(Scroll to the bottom for the gallery!) You cannot claim to have truly seen the craftsmanship that Starbucks puts into its coffee until you have visited the Starbucks Roastery in Seattle. As you approach the store, in addition to the Read More …
Tonight ends my 44-day stay in Fresno, California, at the gracious hospitality of my friend and his family and his many friends and their families in the area while studying at California State University, Fresno for summer classes. It’s been Read More …
At 6:40pm GMT+8 on Wednesday, May 28th, I took off from Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan. At 3:35pm PST on Wednesday, May 28th, I landed at Los Angeles International Airport. Gotta love how time zones work. In order for jetlag Read More …
First thing in the morning: met up with my 學長 who is graciously letting me stay for a few days at his place when I stay in and out of LA over the next two weeks. We were to meet up at Read More …
Nothing much happened on day 8. Besides getting a haircut. So now I look like a kpop star. Just kidding. It was a lazy Sunday. On Monday I went to Keelung, a port city on the northeastern coast of Taiwan. Read More …
For the past two days I was graciously hosted by Fred’s relatives down in Taichung who gave me a place to stay for the night and showed me around to Taichung and its neighboring towns. We took the train from Taipei Read More …
Weather can be so deceptive in Taipei… For the first time since I got here, the sun came out, dazzling and hot. Two hours later it was gone, and we were back to high humidity and rain. Thus our plans to Read More …
On Day 4…it rained some more. Fred and I visited whatever we could via MRT, so the underground malls again as well as the CKS Memorial (we got drenched here). And then, after getting drenched, we had dinner at the Read More …
Today my good friend Fred Chang took the train up from Taichung and met with me in Shilin for some lunch before touring various parts of Taipei along the Metro Rapid Transit (MRT) rail lines. Taipei’s MRT is extremely convenient Read More …
Taiwan is known for its food and cuisine, no doubt. LA’s Din Tai Fung? I just walked by the original in Da’an yesterday. Boba? Taiwan. Night market food? I’m living in the district in which it started. And the closer Read More …