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[buko_in_taiwan]

The North Pole    This morning, my friend David called me up and asked if I wanted to go on a little day hike with him. Seeing as I had nothing better to do than homework, I said yes. We met at the MRT (subway) station near our places, and took it almost as far north as it would go. From there, we hopped a bus that took us north through the

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[zinear]

The wave-blockers are sadly quite ugly, but at leas tthe rocks+water+waves view is still unobstructed from some point as it was quite beautiful.

Have you been around 天母區? I think there are some mountainous forests somewhere around there (I mean around there probably within a large radius because I really don't remember); don't know if one can climb around there, but it'd be cool. [I hope to go sometime, but if I go in summer, I'd be bitten red by Taiwanese bugs; have you heard? They are 非常厲害! And they really are...]

I am ultimately 羨慕 though because I spent the weekend toiling in cold and paper-writing. [不過我看了一部電影, 非常帥的Jérémie Rénier演了很好...不但電影不太好; 真可惜.] OK, 再開始學習了, 要做好好的traditional Asian student的事!

[buko_in_taiwan]

Yeah, the wave breakers were only near coastline with cities.

I dont really know what da hai qu would be...like where that is. Most of the northern parts of Taiwan I have seen are mountains and ocean. haha

I just learned 羨慕 last week! I love when I see words I recently learned being used...it reminds me that people actually speak this language.

Who is Jeremie Renier?

I feel like I am an honorary traditional Asian student...well sometimes.

[zinear]

Learn any other words? We've been learning about buying houses (since college students do that in their third year of Chinese study), so we have 貸款, 利息 (which is pronounced li4 xi1 in 中國, but li4 xi2 in Daiwan—sure you picked up that Taiwanese word), 合約/合同 (Tw/Ch, respectively), 眼光, 慎重, etc.

他是一位非常漂亮的演員; 你看ses portraits.

You are! You'll be official when the parents start using your academic accomplishments as trophies of not only parental pride but of social status; ... but, yes, remaning honorary is far more fun.

[zinear]

[oops, didn't click the button to post this earlier]
'Learn any other words?' should be 'Learn any other interesting words [as of late]?'