Taiwan (Day 2)

So here's what I've learnt:

• Females have a much stronger "don't talk to strangers (guys)" attitude here. One chick was especially rude and started to ignore me when I was asking for directions.
• The city works on completely different timings, things open around 11am and close at midnight!
• As such even the work life is different - my colleagues don't start work till noon at the university. Seems like the country all sleeps in and stays up late (just like me :) )
• It's uncomfortably hot here. Only because it's much more humid and it feels like you are perpetually bathing in a light coat of sweat whereas Australian summer is more like high-temperature hot.
• There is an abundance of cute things in stores.

Taiwan (Day 1)

A whole new world ~ a new fantastic point of view ~

What tiring trip. 11:30pm flight with little sleep, oh well watched Kung-fu Panda 3 which had a weak plotline then Daddys Home which has a hilariously bad CG moment. Didn't get to finish watching The Alamnac Project as the plane landed during the climax :(

Taiwan's different, culturally different in that ever hour I spend here I'm fascinated by the dichotomy between how Western and Eastern cultures perceive social interactions. Breakfast was lol; I went to a street vendor and realised I didn't know what to order as I couldn't read the menu! Was too embarrassed to ask so I waited until another customer came along and just ordered the same thing, the struggles are real! After taking a 1 hour nap, I went to meet Maggie (Sunny's sister), she helped me a lot and took me to get a much needed haircut and eat good food.

Later that afternoon got lost in the NTNU campus before learning that I was on the wrong campus. I met all the people I'd be working with, interesting to say the least and they took me for a stroll. I went back early and crashed and slept till 9pm then woke up and found that I was living directly on top of the Shida Night Market!

Didn't know what to eat though as I strolled through the alleys, bustling to life with uni students. I ended up approaching a store and asked what they sold. The owner looked at me funny and pointed at the sign; had to explain that I'm illiterate in the language upon which she showed great sympathy. Turns out her brother lived in Melbourne and has the same problem every time he came back. So we chatted and she told me about the area, gave me some free fruit and I bought dinner from her and went back to watch GOT S06E03 :) epic as always!