It's April 1 in Taiwan in a few hours... not sure if it has the "April Fools" significance here or not. We shall see.
It is a big weekend though as it is Tomb Sweeping Day (Qingming Festival) or 清明節 for the Chinese Culture. It's basically a Memorial Day with a better cooler name. It's a time to remember those who have already passed and tend to the graves of family. Some people use it as a Spring Cleaning Day as well - although it doesn't really feel like Spring when I don't remember Winter ever arriving here. It's officially Saturday, so no day off here. Those come in May!! Still haven't figured out why from my Taiwanese peers, but there were people burning things in the street last Friday (a sign of some significant holiday) and some festival floats going up and down the streets. And of course the lovely firecrackers in the streets - luckily these were during the day only.
We went to go see The Watchmen this past weekend (yes, with Mandarin subtitles even though it's brand new). A pretty good movie for those who enjoy the superhero/comic book movies of popularity the past few years. The opening scene is extremely loud - maybe I'm just getting old.
Let's see.... What else to talk about today:
- American Idol is down to 9 (8 contenders and 1 wanna-be)...
- Celebrity Apprentice is down to 7 girls and 4 guys with the departure of Mr. Rodman. That guy is still fun to follow!
- Final 4 includes the much hated Michigan State Spartans who cheated in 2000 thanks to referees wearing green and white stripes for that "home" game for MSU. No, I don't forgive them either.
- ISU women made the elite 8, but that's it for them. Who lets one player on the opposite team score 47 points in Women's College BBall?
- Watched the movie Bolt... cute movie and the graphics are getting better and better with these things.....
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