Day 1 in Taipei

Whenever i know a trip is coming up i already start planning what book i will bring with me while i'm away. On some trips i have read anywhere between 6-12 books in 2 or 3 weeks. That was before i was studying at university.

But lately i have been reading a few novels by conn iggulden based on Genghis Khan. i have been looking for the 3rd book in the series for a long time and couldn't find it anywhere. but in the bookshop at the Sydney airport (how good are airport bookshops) i found the 3rd installment of the series.

So for the whole plane trip here i sat next to someone i didn't know and just read my book and slept, then read some more then slept and i also watched the latest Star Trek movie. It's awesome..(I'm a nerd i know.,)

We finally got into Taiwan's airport and out of the 31 people on this trip i was the unlucky guy who had one of my bag left in Sydney airport. Lucky enough i had my Judo suits in the bag that had arrived with me with a few pairs of jocks so ill be fine. i get it back tonight so im keen to brush my teeth and get my schoolbooks to start studying.

we are staying in a nice hotel and im rooming with my good friend josh cook. Its good rooming with someone that also has 2.5kg to lose in the sauna cos when i sauna on Saturday ill have a 'sauna buddy'.

the hotel was a fair distance from the airport so after i filled out the lost bag paper work we caught the bus to our hotel and we pretty much went straight to sleep. Although the hotel is nice our beds are hard as rocks, i think if i laid on my doona on the floor it would be softer than the bed itself.

Regarding time difference, Taipei is 2 hours behind Australia and for the last couple of weeks i have been waking up at around 7am,. So this morning i woke up at 7am our time or 5AM Taipei time. and to make it even funnier josh (the guy im rooming with) is a builder so he was awake before me so hopefully we adjust to the time pretty quickly.

Today we had a training session run by Gavin and it was good to turn the legs over and get the 'Plane feeling' out of your body. When we arrived last night i was 64.1kg but after the session this morning i was 61.7kg which was so fantastic.
I didnt think i would have been that light but i was so i am very happy about that so for lunch i went to Starbucks and had a caramel frappachino (yum) and a salad wrap which was good as well.

i have been saying some of the 2 words i remember from the Olympics. Ni how (hello) and che che (thank you)

We ha vent heard anything about a typhoon so i think everything is pretty safe regarding that but i was looking through the hotel book and it has a life and safety part... earthquakes and typhoons.... why live here? i don't think i would

the weather is very hot, i don't know how hot but it is very sticky and gross. its the type of weather where you put a pair of socks on and walk to the end of the street and back and they are all sweaty so u have to wash them.

Judo comp starts tomorrow so ill train in the morning and then go check out the comp. i better do all my schoolwork tonight because i know i will be too busy and brain dead to do it while im thinking bout the comp and saunaing etc.
although all my schoolbooks are in the bag that i don't have.

catch you all later on
take care
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Matt