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This is interesting

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Woh, really like this.

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“Thank you, Ludwig.”

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Well, I think I did.

I don’t expect myself to be getting hurt whilst travelling but rather I worry about actually getting there and going back. I have no volcano cover so let’s hope Finland’s got my back! Volcano cover, oh gosh, wasn’t that a joke on Simpsons once? I wonder if that was before or after last years fiasco. Anyway, it’s hilarious. To an extent.

checking out a deserted street near my hotel last night…

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So last weekend ICLP arranged another fun-filled afternoon… this time in Maokang.

The area used to be the biggest tea growing area of Taipei. There are many intertwining footpaths which have been used to transport tea. Now, it is a popular place for tea culture and viewing the night scenery of Taipei City.

It is very easy to get to. You take the Wenhu Line (Brown Line) to the Taipei Zoo Station then you transfer to the super awesome Gondola! The ride is pretty long and it only costs 50NTD.

After the ride, we were able to spend the rest of the afternoon at a lovely old tea house. Though we first received a very extensive vocabulary list of Tea Terminology, Tea Manufacturing Terminology, Tea Classifications, Tea Set Names and Items, and Tea Making Process Terminology.

I didn’t understand much of the lecture given by the tea house proprietor, but he was quite a host. In addition to teaching us how to brew the tea, he provided us with musical entertainment which included flute, drums, and grass-blowing.

And then it rained… and it was beautiful.

mother monster is going to Taiwan soon!! and the chinese news reported how crazy her little monster were, just to get in queue to get the tickets!

Zuoying (by lyra444)

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Were you ever wondering why Germany’s Bundesvogeladler (especially the one hanging in the Bundestag) resembles more like an overweighted pigeon than a proud imperial eagle? Konsumgesellschaft. 

Photographs of the relocated German village of Haidemuhl by Rainer Wengel & Holger Schilling.

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Typhoon Meari Soaked Me!

I didn’t know she had that weird hair until this pic, orz

Raaandom bg…

buddha on Flickr.

Pork Sandwich
[Alitalia Illy Cafe]
[Taipei, Taiwan]

Taipei just after it rained.

Carmel Iced Latte
This is the first latte that I’ve had in Taiwan that doesn’t just taste like creamer…
[Alitalia Illy Cafe]
[Taipei, Taiwan]

Taiwan night market.

A typical Taiwan public bathroom. 

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Blogger Jailed Over Bad Beef Noodle Review:

We’ve heard of restaurateurs having hissy fits over bad Yelp reviews and even kicking out newspaper reviewers, but jailing a blogger over a bad review? That would be insane… or would it? A Taiwanese blogger was recently sentenced to 30 days in detention, two years of probation and ordered her to pay NT$200,000 in compensation to a Taichung noodle shop she criticized on her blog. what did she say that was so awful?

5 more days till Taiwan. 

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