Chilling out on a Saturday night

Well, got myself a new cell phone over in this electronics district last night, only had to spend NT3000, which is super cheap. Basically had a lazy day today, did quite a bit of homework, and did some research on graduate school programs--at the moment, I'm looking at something in the realm of Asian Studies/Anthropology/History. The pure Asian Studies programs tend to be focused on pre-modern content, which isn't what I'm really interested in. History and Anthropology offer more modern focuses, and often work in collaboration with the Asian Studies departments, so I think one of those is my best bet. However, now I have to start figuring out exactly what I want to study, and let me tell you, that is much easier said than done.

Hot day today, and no rain, though it's cooling off rather nicely as the sun goes down. I cleaned the apartment today--vacuumed, washed, scrubbed, all that. Also boiled some more water for drinking. The ants got into my last pot, and that was unhappy, because I started to fish the bodies out, only to find that they were actually still alive. I remember reading about this survival mechanism some insects have, where if they fall into water, they gather together in a ball so that they rotate around and get a chance to breathe. In any event, I decided the water was a total loss and boiled a new pot today, then set it on the opposite end of the kitchen to cool. I asked Jessie about the ants, and she said it's just the season for them and she has them all over too. They're really small and generally harmless, just kind of annoying.

Not much else to report. I bought some envelopes today so I can send letters (and most importantly, my absentee ballot request!), but I still need to buy stamps, and no one seems to know exactly where to get those. I think there's a place on campus that sells them, so when I go to class on Monday, I'll check it out. Jessie thought 7-11 sells them too, but the 7-11s around here are really small and don't seem to have them.

So that's how my weekend is going. Very low key.