I had never heard of Brazilian jiujitsu before coming to Taiwan. I find it gives you a great workout while training you how to defend yourself. Besides, it's a wonderful way of working out your frustrations. Have a bad day at work, go ahead and take it out on someone in practice!

But I must say . . . had I seen this video before starting BJJ . . . well, perhaps I would have just stuck with playing Ultimate Frisbee.

A sand garden

The sand is a little too coarse to make fine lines and detailed patterns. Despite having sifted it through a screen mesh, it still has a lot of little bits of crushed sea shell in it which gives it a rough texture.

The broadcast of a press conference of President Bush and Prime Minister Blair is playing on CNN right now. I was flolding clothes and half listening to the broadcast when I suddenly heard something that struck me as very weird.