Taiwan Day 4

June 4, 2024


Raohe Street Night Market

Raohe Street Night Market

  • step on poop = 发财 for taiwanese?
  • 山老鼠 = 小偷
  • So cool to work up in the mountains to capture thieves
  • 毕业树 a flower that blooms around June/July which is when students graduate
  • I look 高中 age according to 70 year old 王先生
  • Heard him talk about Jensen Huang, even he knows
  • 温开水
  • 办桌
  • 10 course meal for 5 people at a banquet hall, wish I could eat more
  • Chicken feet is pre good
  • Biting pork gave me tooth pain
  • He’s 70 years old and rides bike for 2 hours and walks an hour everyday that’s so admirable and is future goals when I'm old
  • 萝卜丝饼
  • we thought the wife passed away but she's working as a cleaning lady outside, old people voluntarily working to socialize
  • 什么都是假的, 健康才是真的
  • He says young adults in Taiwan now don’t marry and buy strollers for pets and not children lol
  • Still nauseous after eating and lethargic
  • Always so easy to fall asleep in cars
  • Kavalan single malt whiskey
  • Kavalan is the old name for Yilan
  • Yilan has rich volcanic soil, you can see wheat growing just beside streets in between buildings and houses
  • When taking photos, I'm going to say 你自己修图, 技术不太好 from now on
  • 老人 三分吃药,七分吃饭
  • 蓝绣花
  • 松萝
  • 拈花惹草 has lots of nice flowers
  • 望隆埤 air is fresh
  • Fish staring at us waiting for food
  • 红面鸭 never seen before a rooster looking duck
  • 手机干掉很多东西
  • God bless 王先生 and his hospitality, he said he's glad he got to bring us around or he'll get Alzhemiers at home which is so sad
  • There should be a program for old people who are locals to bring tourists around
  • This trip being unplanned and easygoing is so much nice
  • How did Yilan -> Songshan take 1hr 15min
  • Many homeless outside Taipei station
  • An old person and child holding hands is the sweetest thing, especially them only holding a few fingers cause their hands are small
  • An old couple holding hands also gives the same energy, how were they able to maintain that love and romance that long into the relationship?
  • Whereas a young couple holding hands just annoys me lol
  • Checked my email and I got an overdraft alert for my account and it gave me anxiety, reminder to not check emails while i’m still on my trip and its not end of the day
  • So many people dancing in front of mirrors at the station
  • Taipei main station is so confusing, everyone pointing us in different directions, asking us to go up or go down
  • Too many different kinds of trains
  • Wufenpu was not nice to shop and was pretty deserted according to sister and mom
  • Tooth pain is affecting my mood
  • Chicken meat is large and meat is too tough
  • Raohe night market is better, has good clothes
  • Wanted to play some of their games but we were all too tired
  • Capybara snoring plushie
  • So many cockroaches around
  • Yay bought two pants and a baggy shirt for 2970, Imma dress good in SF and not look like a software engineer
  • Taxi driver asked us what electricity malaysia uses
  • Dad’s response to Ghibli piano was “好听”
  • lightroom profile Vintage 07 is perfect