tonight i got this terrible phone call from the school i work for telling me that my application for my new visa has been rejected. apparently there isn't enough time to process it. this is the school's fault because the person in charge of applying has never done it before, and has caused quite a few delays by not having all the paper work prepared in time. needless to say i am very unhappy about it all. so on monday we have to go to the foreign affairs police station to see if we can get an extension on my current visa so that i can apply for the renewal. if i'm unable to get this extension i think i'll have to leave taiwan and go on a visa run. normally such a visa run would be to hk, but now that is not possible because of sars. so i'm thinking it will probably be to japan. if all else fails i'll be forced to return to the states which i really don't want to do.