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I've had the curious "reward" of having my vacation cut short to five days instead of the agreed seven along with week after week of English camps at not one but THREE elementary schools - Gwangnyeong Elementary, Shinjeju Elementary, and Jeju Buk Elementary. It was introduced as a surprise, a fun-filled way of filling up the free time that I was originally very much looking forward too after so many rounds of feeling like wanting to bash my head against the wall a million times over. [Not] surprisingly, those who moaned got entire months of vacation while those of us that remained faithful to the contract, never daring to breach any of the terms, got "rewarded" in this manner. Another little surprise was that since I was "volunteered" into doing these three camps, I would not recieve any regular payment for this (even though I'm not actually supposed to be doing elementary school) and recieve a rather disappointing 10,000 won per day for bus fares. So much for two years of loyalty! 

This post is not exactly about Asia, per say, though the person in question has a mother has a Chinese name. The story is just too amazing not to write about.

Here is Taipei 101, the tallest building in the world:

Here are a couple of photos of my first squid ink soup meal in Okinawa, Japan:

Here is another photos from Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium. The photo below is from the dolphin show outside the Aquarium.

I'm at a cafe in Hualien, Taiwan with my laptop. Due to a miscommunication, I accidentally ended up with the "healthy plum vinegar" instead of the "Korean citron tea".