It’s been a little while since I posted. There’s been a couple changes, most notably is I’m only posting twice a week now. So stay tuned for Monday and Friday… Read More »Going to the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial | Climbing Up YangMingShan 陽明山
The day today was filled with nothing interesting. However, I couldn’t let another one of these days pass by. So, I forced Rauful and Janette to come to Shida(師大, shi1da4)… Read More »Day #27 – Biking to Shida Night Market | Stopping at Gongguan
Another day of class passes, with nothing else to do. During my break, I headed over across the street to a block filled with food. Today, it was a nice… Read More »Day #26 – Going Out For Steak
Today was another of those slow days. The most notable thing I did today was sign up for the gym. I signed up to the world gym in gongguan,Taipei. The… Read More »Day #25 – Empty Day | Walk Around the Neighborhood
It’s trip day again. This time, we went to Sandiaoling, 三貂嶺(san1diao1ling3) to hike. By the way, to hike in Mandarin is 爬山(pa2shan1) or literally to “climb mountain”. Our main purpose… Read More »Day #24 – Hiking at Sandiaoling三貂嶺
I began the day by being late to class, almost. It takes about 15 or so minutes to walk to school, and I left two minutes past 10:00(school starts 10:10).… Read More »Day #23 – Eating Out | Tonghua通化 Night Market
The interesting thing if the day was going to a noodle shop. I mean, food is always interesting, right? I went out with some friends to “eat noodles”, or 吃麵(chi1mian4).… Read More »Day #22 – More School | Going to Noodle Shop
Today’s interesting thing for the day, besides class of course, was walking around Da’an Park. Da’an Park is to Taiwan as what Central Park is to NY, the cities lung… Read More »Day #21 | Walking through Da’an Park
The first day of class has finally come and now we come to the “study” portion of my study abroad. Before I describe some of what we did, let me… Read More »Day #20 – First Day of Class | The Dreaded 書面語
Today was another short day, yet productive day. Today is also 端午節(duan1wu3jie2), or Dragon Boat Festival. The most iconic portion of the festival is the dragon-boat race, or 賽龍船(sai4long2chuan2). The… Read More »Day #19 – Dragonboat Festival 端午節