Ill abroad

Well, I hope I don't bore my readers (all 2 of you) with the news that I've been ill as you probably all already know.
Anyway, not harm in documenting it, not least to say a major thanks to my host family Jimmy and Kristy for making sure that I'm still here and still able to eat and walk and hopefully drum (soon).

The main cause of the illness is something I don't know, probably H1N1 as that's quite widespread at the moment and most symptoms seemed to match (although I could swear that it's a stronger variant than the one people had in England back in July from what they described).

Anyway, after a week's rest, Kristy cooking me lots of rice soup and some various kinds of medicine then I'm beginning to get back to normal and feel like going outside again. Unfortunately for the other Transition members I had to let them down for an important gig, but thanks to our Korean friend Ko I think things seemed to go well (he stepped into the breech, although hopefully didn't break it...).

So apart from being ill, what's up, ah yes, on the day of getting ill, thank God I was still able to go to see David Tao's concert in Taipei! Thanks to Diana for getting the tickets, it was an occasion to remember. David Tao was the first Taiwanese singer I ever heard (back in autumn 2002) and I've been trying to see his live show ever since, finally the dates worked out this time and it was definitely the show to see!! He just had a five piece rock band and the songs from the new album really flew in that setting. For those few hours I was able to forget that I was starting to feel ill and enjoy the fact that I was in the best David Tao concert this side of Hei Se Liu Ding!!!

Sorry that there's an ugly photo of me looking ill, but photos at the concert were not allowed and I like to obey rules, sorry.