After all, he was one of the main reasons why I left the United States. I went to the other side of the world to avoid him and his high-pitched show tunes.
But tonight, as I was sitting in a crowded little Taiwanese Italian restaurant with my host family, I heard the dreaded voice blaring obnoxiously from the speakers above me.
Justin. Freaking. Bieber.
This cannot be happening. Justin Bieber should be quarantined to America - or even better, Canada. Make that Antarctica. I mean come on, it's bad enough that Americans have to listen to that - what did anyone in Taiwan do to deserve it?
On the bright side, if my only complaint about Taiwan is the somewhat bearable presence of Justin Bieber's music, I must be having a pretty good time.
Things I did today:
1. Struggle with an electrical adapter, then figure out that America and Taiwan use the same voltage and amplitude. I'm lucky I didn't kill my phone trying to figure out how to work something I didn't actually need.
2. Get the hang of Chinese pronunciation (finally)!
3. Explain why America is fat. I didn't deny that it is, or at least that two thirds of it is.
4. Visit a night market. Everything is about half as expensive as it is at home! When I come back with some money I'm gonna
5. See a Taiwanese movie in the theater. It was actually really good, and it had English subtitles so I knew what was going on.
6. Finally finish unpacking, and find my glasses that have been missing for months. They managed to follow me overseas with the help of my white jacket pocket.
7. Squat toilet. Enough said.
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