Mid-travel gripe fest!

Here's the deal. I'm in the Taipei airport. I've been travelling (or in layovers) for more than 24 hours. And I have crossed the dateline. Needless to say, I am sleepy tired and my internal clock is throwing a hissy fit. That, and I realized that I accidentally packed my antimalarials in my checked baggage, so I'm already off to a terrible start with my medicated regimen.


In other news, we're commune more comfortably within the group. Slowly and very much bit-by-bit, but we'll get there eventually. I'm sure by the end of the six weeks, there are going to be more chummy feelings. But as for now, there has been only travel...and communal griping. Oh man...but one of the other girls is reading 50 Shades of Gray, and I literally have no idea how to handle it. Because that cover may look swanky with its grayscale photo of a folded tie, but I know what's in there. The truth cannot hide from me!!!


Ahem. Let me compose myself. There are some sane things going on too! The Taoyuan Airport certainly knows how to be interesting, if not downright quirky. During our post 13-hour flight dazed wander, we stumbled (literally) into a Hello Kitty children's nursery - with upright intentions, I swear!

Apparently Pingu is a big deal here, too! Beyond the cartoonish charm of the place, there is of course a wealth of neat technology shops and cultural dioramas about the native peoples. All in all, not too shabby!

Post edit: Between all of the girls here, there is the entire series of "Shades of Grey". I never knew Biologists were into such...graphic...romance.