Sick or Allergies?

Location | Taichung

Reasons why I don’t like Taiwan:
a) The air is polluted so badly that you choke on it sometimes.
b) It’s dirty EVERYWHERE, seriously, it’s really hard to find a clean place.
c) Taiwanese people have bad habits, like spitting great big gobs of…
d) There is so much trash that they have to burn it…
e) Everything is disposable… therefore back to so much trash…
f) Racism… dude Taiwanese people are extremely racist, makes me sad
g) Conformist… all the teens look THE SAME. Same clothes, same haircut… oh wait, that’s the same in the US…
h) The heat, it’s gonna be around 100* all summer

Reasons why I like Taiwan:
a) GOOD FOOD. Mm… I love all the little food stalls
b) Great shopping… so much shopping you can do and it’s so cheap too!
c) Relatives who are always willing to give you money or take you out shopping
d) Convenience, food is everywhere and there are also lots of taxis, buses, and MRTs to take you places

Wow, apparently reasons why I don’t like Taiwan outnumber the reasons why I like Taiwan. I prefer America because it’s CLEAN. I miss the clean fresh air…

Yesterday we went up to the mountains to a Sakura garden, only the flowers had already bloomed and were gone… so it was kind of weird just to go see trees. Anyway, we also had a meal there on these huge red oak (?) tables. The meal was super expensive, and not that great, but oh well.

I’ve been sleeping A LOT lately, yesterday I slept from 9:30pm until 6am and then 3pm until 9pm and then 11pm until 5:30am. It’s just that there’s really nothing to do but sleep here… how boring! Oh well, whatever. I should go shower… I smell like sweat probably… it’s really warm, even with the air conditioning it can get warm at night.

[This entry was taken from my old blog, Away from Home. Formatting may have changed when moved to Explore!]

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Joannie

Hi, my name is Joanna and I'm a 24 and a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I studied Anthropology and Asian Languages and Cultures with a focus on Japanese. I currently work in New York City at Time Inc in the Consumer Marketing Division. The titles I work on are Money, Fortune, & Real Simple Magazines. I am focused on retention and billing for the magazines. My family is Taiwanese, but I was born in Pittsburg, Kansas. I speak two languages fluently: English and Mandarin Chinese. I have a good grasp of the native Taiwanese language, I studied French for 5 years, and I studied Japanese for 3 years at a college level. I love languages, but it is tough when I don't have the chances to utilize them in an everyday environment. I have so many different interests, from art, music to technology. I love things like reading the news or just hanging out with friends. I like to try new things, especially new foods or going to unknown places.

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05 2004

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