Friday, October 24, 2008

And away we go...

I just had my last meal in the USA...Carl's Jr's Western Bacon Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries. I won't be eating anything like this for a while I think, so I have to indulge myself before my 14 hour flight.


Everything is packed up and I'm going to call a taxi to take me to LAX. My flight leaves in 4 hours from Los Angeles to Taipei, Taiwan and I'm starting to think "what in the hell am I doing???".


I've been working almost 9 years at Line 6 as an electrical engineer and just needed some kind of break after spending a tough three weeks in China delivering a new product to market. Line 6 was cool enough to give me three months off. So instead of becoming a couch potato, I'm flying to Taiwan to attend Chinese Cultural Univeristy for 11 weeks taking a 14 hour a week course in how to read, write and speak Mandarin Chinese.

I'm also planning on writing some new music to record a new cd. All I'm planning on doing for 3 months is music and learning Chinese. We'll see how productive I can be. I'm pretty proficient when I set my mind to do something.

I'll be staying with my wife who has been living in Taipei on and off the past 4 years. We celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary this Halloween. This should be an interesting way to celebrate making it into double digits in our marriage.

Not much time to post, but I wanted to post something before I left. No idea wtf is going to happen over the next 3 months, but it certainly won't be boring. My next post will be from Taiwan.

Zaijian!

Jim
Posted by Jim W. at 3:30 AM

5 comments:

  1. J-birdOctober 24, 2008 at 4:48 AM

    jman,
    This may be a good time to learn to cook something other than microwavable foods too :) May be your only shot at getting anything close to americana grub while your over there.

    Lookin forward to blog updates. Hope you have a good flight!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 5:20 AM

    Have a great trip Jim. Looking forward to your updates. Don't forget the cool and strange foods you'll be eating .. photos my friend .. we need photos.

    DaveB

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  3. phunkadelic rapperOctober 24, 2008 at 10:43 AM

    Alright Jim!

    Looking forward to the story you're going to tell over the next three months.

    桃花运

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  4. UnknownOctober 27, 2008 at 10:28 PM

    Jimmy,
    Just searching the web the other day and found your site. I always knew you would continue with your music. I still tell people that I went to grade school with the best guitarist ever. Anyway, it sounds like you are rather busy and living the adventurous life. My brother in law lives in china and has lived there for about 3 years now. Anyway, I would love to chat when you have the time. I'm at sobrien@stlouisco.com

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  5. jcwbmoNovember 3, 2008 at 12:06 PM

    Hang in there & try to keep cool!

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