Sherwood Hotel Taipei

... served with mushroom and chives." That is what the menu said, but I what I had was the best cream of mushroom I have ever had. It has the perfect creaminess and the perfect balance between sweet and savory. Among the choices of entrees I had the ribeye steak. The steak was perfectly cooked medium. However, I thought the mushroom sauce should not have smothered the steak like it did. I also tried the John Dory, in ...

... Ja kun poliisi on mennyt about 2 metriä paikan ohi, niin kauppa on taas pystyssä ja täydessä toiminnassa. Joka päivä tuli uusia uutisia tästä sikaflunssahommasta ja pikkuisen alkaa jo huolestuttamaan tämä tilanne! Siis onko joku Suomalainen saanut nyt sen tartunnan jo vai ei? Ei millään pahalla, mutta en todellakaan halua olla ensimmäinen Suomalainen joka sen saa! Minun säkällä näin vielä varmasti käy ja olen jossain eristyksissä ja kaltereiden takana hyvinkin ...

... to see in Africa seemed even more so in rural Spain, especially between Madrid and Zaragoza, almost even more African in fact. Those spires look less like Christian steeples than Islamic minarets, and villages seem to be perched high on hills for protection in a futile feudal world. The houses themselves are mud inspired, like negative space, something carved out of block rather than something erected from components, something more ...

... boring. We were, however, pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of well wishes and emotions that we received prior to our departure. Living with other people is never easy; compromise and tolerance are the keys and frankly, on some days, those virtues elude me. No shock I'm sure to those who know me well. Nevertheless, we did extend ourselves and made efforts to accommodate our 'roomies' and help out anyone who was looking for advice, assistance or just to nick the ...

Back in Taiwan. Flight back was on time. About 1 hour, 40 minute flight. Customs wasn't a problem. Train to Taipei Main Station using the Kuo Kuang express bus was quick and efficient. 125 NT and then MRT back home! Monday, I start another 3 months of Chinese. Hopefully, by then, I'll be able to speak quite well. We shall see. all my friends/classmates from the previous session have left for home. I'm kind of sad, but I hope to see a few of them again next year.

... re really lucky, the Thai massage place over the road. The actual house is nice - you can't really go inside, but the outside has lots of cool designs on the walls and the roof. The best thing was just the randomness of the garden. There were so many quirky little things to explore. There was a bridge you could walk over, or along underneath through a secret rock cave. There was a rock garden mocked up to look like ...

... famine, or an insect plague) or an individual's misfortune. Accidents are usually counted as the consequence of offending ancestral spirits. In such a situation, the chief or the elders of a tribe demand confession from the gaga breaker, who usually admits his guilt to avoid more punishment from ancestral spirits. Those who commit rape, adultery, or larceny can pray to ancestral spirits for forgiveness by presenting pigs. Facial tattooing is also an old ...

... 7/11 stores may have English newspapers, in the mountains there is no chance to get one. Paoma trail goes from 50m to 550m, has some great views onto the Ylan plain, but is otherwise not very beautiful, as a larger stetch follows an abandoned road of past misguided fun park development, now shut down. Still it's better to follow this trail than walk up the long and winding road No.9. I arrive at the top, the highest place of No. 9 before the ...

... work experience-what brought her out to California, and then back to Taipei. Her English was excellent, and so was our food. I was booked with interviews before the fair on Thursday, but did have an hour and a half break around lunchtime. Dennis and I ran across the street, in our suits, so we could visit Taipei 101, currently the tallest building in the world. We rode on the world's fastest elevator ...