This is my second trip to Taiwan this time, however, there is a lot happening as opposed to just hanging out with family like previous trips.
Since there is a big gay circuit party in Taiwan, a lot of Shinning's friends are going to be there, though I plan to spend new years with my family while they are there.

Aside from what I plan to do in Taiwan with coming out and stuff, we are also touring the island.
I think we leave around 1/2 or 1/3, depending on how everyone's feeling, and we would be taking the around the island rail.
I don't think I have actually done that before, and I certainly haven't stopped by most of the counties in Taiwan.
It'll be a blast.  I just need to e-mail my cousins and sister on what we are going to do around new years time.

So our plan is to stay from 12/28 to 1/3(?) in Taipei, and leave for Hua-Lien's Toroko Gorge.  Honestly, aside from being able to speak/read Chinese/Mandarin/Taiwanese, I have no advantage over the fellow visitors.  I have no idea where things are, I don't know what sites to see, and most of my memories about the island outside of Taipei is a bit fuzzy.
(I am not even entirely sure that there is a railroad on the east coast until someone suggested we take the around the island rail tour)
BUT that's ok.  Lots of people already started planning, so I wouldn't have much to worry about.

I think with this trip done, I won't be taking vacations in Taiwan unless going home to visit relatives and friends.
I honestly think we can rent a big gay bus with 16 people going with us all at once.

Thinking about it gets me a little excitement now and then.

I think I've reached the verge of the age when I start noticing patterns of the world news/trend/fashion/etc just rewinds and replays itself.

Maybe Andy Warchoski was really trying to tell me/us something about the world?

My co-worker just announced her pregnancy with twins to us yesterday.
For some reason, when she announced she's pregnant, I didn't think much of it, but when she said she's pregnant with twins some of my co-workers and I were more excited.
I guess it's a bit universal to have fantasies about being twins.

It also struck close to home because my co-worker is only 2 years older than I am.
She was telling us how she's a bit devastated now that she realizes she can never go out and wine and dine like she used to.
(She's one of the biggest foodie I know)

So I started listing things that I can no longer do if I were a pregnant woman.
Once the babies come, I can never do these until they learn to behave: watch movies in theaters, go to fine restaurants, travel on planes, travel in general, be spontaneous, spend in excess (not that I do now anyway), go out at night, go out after work, go out with friends, go to parties...etc.

It does sound terrible.  All of a sudden my excitement for the baby arrival dissipated.  I didn't think of all these stuff until now because, as a man, I am pretty much removed from carrying a baby.  Now that I think of it, men do not really deal with having a baby, or it won't seem as eminent to men, because men do not have a baby in their belly and have to watch what they eat or do.