The Intern Diaries: 5Qchannel – learning chinese via animation and manga
I love animation! I am a huge Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki fan. I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons with my brother where my love for Batman and the infamous Kevin Conroy (hands down the best actor to ever play The Batman) blossomed. I cried buckets the first time I watched the Pixar classic “Up” and marveled at the billions of balloons that lifted the little old house and the little old man into the sky. Continue reading The Intern Diaries: 5Qchannel – learning chinese via animation and manga
kafka at the cafe
But, finally, when school ended and I had two days off to myself to pack and try and see the things that I’d thought I’d never be able to see again, I went to Kafka.
A very inconspicuous place, on the second floor in a kinda’ alleyway near Gongguan [公關]. Continue reading kafka at the cafe
I lost a book – I got lost in one: reflections on reading in a second language
There is a book I’m in love with that I’ve never finished reading. It disappeared when I was on my way to school about halfway done with it. I had been reading it on the bus, and when I reached … Continue reading I lost a book – I got lost in one: reflections on reading in a second language
I dream of coffee 『Louisa Coffee 就是我的咖啡夢想』
I am a coffee addict…
In the movies, where there’s that scene when the protagonist — guy, girl — doesn’t really matter, pours themselves a cup of hot coffee and curls up in a window seat, pajama clad and notebook in hand. That’s the feeling that coffee gives me — security, comfort, romance, nostalgia… Continue reading I dream of coffee 『Louisa Coffee 就是我的咖啡夢想』
if you want to eat good food： do it on yong kang jie [part 3]
I sure do love this street! I’ve ventured here many a time, hair — and sometimes skirt! yikes — blowing in the breeze as I YouBike my way down the ..oh, I don’t know, six or so long blocks of … Continue reading if you want to eat good food： do it on yong kang jie [part 3]
tian ah! san xia: a day of dying and midday molding
I dyed a cloth in San Xia, and threw a pot on Lingge Ceramics Street!
Just another ICLP Fieldtrip (^_^)Y Continue reading tian ah! san xia: a day of dying and midday molding
you get a cookie, and you get a cookie: EVERYBODY GETS A COOKIE!
Actually, I eat them all by myself. And aww, this is a bad week for photos. Just about ten days left in Taipei and I am still trying to to take as many photos and visit as many places as … Continue reading you get a cookie, and you get a cookie: EVERYBODY GETS A COOKIE!
lanterns in the sky: shi fen, home of railroad wishes
I met the sweetest family in Taiwan. After being invited to go eat dinner with one of my SF State classmates and his friend’s mom, we hit it off, bouncing back and forth in Chinese over dinner and then over … Continue reading lanterns in the sky: shi fen, home of railroad wishes
shiney! : a trip to the national palace musem
We’re going to a PALACE!? say whaaat? My trip to the palace occured during my second week at ICLP, before we’d started classes. This post, unfortunately, is going to be very lame because after a long lecture on “How to … Continue reading shiney! : a trip to the national palace musem
if you want to eat good food: do it on yong kang jie [part 2]
Let’s not forget, I did come to Taiwan to study Chinese. So after spending the bulk of my morning prepping for my first day of class on Monday, naturally I was feeling quite stressed…and hungry. I’m trying to avoid the … Continue reading if you want to eat good food: do it on yong kang jie [part 2]
Sailor Skye 