Due to the results of test and daily scores, my choices of area for serving was narrowed down to Southern parts of Taiwan and islands off the coast of Taiwan. In other words, it's a choice between spending a year in the mountains or by the sea. I picked the sea, because five years of Davis is enough land for me. It's a good time to live by the sea ( Read more... )

I'm typing this on the Taiwan High Speed Rail, heading toward KaoHsiung. After just 45 minutes, I'm at TaiChung station, half way down the length of this tiny island ( Read more... )

Smart, Beautiful, Sane. Pick two.

... is tropical weather's best friend ( Read more... )

I'm so proud of myself ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/magazine/09FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=2

I sent this link to someone who's currently learning translation, and this is what I translated in order to explain what the passage meant:

"I asked the C.E.O. of Pet ( Read more... )

The weather bureau's forecast is always erring on the side of bad weather, in case it does rain or something. >__> They listed rain from Monday to Thursday for the past two days. Now, Sunday night/Monday morning, they list as partly cloudly all week. The hell is wrong with these people? Anyone can see the huge cloud swirl will sweep west, under the ( Read more... )

Maybe it's the caffeine is wearing off, but I'm feeling down. And maybe it's because what happened today. I'm not sure if that's the real reason. Even so, it couldn't have affected me this much.

*sigh* sad.

http://forum.ruten.com.tw/replylist.php?article=2050269Read more... )

I read somewhere that Taiwanese people don't consider peanut oil the same as peanuts. So I decided to test out that bit of factoid by asking my grandma ( Read more... )