Perpetually jetlagged

Arr. I used to joke that I was jetlagged since birth. It's not funny anymore. Why did I party last Friday ... now I can't adjust again.

Welllll, I don't have plans for September except LA but I'm gonna be gone again the rest of the year. Oct: Japan and China, Nov: Munich, Prague (maybe get a Salzburg vacation), Dec: London, Switzerland, Vienna.

I get some perks though - I'm just 7,000 miles away from 1K status (100,000 miles in 1 year) which would put me at the highest echelons of United's frequent flyers. I've been getting business class upgrades recently and that really helps during 14-24 hour flights. Now if I could just sleep when I'm actually home and not working...

I should see my doctor and ask for sleeping pills.

Toots, Ron, I'm in LA this weekend - seeya :).

Peace out

I should pool a list of things to do while I wake out my seemingly-monthly post-travel jetlags. I've been up and dumb since 1:30 this morning and there are no signs of letting up anytime soon. It doesn't help that I've been processing many things in my head too.



Well, let's see. I just came back from Taiwan if you didn't know. I was there for a weeklong business trip visiting 6 different cities. It was so hot and humid there and on top of that I had to wear a suit and tie all the time. Nevertheless, I tried to find ways of having fun by taking lots of pictures.



During the first weekend, I met two cute girls in Taipei's Carnegie's club (a franchise of the one we went to in HK two months ago). This one girl wanted to have lunch with me the following weekend and sent me perhaps 50 text messages. I got annoyed and moved on. During the next weekend, I had a lay over in Hong Kong so I visited our usual watering hole in Lan Kwai Fong to release the canned heat in my heels. Within minutes of entering the club, this really cute girl approached me and took me to the dance floor. After a while, she introduced me to her 5 other friends; they thought I was Taiwanese for some reason. At one time they were all dancing with me and I thought wow, I really like Asia! Around 130am, I just went back to Causeway Bay because it was getting way too hot.



Tonight I've been thinking a lot about my new job too - I've been promoted. I really don't know what to expect but I hope this will work out well. Then I also thought about my mom and her current bout of manic-depression. Sigh, these things are quite contagious, and I hope I don't get snowballed into it. I've also been thinking about my future marital status. I don't know if I want to enter into a relationship - period. I play too much, rarely have the time and I've grown pessimistic of couples.

Now that I've splayed out my thoughts, it may be time for another attempt to fall asleep. Goodnight cruel world.

Here we go again

What time zone is that on my computer? Is it really 1am PST? Funny, it just seemed like 8 am a couple hours ago ... have I been working that long in the plane? Gosh I didn't sleep again.

"kudasai... itarakimas...ni-ju ichi" Oh yeah, I was just in Japan 3 weeks ago. Now I'm back. Back to the same Starbucks Japan, trying to get a grip of my sanity.

It'll be like this the next 6 days in Taiwan and Hong Kong. It will feel like deja vu mixed with some small talk from a distant stranger. Walk right side left, left side right. I think I'm going to throw up.

Somebody save me.

The unexpected

This past Sunday, I spent time fixing up my room and storing away my suitcases because I know I won't be traveling again until November. Just right when I started settling down to the PST time zone, my boss tells me this morning, "You're going to Taiwan this Friday." I smile and say, "That's great."

So yes, I'll be off to Taiwan and Hong Kong (again). Suitcase, suits, passport, electronics all ready. I can actually get ready for an international trip within 30 minutes now; that's how streamlined my packing process is already.

I'll post about my sister's wedding maybe tonight. I have a draft, I just have to complete it. Also, I'm beginning to wonder about my triathlon training with all these travels. I'll have to figure out how I can bike in Taiwan... (Tony, hope to see you!)