Day 20

Today, because my foot decided to be a little whiny bitch, I didn’t do much.

I headed out around 12 to pick up some last-minute items and then to find something to eat. Sad day--I’ve been in Taiwan for 20 days, and I still can’t really order anything. I was looking at a udon restaurant and I knew what I wanted to order but I couldn’t read one character and I was too embarrassed to order (illogical, I know.) I ended up buying meat buns from a vendor, who was really friendly.

Having sated my hunger, I went home and started organizing some of my luggage.

I had a light snack before heading out around 8:30 at night to meet my aunt (we were going to go to a club, which had live contemporary-ish music.) I managed to meet her, and we headed to the club.

It was reaaaaally nice--dimly lit, but each table had a lite candle. We were seated, and ordered some food and drinks (I got a gin and tonic, which was better than the one I had previously.) After watching some music videos on a screen (lots of pop/rock stuff, there was a Maroon 5 video playing and I told my aunt about the concert at school), the time came for live music.

The night was arranged so that there were be three vocalists accompanied by the club band, with 15 minute intermissions. The first vocalist was probably the best (she had a really good stage look going on, was really engaged with the audience, and sang really well. She even sang songs I knew--Lily Allen’s “Fuck You.”) The second vocalist was eh, but the third..oh man. I think she might have spent considerable time in the States because her first song was in English, and it was absolutely AMAZING. Sort of a R&B tune, she sang with so much soul and her range and volume were really impressive. Plus, she danced while she sang--it was a really well-rounded, vibrant performance. Sadly, I only stayed for her first song because we had to bounce and catch the last subway home.

The club’s band was really good too--the guitarist was really skilled, and laid down some really sick solos.

It was a good night.

Sidebar: Rum and cokes are lame.