Friday22ndJune07

Today I was supposed to go to the jade market with a friend but after finding out that it's only open on the weekend (finding information about things that are going on in Taiwan online isn't easy) so instead spent the day checking I'd got everything sorted for going back to Scotland next week.

I had a list of things I wanted to do before I left, primarily interviewing betel nut girls and taking some film footage of pedestrian crossings, but both have run into problems.

I think there was a mix up somewhere along the way with the lady who said she'd help me translate for the girls. She's been really busy at so I guess it's not too surprising, but still, it's pretty disappointing. I thought we had everything planned out but then she seemed to forget all about them. Unfortunately a little late in the day for me to find any other mean of getting what I wanted, or even a compromised version of what I wanted.

The filming has hit the snag of a seemingly messed up system in the offices here in general, whereby rhyme and reason seem to be non-existent. Equipment is obviously not their top priority but unfortunately that has had a bad effect on coursework that requires video camera footage for here, as well as for back home.

But I haven't given up hope on that one yet. I still have a few days left, and if the worst comes to the worst I could always take some low quality film with a my normal camera.