tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post4304619386059523694..comments2023-03-31T16:45:15.290+08:00Comments on A Glimpse of Wistfulness: How I Survived My Weekendlindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16524291742541007382noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-14400509690508957362011-09-06T22:29:39.989+08:002011-09-06T22:29:39.989+08:00haha yeah i was thinking that i probably need dupl...haha yeah i was thinking that i probably need duplicate keys or something. there actually are payphones and i do have some numbers written out but somehow that didn't really occur to me. ah well, everything worked out. thanks for the suggestions! :)lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-18076574257717314422011-09-06T05:13:00.489+08:002011-09-06T05:13:00.489+08:00omg linda!!! can you make a copy of your key and g...omg linda!!! can you make a copy of your key and give it to a neighbor?? o__O do they have payphones in taiwan? you could write down all your phone numbers on a piece of paper and stick it in your wallet! =DMichellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-80978819006398031062011-09-04T00:02:39.980+08:002011-09-04T00:02:39.980+08:00haha yeah i was kind of in denial about my situati...haha yeah i was kind of in denial about my situation for a bit when it was happening, but i'm glad it all worked out :)lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-38182875348404359292011-09-03T01:57:12.372+08:002011-09-03T01:57:12.372+08:00Dang, what an adventure! While I was reading the c...Dang, what an adventure! While I was reading the conversations you were having, I was trying in my head to translate it into Chinese, just to see if I could survive a similar situation in Taiwan. And... I couldn't! Impressive that you did, though, and I'm glad you were so resourceful! :)andrewqhttp://swatsnapshot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-9421485857232138742011-09-01T20:49:55.301+08:002011-09-01T20:49:55.301+08:00haha yeah i'm lucky i didn't forget my key...haha yeah i'm lucky i didn't forget my keys when my grandpa was in california! that would've sucked.lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-7254096927035830742011-09-01T01:08:53.028+08:002011-09-01T01:08:53.028+08:00woooow! haha you pretty much just lived out my wor...woooow! haha you pretty much just lived out my worst fears. way to keep your calm, linda XDVictoria Hsiaonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-54214352143849487212011-08-31T11:44:50.063+08:002011-08-31T11:44:50.063+08:00hahahah you think THIS is the best post ever? wow....hahahah you think THIS is the best post ever? wow. but yeah, crazy how things happened right? sooo nice of her. dude the strangest thing is that i never saw her daughter! she said she had two sons and one daughter but i only ever saw the sons coming in and out o.0 strange. and omg yeah i remember that time. i thought we would have to sleep in the stairwell lol. good thing we had cell phones then!lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-73463308975425809032011-08-31T11:43:18.825+08:002011-08-31T11:43:18.825+08:00haha yeah i'm really glad i didn't have to...haha yeah i'm really glad i didn't have to stay on a bench either! i told my grandpa i was worried i'd have to do that, and he told me not to choose the benches in the park because it's too dark. it's better to choose the benches in front of the nearby department stores XDlindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-13975511938251809542011-08-31T11:42:15.412+08:002011-08-31T11:42:15.412+08:00haha yeah! i was so lucky to have somewhere to sta...haha yeah! i was so lucky to have somewhere to stay :) i think i should definitely get her some mooncakes for the mid-autumn festival..lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-9041526390477439592011-08-31T07:25:23.330+08:002011-08-31T07:25:23.330+08:00OH MY GOODNESS BEST POST EVER! i can't believe...OH MY GOODNESS BEST POST EVER! i can't believe all that happened! i'm sooo relieved you didnt have to sleep outside on a park bench or something... taiwanese people can be so kind. i can't believe she let you into her house like that... it must've been cool being in a house and seeing people come in and out. and 1400 pages, i'm not even surprised. <br /><br />reminds me of that one time we got locked out at like 3am, hahadianenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-21761043740962869092011-08-31T04:55:41.562+08:002011-08-31T04:55:41.562+08:00woah i have no idea what i would do if i was locke...woah i have no idea what i would do if i was locked out of my house overnight. at least you didn't have to stay on the park bench!!That 20 Something Virgin.http://that20somethingvirgin.