i m determined!
Since my friend, Sammee left the US to teach English in Taiwan, I started to notice that there're rarely any book on my "home country" (it's funny to call it "my home country," because... is it really a country yet?).
Browsing the Internet bookstore, Barnes & Noble, Borders, even specialty bookstores that sells traveling books, how many guidebooks can you find that's specifically on Taipei? or Taiwan?
It's not that i love this place so much, so I wanted the whole world to know, because I don't (especially when it comes to the politic). Though, there are so many cute things about Taiwanese people, and its unique culture (it's a melting pot of chinese, japanese, southeast asian, and many other asia pacific cultures).
"it'd be nice to have my friends understand where i m coming from. it's also an opportunity to learn more about my own culture while doing the research," i thought to myself.
i really hope that one day when people say they are traveling to Asia, 'Taipei' can be on their list of "cities to visit".
Xieˋ－xie˙[thank you] :)
3 comments:
I want to go to Taiwan! I miss the xiao loung bao... I like thick skin not the fancy place in Taiwan that sells them with the thin skin xiao loung bao. I'm getting kinda hungry now :(
I want to visit Taiwan, but mostly because you are there ;)
awe, that's so sweet. I feel the same way about Cambodia. It's like huh.. Cambodia (where is that???) sigh. The sad part is, i haven't been there myself.
I love Taiwan and i will miss it when i leave. MOSTLY i'll miss YOU, so you better come back to BOSTON!
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