Yes. I left Taipei already. Like ages ago when things went awry and I just can't continue to be there ( Read more... )

I realized that there is a dead cockroach on the Baileys that I was drinking while at a party in Makati ( Read more... )

Yeah, and I'll be back to Manila. It seems like yesterday when I first set foot here, and now, well guess what.. I'm still the same. hehe. It's funny whenever I encounter Taiwanese, they often tell me that ( Read more... )

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I have to write this entry before the euphoric feeling subsides ( Read more... )

The interesting part of having classmates on which no one is a native English speaker, is the different languages being spoken at times in the class for semi-debate on the Chinese grammar and stuff like that. Whether the outspoken Europeans are speaking French, Russian, the painfully shy Japanese try to answer in Nihonggo and I would throw side ( Read more... )

If you are currently a student of UST, an alumnus or you just happen to know a lot about UST then maybe you can help me ( Read more... )

Today marks my first month here in Hualien ( Read more... )

Weeks in Hualien, Taiwan: 3 weeks, 1 day
Total Class hours: 20
Appetite level: 60 % (I'm still adjusting to bland food. I grew up with MSG-loaded dishes)
Homesickness level: 20% (I won't ever miss traffic and pollution. My nails are cleaner here ( Read more... )

It's been two weeks and a week of language class. I've somehow made some observations about the locals here. I may not be 100% accurate but I'm just a foreigner here and this is based on my first-hand observation ( Read more... )