Love City Living

I am a city girl. Something went wrong and I ended up being born in the burbs. But really, REALLY I belong in the city.

I really like taking taxis. First, you don't have to do the driving yourself. You also don't have to waste time and money for parking. Especially in China, the taxi fares are relatively affordable. Can't say the same thing about Taipei though. I spent two weeks in Taiwan and blew half of my allowance on cab rides.

Shanghai is a city of a much higher caliber- you really can't compare this place to Taipei. It's like the New York of Asia. Mostly, I'm impressed by Sherpa's. It is a delivery service that will deliver any kind of food to you from a huge list of restaurants. They have their own menu which you can order from in like 17 different languages. The array of restaurants is pretty comprehensive, but it's all international restaurants. The fee starts at around $2 US to $15. I think it's a good deal since traveling there yourself might cost more if you don't have your own car in the city. And the food??? It looks amazing (they've got pictures) which is another thing I love about big cities--the diversity in foods! So tomorrow I'm definitely going to try out the service. I'm a foreigner so this crap really appeals to me.

I find it amazing that people can still tell that I'm not from China when I'm walking in the streets. I speak in Mandarin to all the waiters and sales people and yet they still try to talk to me in English.....

I went to XinTianDi today on my own. I'm rather proud of this act of independence since I very rarely am allowed to venture off by myself. I successfully ordered a Chai Latte in Mandarin, then asked for a specific magazine at the cafe (this took like 5 or 6 attempts). I'm only allowed to do this because my father left me here for 3 days straight while he attends to business in a neighboring city. So, I have no one to take me out. My dad's former driver quit, and everyone else is busy in the office.

Here's some photos from my time in Taiwan (there really isn't much; I'm so bad at remembering to take pictures).


This was at the restaurant called Modern Toilet. The decor, food, etc. is pretty self explanatory.





This is at the restaurant called GanBei. If you make-out for ten seconds, you get a free plate of meat. They also take a polaroid of you and post it on the wall. :)


This was my $30 Asian -style manicure.


At a seafood restaurant where all the seats were swings. There was sand on the ground too.