Wangji Fucheng Zongzi 王記府城肉粽

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Not the prettiest looking food, but this place has great 肉粽 and fish ball soup – so good on a rainy day. Wangji Fucheng Zongzi 王記府城肉粽 No. 374號, Section 2, Bade Road, Songshan District, Taipei City, 105 https://goo.gl/maps/gZXhG8oNgYn

Elephant Lin Wang (a.k.a. A-Mei)

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I just finished reading The Stolen Bicycle by Wu Ming-Yi a few days ago. I had no idea that the elephant described in the book, Lin Wang, was real — until I ran into him at the zoo today! First used as a war elephant by the Japanese in Burma during WWII, this pachyderm was captured by the Chinese, trekked … Read More

Pizza and Books

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Slowly eating pizza and reading Monkey and ME by Emily Gravett — found in the pile of kid’s books upstairs at Woolloomooloo.

Look me!

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look me, Look Me, LOOK ME, LOOK MEEEE mummy! I still have to remind attention-seeking S that it’s “Look at me” and not “Look me.” I believe this grammatical mistake stems from him being more used to saying 你看我! in Chinese, where of course prepositions do not exist.

because I like everyone (duh)

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I thought I would start chronicling some of the silly things that S says. The other day, we ran into a classmate of his on the street with her mom. I later asked who that was. S: That’s Liu Zhilong. She doesn’t like me! [Says this while smiling.] Me: Oh, why is that? S: I dunno. Me: That’s okay, not … Read More

magic touch sushi

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Magic Touch Sushi presents the latest reincarnation of conveyor-belt sushi restaurants: order your items from an iPad and they will be delivered via Japanese bullet train. Magic Touch点争鮮 信義ATT店 ATT 4 Fun, 5th Floor No. 12 Songshou Road Xinyi District, Taipei

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