Saturday2ndJune07

Today I spent my morning (you guessed it) studying.

Thankfully the late evening took a slightly different turn.

I was invited to a BBQ so popped along for a few minutes before heading with some friends to Taipei.

Our mission: to check out a potential band for the up and coming prom. We arrived at the Irish pub they were playing at and it seemed fairly normal from the outside. (I felt a little like I was part of a dodgy joke - 'An African, and Asian, and a Scottish girl walk into a bar...' but despite the fact that I would most likely be the character that bears the brunt of the punchline, it was kinda fun.) A slightly unexpected clientèle awaited us when we entered. It look like the entire white population of Taiwan had descended on this one pub. They almost outnumbered the Asians. It was bizarre.

The creepy thing was that most of them were pervy old men, so we stood out like a sore thumb. I had a good time with my friends and the band was really good but man I felt uncomfortable at times.

It's weird how you can feel most conscious when you're around people that are most like you.

(Apart from the pervy old man part.)