Hsinchu, Taiwan

The Brothers Elephants trounced the Makato Cobras 6-3 at the ball game I went to on Wednesday. In Taiwan the baseball teams are owned by corporations and they play against each other in parks across the country. The sport is popular here and a version of the $NT 500 bill has kids playing little league on it. The rules are the same, but there are little differences such as no 7th inning stretch, the organized cheers from the stands and the large amount of Mandarin spoken. The game in Hsinchu was $NT 200 (~$US 6) for the primo seats and $NT 300 for the outfield bleachers. We went for the cheapo seats.

I am exhausted. At work it is crashing STM tips between wasting the day away and waiting for lunch. Still the same pattern of going out late and getting up early. There is no dinner around here worth eating so we take the 30 minute bus ride into town ($NT 30) around 8pm. Since we are down there and mostly likely out past the last 10:30 bus, might as well stay. The night ends with a few hundred $NT spent and a $NT 300 taxi ride split 2 to 4 ways. Expensive and tiring I say. Gotta learn to budget one of these days...