went to the 故宮 today, with Yoshida-san. we had quite a time at the calligraphy exhibit. they actually had writing by 王羲之. it's kind of neat that they've saved it from almost 2000 years ago.

actually, i was most impressed with this guide at the 17th-century Formosa special exhibition. he was all talking fast and getting excited at every exhibit and gesticulating all the while he was telling you (actually, it was quite a large crowd) all these interesting things. he was probably around my age, plus or minus a few years. and when we got to the end of the tour, he just started right up on the next one. I was sooo impressed.