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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25

If there ever was an epitome of a day wasted on vacation, today was it. I got really irritated by the capriciousness of my aunts and uncles. My mom always complains that my friends and I don’t decide on meeting times until the last minute, but I think it’s better than setting one and changing it last minute, right?? I still don’t get adults, and I’m almost one D:

TUESDAY, JUNE 24

We went over my grandma’s house in the morning and stayed for lunch. Afterwards, we took advantage of the weather before the possibility of rain in the evening to go to Maokong. We met up with my aunt and cousin at the Muzha MRT station and took the gondolas up to Maokong. I absolutely loved the ride up, and the scenery was beautiful. It completely contrasts the busy lifestyle and high-rise buildings in the city. It started to rain when we arrived up there, so we sat down for afternoon tea in this teahouse until the rain stopped. But it began to pour, and they closed down the gondola ride so we had to take a very cramped taxi down the mountain. We had dim sum for dinner with the entire family. On the way home, we walked to this Chinese medicine shop where this woman “read” my skin and could tell me to drink less coffee and tea, meat, and keep my skin moist. I thought it was like a fortune teller!

MONDAY, JUNE 23

We had pastry for breakfast at home. Later, we took the MRT and I met up with my cousin in Ximending for lunch (we had Italian pasta). The streets were a little filthy (my aunt stepped on a dead rat LMAO), but there were a lot of shops, eateries, and teens. Afterwards, my parents went back to my grandma’s house while I accompanied my cousin to sign up for tutor. She wanted to tune up her English skills for the TOEFL exam; her dream school is UCLA too! :D Although I had to sit for three hours, I found it fun seeing a bunch of kids learning English. They let me take a placement test of TOEIC on which I failed, according to my “American terms” – 665/990. That evening, we went to the underground mall under Taipei Train Station where I stuffed myself in the huge food court.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22

My uncle brought my grandma over to the new house. It was her first time seeing it, and she was just as interested with all the amenities as I first was. We had Taiwanese food in the “Japanese room” and chatted for a while before my uncle had to leave for a wedding ceremony. At night, we had dinner with the entire family at Shiang Garden Restaurant. I finally got to see my older cousin since she got home from college!

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

My mom’s friend/old classmate met us at my grandma’s house. We went to Ikari Coffee for lunch. They have pretty good food, but the serving sizes were quite small so I had to order two. It was also a hot hangout place, as the place was pretty much packed. You see a lot of children and teens on the streets too since it’s the weekend ;D Later that day, we took the MRT (subway) from Xiaonanmen to Zhonghua Dong Rd. to meet up with my uncle and aunt. We took the taxi to Taipei 101. The last time I went there, they were still partially open and under construction, so it was my first time seeing it completely finished. They have so many upscale shops there, but it would probably be not worth buying stuff there since I can get them back in U.S. We took the taxi (dude, we finally found a female taxi driver!) to Din Tai Fung for dinner. The food is familiar since I go to the one in Arcadia back home a few times each month. After dinner, we went to Carrefour again to buy food and things for the new house. I can’t wait for my cousin to get off school tomorrow so she can take me around!