Let’s draw our future.

• camera
• notebook
• my chinese dictionary
• sweat-wicking clothing - I know I’m going to need it.
• Peter Hessler’s new book - Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip (if you haven’t read his other two books I highly recommend them, they’re fantastically written and offer great insight into China)

#182 ???? (Fall In Love!!) by John&Fish on Flickr.

Too lazy to get out my laptop when I first arrived in Taiwan. Too lazy to get it out until today, which is 5pm Taiwan time (2:50am LA time). x)

Managed to do a bit of my math homework and read a few pages of Wuthering Heights on the plane trip although this girl in the aisle across kept staring the entire time :( She was blatantly staring at me, Nee, and Mimi and didn’t even bother to look inconspicuously. It was very uncomfortable and I found it a bit rude although I didn’t say anything or stare back at her like Mimi and Nee did because I didn’t have the gall to.

Well, I downloaded Letters to Juliet on my itouch the day before and I finally got to watch it! Hehhe. I also finally watched I am Number Four on the screen thingy that they put on the back of one’s seat. They had all sorts of music.. Country, pop, oldies, Korean, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Indies, etc. Very cool. Only took a picture of the Korean one since Nee was already listening to it so this is her screen. She was listening to GDragon and Top.

For lunch, they even included a mini Haagen-Dazs bar! It was soo frozen, though.. But even so, I liked it =D They also provided cup noodles!! I was so excited.. It was so small and cute!

The flight attendants were so nice but I kept accidentally knocking into them :( But it was so embarrassing because I was pulling my shirt down from behind and smacked a flight attendant on her butt. And the first flight attendant accidentally punched me in the face LOL hahha man.. I have embarrassing experiences.

I slept a lot on the two flights. I didn’t mean to sleep that much and I meant for the flight to Hong Kong and the flight transferring to Taipei to be used productively. Ahh, disappointing. I need to force myself to concentrate on summer homework while I’m over here.

We went to bed at about 3am because of the jet lag. I was still sleepy but I decided to eat noodles =D Stomach over sleep.

Giant Buddha Statue at Keelung City High Point Park

Let’s draw our future.

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untitled by ??? on Flickr.

Taken with instagram

Taiwan: The Land of Convenience Stores

Handmade Guanmiao noodles

Just share group of boys wearing #batik singing #Indonesia song #Taiwan #HuaLian (Taken with Instagram at Hualian tzuchi )

Full Name:
Melody Farley

Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Hazel
Height:
179cm / 5?10.5?

Taiwanese and American

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untitled by Antontramont on Flickr.

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I love the little alien guy. To the left it says heterosexual, but I couldn’t get a picture of the entire thing because a guy was taking endless pictures of his girlfriend there.

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Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan

socal is complaining about the heat…
meanwhile!
i am getting soaked by post typhoon storms.
but it’s 80F outside :) and not so humid :D

Taipei during the Japanese colonial period. Sourced via The View From Taiwan.

No photo please!

The attendant of the store waved her hand in front of the camera just in time. Photo was taken in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Godfrey Gao is Asia’s first male supermodel.

This man is GORGEOUS. He is this seasons model for Louis Vuitton and looking sexy doing so:

This guy is Taiwanese-Canadian and he is DELIEVERING. **DROOL**

???? on Flickr.

The girls! :D

?? by Gary_Chu on Flickr.

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I’m now in taiwan! wohoo! After 3 stressful flights, 20 minutes connecting flights and a lost baggage…Still thankful that our Europe Trip went (semi) safely. Can’t ask for better traveling partners: the cs-request-master sees and the clumsy and chill ju. Although we had to deal with many difficult, uncomfortable situations, thank God that we’re all still safe. I will be in Taiwan for the next 6-7 weeks while sees will be studying abroad in Copenhagen. 

Based on our experiences, these are my Ratings:

Amsterdam- adorable, most bike-friendly, high fashion, open-minded and FAVORITE

Brussels- Best mussels, chocolates and beer (raspberry flavored)

Paris- most photogenic, touristy

Barcelona- best 3-coursed meals, most artsy

Girona- most overlooked, gorgeous

Milano- cheapest metro tickets

Munich- best beer garden, sausages and tasty tuna pizza

Prague- most historically interesting, charming, cool flavored beers

Berlin- cheapest and delicious food (including breakfast), best flea markets, coolest graffitis and most diverse and HIP also, where i would most likely to revisit 

Copenhagen- Never been, sees will update all of us

very biased but maybe could help you decide where you’d like to go for your next trip:)

Although our Europe has kinda ended, still we will update it so still follow!

[CEEN]

(by 78_rpm)

My 1st aunt and cousin Lulu took my sister and I to Lukang to visit my grandma on my dad’s side (even though my aunt and cousin are from my mom’s side). My sister and I spoke to my grandma in halting and horribly accented Taiwanese, which made her so happy that she immediately called my 4th aunt (dad’s side) when we left.

After that, we went to ?? (Wang Gong), a neighboring village with huge oyster harvesting fields (seen partly above).

After Lukang, we went to Taichung, where my aunt took us to ?????? (Uncle’s Hometown Flavor) (lao3 jiu4 de5 jia1 xiang1 wei4). It’s a really famous restaurant and one of my dad’s favorites. The potsticker above is ???? (jiu3 cai4 shui3 jiao3) (potstickers with garlic chives). Delicious. I love garlic chives.

????? (suan1 bai2 cai4 shui3 jiao3) (sour cabbage dumplings)

????? (suan1 cai4 bai2 huo3 guo1) (sour cabbage hotpot)

Sauces — left: mashed garlic; middle: soycheese sauce with Chinese chives; right: vinegar with garlic

Bubble tea beckons (by KentonNgo)

It’s hello to Taiwan and bye bye to Japan. No more proper ladies and gentleman who go to great lengths to be considerate of everyone in their sights, and also friends and neighbors who may not be present but are thought to be equally as worthy of consideration regardless, people who make room for you on the sidewalk, move their bikes out of your way so you can pass freely, talk non-stop in singsong voices while making change for you in the Family Mart, and never hesitate to throw a bow or two in your direction. I’ve traded them all in for people who don’t give a damn if you’ve been waiting in line for an hour, they’re going to push and shove their way to the goddamn front anyway ‘cause they don’t give a fuuuuuuuuuck, and they want to be first even though they wouldn’t be able to tell you why. They want to be first so they can sit and wilt in the hot and sweaty steam of the dark, unventilated bus, secure in their smugness, knowing their elbows are the sharpest of the bunch and they made it in FIRST! FFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIRST!!!!!!!!! Oh yes.

I’m not sure how it happens, but sometimes, out of nowhere, I get so crabby I want to rent an apartment and buy dishes just so I can take them all out into the street and smash them. I was sitting on the bus from the airport to Taipei City, and the woman across the aisle was coughing, a perfectly reasonable thing to do. I felt like a four-year-old ready to explode into a tantrum. I had to continuously resist the urge to erupt into ludicrous suggestions, “Have a glass of water or a lozenge or something, bury your mouth in a hanky, stick your head out the window, just be quiet!” I cannot pinpoint any reason why I would be entertaining the notion of behaving in this fashion. I had a perfectly lovely day filled with complimentary snacks, beverages, and extra legroom… unless it was the pushing and shoving that sent me down the wrong path. I’m far too easily influenced by hoodlums and skullduggery. I managed to make it to the hostel without any fights breaking out. I suppose I better have a nap and work on waking up feeling cute and friendly. I’ve been having really lively dreams lately, with lots of cameo appearances from characters in my real life past.  I’m interested to see who turns up tonight… MmmK, nighty night. xo.

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