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-33183908832079744772011-08-31T03:47:21.411+08:002011-08-31T03:47:21.411+08:00oh gosh! that's crazy. I'm glad the manage...oh gosh! that's crazy. I'm glad the manager lady was so nice!phoebe lainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-42609192619582249612011-08-31T02:20:59.344+08:002011-08-31T02:20:59.344+08:00@.@ You read the whole thing?? Wow. I'm super ...@.@ You read the whole thing?? Wow. I'm super impressed! :D I don't think I can get through such a long article in Chinese, haha.<br /><br />Thanks, I think I just got really lucky! I'm glad things worked out but what happened was pretty unexpected.<br /><br />HAHAHA you're so right about the super fast English. Poor boy. :P<br /><br />Hope you're doing well, Willie! :)lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-43422078310457434302011-08-31T02:17:05.741+08:002011-08-31T02:17:05.741+08:00haha i guess i tend to have the mindset of "t...haha i guess i tend to have the mindset of "things will work out somehow" and i try to be rational when possible. i'm good at staying calm in most situations, but i do freak out when the person in charge seems incompetent, unconcerned, or clueless and refuses to tell me what's going on or what the plan is. i guess i'm ok as long as i have some semblance of control or faith in how things are being handled, but if i have no viable options or information or don't trust the decision maker, then yeah, i'd freak, lol. <br />the manager's children knew i'd be there. i think she called them? but that guy who came to find his friend was certainly surprised :P<br /><br />yeah i remember that my manager at berkeley also had master keys. saved me a couple times, too. :)lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-24844549880412211492011-08-31T01:57:11.695+08:002011-08-31T01:57:11.695+08:00Haha yeah. I appreciated that he wanted to speak E...Haha yeah. I appreciated that he wanted to speak English with me. :)lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-51590449954416965412011-08-31T01:55:34.547+08:002011-08-31T01:55:34.547+08:00It's really a "long" story haha
I...It's really a "long" story haha<br />I'm impressed of your ability to solve the EMERGENCY XD<br />and in chinese wow!<br /><br />The most interesting part: the boy walking in and seeing a strange girl in his house speaking super-fast English. He must be frightened very much XD謝靖恆http://www.facebook.com/people/xie-jing-heng/100000223208389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-25950641104186151412011-08-31T01:42:49.713+08:002011-08-31T01:42:49.713+08:00 I don't know how you managed to stay so calm!... I don't know how you managed to stay so calm! I would've freaked! But that's so nice of your manager to let you stay at her place, and it's funny that her kids were just like "Alright, random girl in the living room!" Haha. It's weird that managers don't have spare keys to apartments, but on the other hand, everyone in Taipei lives in an apartment so I guess that'd be weird. I'm just thinking about this one time at Cal my roommate and I both forgot our keys & we didn't realize until after we'd gotten back to the apartment from Safeway with a ton of groceries. We ended up buzzing the manager (who was home thankfully), and he let us in with the master key. :P Glad it all mostly worked out though!Krispyhttp://a-nudge.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-44616054091077114432011-08-31T01:10:33.550+08:002011-08-31T01:10:33.550+08:00If I'm being honest, I read the summary, then ...If I'm being honest, I read the summary, then went back up and skimmed the whole thing, hehe.<br /><br />LOL at his mixup. In good company, language mistakes can be cute. :)Kristanhttp://kristanhoffman.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-8927247577656642782011-08-31T01:01:47.862+08:002011-08-31T01:01:47.862+08:00Wow, I'm so impressed you read the whole thing...Wow, I'm so impressed you read the whole thing! I kind of thought everyone would just read the summary, haha.<br /><br />Yeah, poor boys. They were super nice though! And they even tried to speak English with me. It was pretty hilarious since this one guy (the one I scared) said "Don't smile me!" and I thought he said "Don't smell me!" but what he actually meant to say was "Don't laugh at me!" LOL yeah that didn't really work. :P<br /><br />I'm very glad I made it back safely, too. :) Thanks, Kristan!lindahttp://aglimpseofwistfulness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4883214091774820293.post-25751550873083015792011-08-31T00:44:44.056+08:002011-08-31T00:44:44.056+08:00Lol wow, what an adventure. My fave part was the b...Lol wow, what an adventure. My fave part was the boys walking in on you in their living room and going, WTF? :P<br /><br />Glad you're safe!Kristanhttp://kristanhoffman.com/noreply@blogger.com