Was rather uneventful in reality. My boss had agreed to come over and pick me up and my luggages from the hostel, so I got up early, thinking that he would be here before the computer classes begins at 9am, but he didn’t call nor answered any of our calls. In the end, we got […]
It was my last day in Neiwan today, and my 6 weeks here was finally near its end. Decided to head out after lunch to bade farewell to everyone, especially those in the streets which we passed by their shops everyday. Along the way, received dumplings from the old granny, which everyone fondly calls ‘Lin […]
Wanted to complete the remaining stamps for the Jhunan – Qingshui coastline, which was left half done about a week back, so jumped at the chance to do it today since we had no interviews to be done and boss was not coming around. Took the 9.45am train out of Neiwan, got breakfast at Hsinchu’s […]
Got up and the first thing I did was to sit down and play Plants VS Zombies, which was as unproductive as I can get. Counted my remaining food stock and was reminded that I would be heading home after next week, and I had mixed feelings about it. Classes won’t start till September which […]
If it wasn’t a call from Mr Li who brought us out to see horses the previous day, we would have most probably been sleeping the day out because we were up all night trying to finish whatever work which had to be done before the end of our internship here in Taiwan. Sleepily, he […]
Mr Li promised to bring us to Cyongling to show us his horses today, which prompted us to actually wake up early and climb out bed (something which we hadn’t been doing in quite a while since summer came by in Taiwan) After calling at his place, he asked us to wait for a while […]
Two days back we made a random train hopping down south, so this time decided to try the northern line which goes right after Taipei. Breakfast was a Taiwanese styled bun, filled with peanuts, sugar, some vegetables, a sliced of bacon and a fried egg. Finished it off with milk pearl tea, and the waitress […]
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Taiwan, the Taiwan Railway also launched a series of special stamps which were available at specific train stations. Some special prize awaits those who managed to collect all 100 within the year, but it was also a fun way to explore Taiwan with this purpose. With that in mind, […]
One item on our to-do list today was impromptu. In the morning, headed to the Lavender Cottage where one of the nice shopkeeper helped to get us seats on a free feeder bus which runs between Neiwan to the cottage which was further up in Jianshi. The waiting spot was rather secluded, behind a row […]
Marking the end of our second week in Neiwan, we were bored, so took the train and bus to head out to Hsinchu to let ourselves get dizzy with the city crowd and noise. Too much of the quietness here can drive one crazy. First thing we did was to do some shopping. Picked up […]
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