Ode to good public transit

Dear diary,

Hello again, I’m on my way back to my hometown for Lunar New Year, prior to leaving, dramatic me took a good look around my current room ( I’m not even leaving for long just 10 days) and felt sad because I really like this room, even though it’s just a little room it’s all I ever wanted when I was in the other room. And me and my partner spend so much time in here and cleaned and rest and prepare our body so much here, it’s a good room, it lacks nothing despite being tiny, tiny for 2 person that is, it’s quite spacious for one, the air definitely smells fresher here, and it feels more spacious when it’s one person. I like how quiet it is, the smell and it makes you feel quite peaceful, during autumn/spring it’s the perfect temperature without needing to wear loads of jackets. The table is big enough for various activities like cooking, writing, being on the laptop, there’s a couch where you can temporarily rest with dirty clothes on or put stuff there, the vibes are just pretty good in general.

Walking to the airport I realize how convenient living in this country and this part of town, like literally, there is a walkable path to the metro, then the metro takes me all the way to the high speed rail all the way to the airport, it’s really convenient to get around public transport for cheap, it’s literally free for me due to having the monthly pass, well yea it costs 1.2k ntd but it’s for the whole month, and it’s wherever you go in Taipei, buses, metro, railways, with free half an hour U bike to everywhere with a dock. Like I could literally just bring me and my cabin luggage and get to the airport 50km away with my 2 legs, with the help of various public transport of course. Granted, it’ll probably take a shorter time with a car, but probably not much shorter, think about the number of traffic lights and traffic during rush hour, and the fuel needed, not to mention concentration on the road, oof that’s taxing, I’d rather have a longer commute and chill in a train. This is why I think public transport is one helluva deal. The usual price for a trip to the metro from my house without the transit pass is like 120ntd? So I feel like I’m making my money’s worth here. Transport is clean, functional and predictable. And I really like the feeling of walking from the metro to the high speed rail, and also when the train starts to speed up, this is probably what true future feels… gosh I’m getting old and lame to be gushing about efficient public transport…

On the way to the Airport MRT

Here we go again, not exactly a huge achievement but I guess I’m a little proud that I get to be on the airport MRT many times 

My partner is currently in another South East Asian country enjoying cheap real fruit blended smoothie, wish I could join, but ah wells, such is life. We call often, but, I guess sometimes it’s not convenient, and it’s definitely different from doing the same thing together. Anyways, I guess this way I get to catch up on some stuff I like to do by myself such as some strength exercises, write this diary, learn some French through writing, this take a lot of time after all, research regarding the bank, research about elegant ways to style my hair etc, hopefully I’ll actually have time and actually do them at home tho, I’m pretty good at procrastinating

Yea so, today ate some free fried chicken and bubble tea while the department’s manager gave a run down regarding the history of the formation of this team. I finally got the lore regarding the beef between my supervisor and the team he was transferred from and why he’s so cagey about it! And also got praises so that’s nice. In the end it was quite weird where it started to feel like a church gathering where he started praising Jesus and whatnot, and he said that when he was trying to hire for the software team, he praised the Lord that it just so happens that another manager introduced me to the company, therefore the hiring of me was rather under notable circumstance, I was being recommended by someone who I’ve never met at an exact moment when they were trying to hire someone. Then he stared at me hoping I would say some grand speech, he looks disappointed when I start to sweat through my hands and drying it on my pants and mumbling under my breath. Gosh, I wish I was more charismatic in a big group, and positive acting.

Anyways, I guess that’s about it for today, just wanted to show appreciation regarding the living situation I’m in now.