Funky Buddhas

So, short blogs, with photos doing most of the talking here.

If you’re in Taiwan and want to learn more on the Aboriginal culture, go do some weekend trips. But, if there’s no time and you still have an itch to read and see worthwhile Aboriginal culture, head to Academia Sinica, on the end of the [...]

The American Dilemma

I am a bit peeved.

Today, the lovely roommates and I took a long walk, landing ourselves at the versatile Taipei 101 food court. Out of the several options, we chose Indian curry dishes and Kimchi soup. Great!

In Taipei 101, amassing the world’s tallest building and the country’s most expensive shopping center, sat a poorly [...]

An Imported Thanksgiving Blowout

Here’s the link for all those hungry Americans stranded on this Island who need their annual 3,000 calorie diet day of devouring. I’m right there with you.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/11/19/2003458800

I, myself, will most likely be strolling into the Grand Hyatt buffet, because any Thanksgiving is no Thanksgiving if you can’t eat your heart out endlessly, burying your snout in [...]

Phoenix idea went south for the winter. Halloween throw down success.

More to come. Busy week. I scratched Phoenix and found a cool mask in Ximen (They have decent Halloween stores there, FYI.). I decided that I would be an Aborigine. Then I thought it would be cooler if I was of royalty. Do they have princesses in aboriginal cultures? Yes ma’am. Australia: Australian Aboriginal Princess Info

Anyways, [...]

A Taipei Halloweeny

Wow.

There is no place I think I might rather want to be. I have decided that this year for Halloween I am going to be a Pheonix. All I keep imagining is a feather mohawk on my head. I think I got the idea from this very video… And since I have already bought a [...]

The New Apt. Initiation: Pancake Breakfast.

Hell yeah. The most savory, sweet, filling, and glorious of breakfast sensations you will ever experience come from pancakes. I don’t care what you say, it’s the truth.

Talk about deprivation… When you live in Taiwan without a stove, and subject yourself every single countless day to coffee and fruit bag breakfasts, you forget the bountiful [...]

The New Apartment Post Is Long Overdue.

But still just as fantastic!

After long anticipation and pesky I-House drama (jumping off of the side of a mountain is never easy), I bring you the newest Virginia-Pia-Danielle Household! Ta-daaa! 2 minutes from the Linguang MRT, Kuma Market just around the corner, fresh fruit stands and High-Life convenient stores, restaurants, hair salon downstairs (or at [...]

How to Eat a Rice Triangle

Today I am going to teach you how to eat a rice triangle, the best snack/small meal in Taiwan’s 7-11. It is quick, healthy, aids hunger, cheap, and tasty. Good for a quick lunch on the go.

I am telling you this because it probably took me 6 good attempts before I figured it out. [...]

Fish Head and Tofu Islands in the Soup.

How do you think it feels:

The other night, lovely Pia and I strolled into a Taiwanese hotpot restaurant– a colorful place, with a little Taiwanese Man situated outside of the restaurant, heating hotpots a mile a minute, smiling and hopping around as if it were clockwork. It seemed like the perfect dinner spot to satisfy [...]

Photography of the I-House Extravaganza

Photos thanks to Roman Farccy, French photographer of the evening.

Pretending to be passed out (yes mom, pretending)

With Security Guard

Flip Flop Ping Pong (onomatopoeia?)

I stole something precious, can we guess what that is?

Karate Kids

Holy Moses. Too much fun at the I-House.