In The Shoes of Mila Librodo

 I and Dai have stated calling the MRT the "Mert" because why not. I think it's shorter than saying MRT.  I like the art in the MRT stops. In one stop there were giant hands you could sit on. At another stop, the staircases had pictures on them.  I really liked this mural of a kid sitting in a meadow.  I think the artwork in the MRT makes it more colorful and fun to look at. I wish the subways in America were as colorful and clean. 

 There is this really good burger place off the blue line. We saw a lot of people who don't speak Chinese there. I got the OG burger. I really liked it. The burger place had a pretty cool sticker wall. Also, they had mouthwash in the bathroom. We went to another yummy burger place. It was Burger King.  I watched Dai eat steak at this restaurant. It was a fancy place that we went to for our friend's birthday. I really liked the salad there. That's the one thing I miss, good salad. The Rohan Night market off the Song Shan MRT stop is a good place to get food. I think there is even a booth that has a Michelin Star. I warn you though, it gets busy. I tried this dessert that is a jelly with red ben on the inside. Kinda slimy but good. There is this restaurant by our house that makes really yummy noodle soup. They also have good veggies. We didn't actually order the good veggies, the lady accidentally gave them to us. My favorite part of the place is that they have a rice coo...

The Taiwan vacation is finally over. School started 2 weeks ago. Acton Academy is super duper small, like really small. From kindergarten to 7th grade there are only about 20 kids.  There really aren't any teachers. Only Guides. The funny thing is that the guides can't answer any questions. If you have a question you ask the other Eagles, that's what they call us. Not students, Eagles. Last week the Guides told us to make a lip dub and it had to be done by next Thursday.  That's kinda all the instructions they gave us. Instead of a teacher there to teach you we use online learning. Khan Academy and IXL. Sometimes I have to work on it at home and ask my parents the questions. I think I would rather have a teacher teach me than a computer. I think I'll get used to it though Me and Dai get to go to and from school by ourselves. It's kinda cool. After school sometimes we go get boba or ice cream. 

 I don't mean to brag, but I've been in the 10th tallest building in the world. That's right, Taipei 101.  The last time we went, we just went to the 5th floor. The mall. This time we took the world's fastest elevator to the 89th floor. The view is amazing. I could see all the places I'd been to.  The buildings are all crammed together. That's probably why the city has so many people. The  98th floor has a gift shop, coffee shop and a photo booth.  There was also many places other places to take pictures.  After a little bit Dai got hungery. He got cheese crackers that were made out of fake cheese. I didn't like it. I also saw the big ball that keeps that building from falling during an earthquake. Thats Taipei 101 for you.  

Have you ever been paragliding? Well, paragliding is when you run off a cliff with a kite attached to you while carrying a selfie stick.  That's what I did on the third day in Yilan. It was really fun. The views were amazing. The people working even taped my shoes to my feet so they wouldn't fall off. I'd do it again, but I would want the ride to be longer. At that time the ride was about three minutes.  In the sky, I could see the whole beach, and the cafe I called the Cheese House, it looked like a wedge of cheese. After paragliding, we played at the beach for a while. Then went to the place we were staying at. After going to dinner we went trash picking-uping at the beach. It's pretty sad how much trash there is on the beach.  Day four. We went to a water park, it wasn't the best water park, but it was ok. I think my favorite part was when this guy's brother kept calling him, really loudly, that we ended up knowing his name. Let's just say you had to be t...

 Yilan Packing List:               ~ Swimsuits.                    ~ Phone/charger               ~ Sunscreen                    ~` Teddy Yup, you guessed it. We went to Yilan. Of course, I packed more, I packed like a million things, those are just the important things.  Yilan is a surfing city if you didn't know. It was about an hour's drive from Taipei, with lots of tunnels.  On Monday this surfer-looking guy named Allen picked us up from Taipei and drove us to Yilan. I liked the songs he played in the car, they were very happy songs. I like happy songs.  This week was the third camp of the year, a surfing camp. It was a three-day camp to learn how to surf. Allen was one of the coaches.  On the first day, we had Paninis for lunch, which had a pineapple in it.  Watched a YouTube video on h...

1. Wavey Escalator At the Xiang Shan stop off the red line there is a kinda wonky escalator. This escalator has a wave in the middle. Right, when Dai and I saw this we immediately wanted to take a picture. Dai even went back up to get a better picture.  2. Taking Hand Sanitizer To The Next Level Wow, it's seems like so long ago sice we first landed. When we were trying to get a taxi to get to our quarentine place the airport people sprayed all of our things and us with hand sanitizer. They sprayed us like how my dad sprays us with bug spray, except it was with hand sanitizer.  3. Squat Toilets Just like Japan Taiwan had squat toilets. In the bathrooms they have half squat toilets and half regular toilets. The regular toilets are usually occupied and the squat toilets are vacant. I'll use the squat toilets if they look clean even if there is a regular toilet that I could use. If you think about it, when using a squat toilet you don't accually touch the toilet and your shoes ...