1 more day...

One more day in the USA. I am almost done packing. I keep adding and removing things from my luggage. I need to make sure the weight is okay. Also don't want to put things in the wrong bag.

You can't carry one any sharp objects or liquids these days. I also need to make sure I don't wear too much metal things, easier to not wear a belt, don't carry change or keys in your pocket, keep it in your bag.

My step-sister gave me some Taiwanese currency for my Christmas gift, it is a really wonderful thing because I can use that to pay for taxi and maybe the bus too, really useful!

Well I gave my TV to my grandma today. She will get my computer monitor as well after I leave. I am glad I got to see most of my friends and relatives before leaving to Taiwan.

I have been inputting many of my Online Taiwanese friend's adresses in my google maps. I saved their locations along with their phone numbers, that will make it easy for me to contact them if i need some help.

Well I better sleep soon. Here is a cute music video for you to watch, makes me feel happy when i am tired:

Seeing Friends

I'll be seeing many of my friends this week before I go. I saw my friends from Greenbelt on Sunday, tomorrow I will see my old college roommate and my former supervisor. I'll also see some of my friends from UMD. I need to see my grandma before I go and help her with the computer. Saturday and Sunday I need to finish packing. Tonight I completed the update to galeriefrancoiseesf.com so I don't need to worry about that. I am still waiting for payment on my Logo design project that I completed as well. Lots on my mind. The worst thing about packing is you have to do it mostly last minute because you are using everything until the last second...

7 Days left!

Okay, I found out a little more about the apartment. It is on the 1st floor. That's really cool because with a large space I am going to want to jump around, with nobody living under me I won't need to worry about pissing them off. I typed in the address for the building on Google Earth, an awesome program by the way, go download it, it's free. So on the map I can see that it is right next to a school, I think it's a elementary school or high school. There is also another school pretty close by in the north. Two schools means a lot of students living close by, and that means more Buxibans (cram schools,) and that means more jobs for me.

On another Subject, three of my friends from Highschool came over today to hang out before I leave. It was really fun, we played Wii and the good 'ol PS2. I still think Capcom vs SNK and Tekken Tag are awesome! I let Kevin borrow some of my newer games so we didn't have those to chose from. Sean took a bunch of photos so I'll be posting them up later, I also took some video clips. I don't think those would be super interesting to most people but I'm glad I got some of the memories on tape.

Sylvia is supposed to get a Hamster so I will go with her to pick one out. I used to own hamsters so I gave her my old equipment. Tuesday I am going to see Annie and Kevin for dinner. Wednesday I think I will visit my old supervisor Karlos, and then pick up my college buddy Mike in Baltimore. We can hang out on Thursday. Friday and Saturday I need to finish up packing. Sunday I will return the car to my mom and say goodbye. Monday morning I am getting on the plane!

I feel super busy- I've been feeling really nervous every time I have a second to be quiet and think. I guess in this situation its better to keep busy. Keep packing, keep planning, when you have free time, meet with your friends. I am glad I am able to meet up with a lot of my friends before I go.

DVD Collection - Packing for Taiwan.

I have hundreds of DVDs to take to Taiwan. My suggestion to anyone traveling with 25 or more DVDs is to buy a case. Keep the boxes at a friend or relatives house, or if you are not really a collector, just throw them away. With about 100 DVDs I filled a small case, about 1ft x 8in x 8in, and the boxes filled a large black trash bag, the boxes are heavy too. With 2 disc movies you can stick them together in one sleeve as well. With 100 movies, many of them are 2 disc sets so that makes the collection even bigger.

Another thing you can do is use DVD-Spools to keep DVDs, this is also an economical way to save space and also re-use DVD-Spools.

Kevin, and Sylvia playing Wii, Jennie as pectator.

I have many videogames as well, most fit into these kinds of cases too, however the mini-dvd Gamecube games are giving me a bit of trouble, I will have to see if I can buy a mini-dvd case. I also have a small collection of books, comic books, and graphic novels. I plan to box these up and have them shipped overseas if I can't fit them in my luggage.

Jennie and I playing Wii, Kevin as spectator.

Other than those things I don't have that much stuff to take. Just my entertainment items, computer stuff, some clothes, I don't have any large items or furniture to worry about. I think packing should be pretty easy. I know I can easily pack everything I need.