Tonight will be a full moon. This helps explain why everyone in Taiwan is getting out the metal can to burn paper money in. This is "Ghost Month" in Taiwan, so all the superstitions are coming out of the woodwork. My school had their little ceremony today. They put lots of food on a table, then burn incense and that fake money.

But it doesn't seem like a ritual. They just had a couple of office staff take care of it. It looked more like a chore.

In other news, I see on my multicultural calendar (complete with Pagan festival days), it says that Friday is "Assumption Day." I'm sure it's religious, but I think I'll spend the day assuming all kinds of other things instead.