Friday11thMay07

Friday's are my day off from uni so I spent it accordingly. Catching up on work through the day, then playing at night.

I've only been out in Taipei once since I've been here and that was by accident, so have been desperate for a proper night out. To let off some steam. So I did.

I met up with a friend and we headed to this punk rock show headlined by a band called Consider the Meek. They were seriously decent, and the bands on before them weren't too bad either. It was weird though, I haven't seen so many white guys in one place in a long time, and it felt a bit like a dinner show at times due to the high tables and chairs. The venue itself was cool though, you went down a stairs into a hall of record shops and a bar then through to the main bar and stage area. It was pretty DIYesk but it worked. I also haven't seen so much black in one place in a long time, the colour isn't exactly the best for the heat here. The thing I found the strangest was the amount of photographers with seriously nice cameras. This was obviously a slightly underground kind of place, but there were at least three photographers. And I wasn't one of them (which felt even more weird). Weirder still was that one of them turned out to be my sociology professor (who I have a new found respect for) who turns out to be part owner of the company representing the main band (or something like that.)

There is heaps to do in Taipei, right the way through the night, stuff doesn't stop at two am like in Scotland. And it's really safe. Even the drunk guys are safe. It's very cool. So after the gig we headed to this place where you hire your own little cinema. You pick whatever film you want, order some drinks or whatever you fancy, then lounge on big squishy sofas watching your own private movie. I had a lot of fun. It was the first time in a long time I've been out past two and I was loving it.

Especially not having to conform to the eleven o'clock curfew.