current: london life
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dim sum
it’s my cousin’s family’s tradition to go for dimsum on Sundays. we went to one in the city in a hotel. this place looked very grand and had good food. ; afterwards, we went shopping! first stop was Uniqlo, then Lululemon. as it was the weekend, it was quite busy, but we had no other…
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michelin goose
second day in Hong Kong was easy going and relaxed. started the morning bright and early in the city. first thing i noticed was probably the number of luxury brands i saw and the cute trams. i saw many cool buildings. this was possibly my favorite. ; with my cousin guiding my mother and i,…
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hot pot
Today after school, my mother and I decided to have hotpot for lunch at a place we walked past the other day. What attracted us what their weekday lunch deal which is less that 10£ per person. They had two options, just meat, or for more you get meat and seafood. We opted for just…
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street food
Another slow day, school then bought some food. That’s it.
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temple
After school, I met up with my mother and we visited a temple close to our house. Taiwan is known for having many many temples everywhere. On the way home we got some groceries Dinner this evening:
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hualien pt 6
The only main thing planned this day was for my mom to get her eyebrows microbladed. We first stopped by a chain cafe in Taiwan, 85°C. They have pretty good coffee and lots of different cakes sold by slices and whole. It is all fresh and more of an asian style which means they are…
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hualien pt 5
A relaxed day. Started off walking around and getting our hair washed. Grabbed a small breakfast from FamilyMart before. The drink is a bubbly grape drink, supposedly it is chardonnay grape flavor…? It had a slightly alcohol smell but tasted like bubble water with grape flavor. Not like grape soda. The other thing is a…
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train dinner
Today was just school then catching a train back to Hualien. At the station, I grabbed a some food as I hadn’t had a meal that day. I’ve noticed that with the heat and higher temperature, I have less of an appetite. Nevertheless, after wandering around, I decided to grab sushi. I also stopped at…
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memorial hall
The previous day, I arranged to go visit Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall after school with the same classmates. We used Ubike to get there and it was better than I expected. Since I have a public transport card (YoYo card), I can rent the bikes as they are part of public transport in Taiwan. The…