I'm such a DA!!!

Hello all.
Well - funny story. I was at the youth hostel in Taipei trying my best to act like a seasoned traveler around a bunch of really really seasoned travelers. Last night, I shared a room with five other guys including three young punks (just kidding) and two "older" guys. The older guys were a 70 year old retired East German Lutheran Minister (who knew there were retired ministers in East Germany - which is supposed to be an "atheistic" country) and a 48 year old Taiwanese guy who worked for the Executive Yuan (like our executive branch of government) in the agriculture department. The german spoke Russian, English, French, etc. The Taiwanese guy spoke only a few words of English, but we had a good time sitting around and making hand gestures to each other. Well, the German guy was a singer and sang about 10 Russian songs (very beautiful) while we listened attentively and applauded at the right times. So, here's the funny part. We all went to bed. Then at FIVE oclock in the morning - my alarm clock blares!!! Of course, I couldn't find the damn alarm clock. It was in the bottom of my pack. So for about five minutes, it was me running around trying to locate and silence the freaking thing. I was the LEAST popuar resident of the hostel that night. Needless to say, Ｉmade a hasty retreat and took the FIRST train the hell out of there.So, now I'm in Tainan and staying in a "budget" hotel =- with my own room so I won't bother anyone. I just went and bought some shoes with a credit card. On my credit card, Ｉhave "see license" on the back because I want people to check the license for the signaiture. Well, when I was checking out - they INSISTED that I write "See License" on the credit card slip. No amount of convincing would disuade them of it. In any case, I got the darn shoes.I plan to stay in Tainan for three days before going South. I may go to Pengu Island for an evening before that. One thing that DRIVES ME CRAZY here is air conditioning. Everyplace has air obviously since this is a tropical island, but what bothers me is that a place will have the air on full blast - with the door wide open! Not just a little. You'll walk by a store and the huge door will be open and you'll get a blast of cold air on the sidewalk. It is such a huge waste! But, they recycle everything. How ironic. Is it ironic or just funny?Ok that's enough for now. I paid for an entire hour at this cafe, so I'm going to use it :)Later.