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Jan 22, 2009 @ 01:58 pm ShannonLin New Year's Resolution

One of my many New Year's Resolutions is to streamline my MyAsiance profile and update it more often. It really is a great community and I love being part of it. I had an idea to create more photo albums this coming weekend, perhaps with some nature photos or a 'dream' album. I am also going to work on some designs now that i am taking more graphic/web design classes at school which will enable me to be more efficient.  

Feb 20, 2008 @ 07:27 pm ShannonLin Taipei

Hi everyone!  I have just returned from Taipei, where my father's relatives all live. It was amazing! I had been there before three times but it is really great to see the culture after 9 years of being away! As for things to do:     It has a plethera of nightmarkets to buy fun goods and food as well as nice Japanese department stores like Takashimaya and Shin Kong Mitsukashi! The food is so original as it is a subtropical climate. One of my favorite things is a fruit called "lemboo" which is like a water apple, crispy and tastes like a pomegranite apple in my opinion. Guava juice is served in most of the restaurants and I had a great meal that had a whole ptcher of kiwi juice to accompany it! If you like savory snacks Taipei would thrill you, there are constant snack foods available in the nightmarkets such as fried goods with meat, or tofu and noodles with egg, etc. If you like bubble tea it was invented in Taiwan! And it costs only a dollar there, with so many flavors. The amazing thing about the passion fruit and other kinds of bubble teas is it is made with real fruit but still has the bubbles!