"For next year, I want to try to be more optimistic," I thought.

But why wait?  I am going to start now.

Instead of thinking, well, the crisis has been averted but my parents are still crazy, childish, and irresponsible, I will think that I can proceed with my coming out plan with no hinderance.  I am working on a strategy with my sister, because she thinks it'll be better if she hinted my mom a little before I drop the bomb on her when I arrive.

After my sister worked really hard to strike an agreement between them both, she also requested that both of them never work together and communicate with each other ever again.  Then both my mom and dad responded, "It's not that serious."

Hm...I think maybe Godzilla had the same parents as I do, because after I heard that from my sister, I certainly feel like rampaging and causing havoc through Tokyo right now.

Another good outcome of this is that I am getting my names taken off of all sort of documents entangled with my mom and dad.  Phew...no worries about future arrests in Asia.

 
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.