I’ve been taking a break lately and didn’t do much exciting except some outdoor activities. The other day I visited an unusual restaurant.
Taiwan has one of the highest restaurants per capita; there are restaurants literally on every corner. In order to distinguish from one to another, they come up with crazy ideas. […]
Xiamen is one of the ports that China opened when it started the open market policy 30 years ago. Most of the investments come from foreign or Chinese Diasporas especially Taiwanese businesses who have heavily invested a lot in this city and it shows in the modernity and beauty of this city. It also […]
I left Taiwan heading to Singapore. I really liked Taiwan, I felt attached to the place after staying almost 3 months. I can summarize it with one word “Taiwanese People” really amazing, everyone I met was very friendly, very helpful and very respectful. As I mentioned in previous posts, I will come back […]
My mandarin class hasn’t been easy and most of the time I have no idea what the teacher is talking about. It will be my last week before heading to Singapore. I am planning to come back here to enroll in this class and continue learning Mandarin till I feel I can carry […]
Yesterday I went to Yehliu; it’s a little town about 1.5 hours from Taipei. It’s now part of the new Taipei City. I took the bus and I told the driver that I needed to get to Yehliu when I handed him the ticket, I later realized he didn’t understand me. I wasn’t […]
The longer I stay here the more I experience the real culture and get better understanding about Asian Culture in general and the Taiwanese/Chinese culture in specific. The other day for the first time I saw a funeral. I was heading to the Chinese class I am taking and saw a big tent […]
Over the weekend, I went to Jiufen it’s a 2 hours bus ride, there’s no direct train service to Jiufen. It’s a mountainous town, very charming and touristic. These summer days have been very warm, humid with no breeze in Taipei but once I arrived in Jiufen it was great with a nice […]
Last week I went around Taipei. One of the places I visited was the Living mall; I just liked the architecture of the building and wanted to take some pictures. To my surprise the mall was empty of shoppers although they had big sales. I remember reading when the mall was at one […]
I am still struggling learning Chinese, and one month is for sure not enough to learn a language. The teacher told me there are 5000 characters in Mandarin but only 1500 characters that are commonly used. Although it’s not expected to learn to write any characters in the class but I was able […]
I started taking a Mandarin class to learn some words or short sentences to prepare for my trip to China. I feel I am like Adam Sandler in Billy Madison :), luckily, I am the only one in the class, and I don’t have the big yellow school bus to pick me up […]
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