still, there are times i am bewildered by each mile i have traveled, each meal i have eaten, each person i have known, each room in which i have slept. as ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.
-jhumpa lahiri

i promise that soon i will post about the pilgrimage to hualien, as soon as i can get my apartment clean enough to sit at my computer without feeling guilty...