Ending 2020 and celebrating my 31st in Kaohsiung (Harbour City, Now&Then Cafe, Rich Tiger, Ruh Cafe, Izakaya)

I meant to post this in early January but it took me a bit longer to work on my 2020 highlights and decade highlights posts so I wasn’t able to work on this. Whoops. We had a long weekend from the 31st of December til the 2nd of January so T and I decided to...

5 Lessons I Learned from Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker

At the start of the year, I came across this book titled Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker. It's an easy read so I was able to finish it in one sitting.These are the notes I took down from the book which I've decided to share here, also to serve as a reminder to myself in...

Highlights from my 20s (A decade gone by. Hello 30s!)

Since I had already made a summary of my 2020, I decided to take it further and look back on the past decade of my life. I have officially left my 20s and started my 30s. Most people usually either say they've always known what they were going to be when they got older/they've always...

My 2020 Highlights

I know I shouldn't compare but looking back at my 2020, I don't think I accomplished anything significant. I'd still like to write this post to share some of my highlights in 2020. APRC (Alien Permanent Resident Card) and OWP (Open Work Permit) I finally got my APRC (Alien Permanent Resident Card) and OWP (Open...

Christmas week(end): company party, Backhome Cafe, Long Ho Ramen, Ma:Nee tteokpoki

Company Christmas party at Miramar Garden Taipei 美麗信花園酒店 It was our first time having our company Christmas party at a hotel restaurant buffet, so we had all you can eat food! Q4 birthday celebrants (of which I'm a part of) also received gift certificates, then we had the exchange gift giving, and a whole lotta...

[Tucheng Eats] Taiwanese food at 兩支北方麵食館

We've been to a lot of restaurants in the Banqiao area because that's where we live but we decided to branch out and look for a restaurant in Tucheng. T found this beef noodle soup & xiao long bao restaurant in Tucheng called 兩支北方麵食館 and since it was our first time there, we tried a...

[Banqiao Eats] Come True Coffee 成真咖啡

One Saturday afternoon, we went to Global Mall Banqiao to look for gifts for our company parties' exchange gift activity. We wanted to grab a bite before looking around and I was in the mood to finally try Come True Coffee's souffle pancakes so off we went! We ordered their souffle pancakes, a (super) thin...

[Taipei Eats] Il Mercato

I passed by this newly-opened Italian restaurant near our office as I was out looking for a Christmas exchange gift one random night. I shared it with my team mates and the next day, they immediately said that they wanted to try it. We decided to go there for lunch and it was pretty full....

Day out in Linkou 林口

I'm not a big fan of pork knuckles because they're usually fatty, and even if it's a good source of collagen (or so we're told), I still don't like the texture and I prefer eating the meat instead. T found a supposedly popular eatery in Linkou called 大尾豬腳 which serves different parts of a pork...

[Taipei Eats] Cantonese food at 肥仔港式茶餐廳

T and I went to iRemit because I needed to make a remittance and the exchange rates were pretty good recently. I had planned to have lunch at Poffertjes Cafe and then have dessert (cinnamon roll) at Twin Brothers Coffee after running errands but they were both fails because the former was fully booked and...