Chewin in the Chung

Taiwan Tax: The tax for my car this year is more than three times the tax for my house. I suspect that the older and crappier your car gets, the higher the tax. But I'm too lazy to go look up the records from previous years.



Off to Hong Kong tomorrow. Back in the day, whenever someone went to Hong Kong they'd get a big list of stuff to pick up for friends- books, cheese, deodorant, Grappa, etc. Nowadays you can get pretty much anything in Taiwan, except maybe Grappa, and that shit is gross anyway.

But with the shopping needs pretty much excluded, I'm not sure what tourists do in HK. I used to run around the city for days at a time, drinking, clubbing, playing video games, and starting trouble with U.S. sailors*. Damn squids. Anyway, all of those activities are pretty much problematic these days. Maybe go check out one of the new casinos in Macao.

*I also once tried to outdrink a couple of Her Majesty's Royal Marines. Urgh.