Roommate Diary

About Roommate

Name: Jun Ting Lin (Junts)
Age: 24
Ethnicity: Taiwanese

He lives with me in the same apartment in the same room. And we share everything together, including stuff inside the apartment, which include jokes and fun times, clothes and foods, taxis and friends. Good times in 2010.

X --- Here are "Lin Jun Ting's Top 10 Qualities" from what I have observed as his roommate for months:

(1) Cleans and tidies room regularly. Super clean guy. No complaints about my mess, because he cleans it up.
(2) Humbler than most - humbly agrees with suggestions and criticisms many a times.
(3) Understands brokenness. Can sympathize with people in difficulty.
(4) Doesn't take up much space. If our room is 6 x 7 m squared, then he takes up about 2 x 3 m squared! (Work out the maths) I completely take over the room in terms of stuff. That's a super good roommate!
(5) Needs little face among strangers. Doesn't care about what strangers think of him. And can sing very loud in public with little hesitation.
(6) Patient. When browsing books together, listening/singing a song, listening to a story, he will wait for the finish before moving onto something else.
(7) Doesn't mind snorers. Although he tells me that i snore every night, i can tell that in his tolerance, he really doesn't mind.
(8) Content with any food. He even eats the ginger, cooked in soups, and anything that appears in the bowl.
(9) Gifted song writer. He writes one song a week. He sings til 2am in the morning, and thinks about songs.
(10) Knows how to hang out with older people. Attends 28yrs+ cell groups.

X --- Here are his bad qualities as observed in the past months:

(a) Brushes his teeth for 20 minutes - and that's 19+ minutes too long, way way too long.
(b) Likes to take off all his clothes when he gets back to the apartment (at least its helped me to be more open).
(c) If "overreacts around cute animals" doesn't count, then that's all i can really think of...

Jun Ting brushing teeth with no clothes on

Overjoyed holding a big cute sleeping giraffe

Forgets an appointment with his teacher and looks embarrassed

Taking care of his girlfriend's aquarium in facebook's "開心水族箱". Cute!

Abe comes back to the dorm and greets Jun Ting, as per usual.

Gets a nice hug for coming home! And Abe looking awkward in front of the camera.

*** Recommended Roommate [STAMPED - VERIFIED]

Dirty Dealings

For some people,

1. Playing dirty can help with forgiveness. Because since they also did something sneaky to the 'opponent', there is wrong on their behalf to absorb the anger caused by what the 'opponent' did to them.
example: in a school yard fight

2. Being less hygienic when younger can improve health on the way to maturity, and during maturity. Because the immune system would have had more chances to familiarize itself with germs in acceptable doses.
example: fully gripping and turning off the public toilet taps after washing hands

"I would rather be a beggar and single, than a queen and married." - Elizabeth I

"The thief is no danger to a beggar."
"It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief."


Question: Do Taipei beggars serve any benefit to the city of Taipei?


Long Answer: Ambiguous. Reasons as below:

A1. Earn more money per hour than a worker at McDonalds.

2. Save very little of money earned.

3. Spend a lot of money earned. Very liquid. Great for nearby shops.

B1. Stirs up more of a giving spirit in the hearts of Taipei people.

2. It is more blessed to give than to receive. Great for givers.

C1. A way to fulfill the need to 'do good' in Taipei. Makes people feel important.

D1. However, negative impacts are inconclusive. Therefore cannot say whether beggars bring about higher welfare or not.

Short Answer: Yes!
When they (beggars) cheerfully give to those in need.

Hahahaha

Beggars are fantastic.

Your Fantastic Feeling

When you kneeled with your face planted to the ground, and you cried uncontrollably, the tears and snots and saliva flowed up your forehead, and streamed onto your hair.
And later, when you got up, they hardened as hair gel.

It was a fantastic feeling, for you.

Don't judge yourself.