the ground. If they land on opposite sides, then your wish will come true. But, I can't tell anyone my wish...but it's coming true so get ready!

Other than that, this is the last week of school for the semester so I can't wait for it to be over. I did add about 20 pictures to flickr so check those out too!