First Semester Moments
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January
December
November
October 15th-30th
October 1st- 15th
Mid-Autumn Festival Vacation in Kenting
September 15th-30th
September 1st-15th
 shanwai beach |  |  |
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 it was a 小七/7-11 kind of dinner |  |  how we get in line to see the dermatologist |
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 where i waited 1.5 for porridge |  |  flag raising ceremony |
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 Me and my LET Aaliyah!!!! |  i learn from my sister, cynthia |  meet my scooter, Mellie. ask me for the backstory of the name:) |
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 need to learn how to say this in Mandarin |  my translator:) |  |
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 |  our high school classroom |  when i felt homesick and they FaceTimed me at work. d'awww |
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 wore sandals to work :) |  delicious 巴拉 （ba1 la1) guava at work |  alyssa, stacy, shawna and i grabbing some Korean dinner |
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 |  my work friend, Xo |  something i found in our high school folder... uhhhh wut |
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 trying to map out the typhoon |  Lynn and I on our "run" |  |
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 when we scootered on the windiest day |  tunnnnnnnnnnnel |  gifts from the parents of our jr. high students :) happy mid-autumn festival 中秋節 |
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 WYA |  sof, sabrina and i explorin |  |
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 my fav pastime: hanging out on my scooter and enjoying the night |  |  got me a library card! |
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 sof sporting out the helmet, the essential beach gear |  the sand was getting in my eyes but i wanted a good photo... |  the doors of these bunkers were only 170 cm if i remember correctly |
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 the wind was blowing us away |  dont think soldiers were smiling when they were peeking through this holes... but here's our faces to show you the proportion of the window |  when sarah made me nachos <333 |
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 found a vietnamese restaurant in jincheng!! banh xeo bruhhhh |  sarah and francesca AND that mango shaved ice bruh |  figuring out how to properly rotate this photo... |
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 on the moon... i mean the beach |  tunel exploring |
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Aug 15- Aug 31st
 the last run from my old apt. |  joy bar with sarah and hugh! |  legit afraid if they were going to attack or not |
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 chinese valentine gifts for the best ppl on fulbright |  when asked to fill out preference forms for our year long placements |  anyone know a good vpn... that actually works? |
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 got placed at my top school:) but honestly they were all great |  rachhhhhhhhh |  |
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 when i paid a movie ticket with all the money i had in my wallet |  i was actually sad moving out of thunderbird, even though there was no wi-fi |  my school! 金沙国中jin sha jr. high school |
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 first day with my new haircut |  the beach by my new apt |  金沙国中 the jr. high school |
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 a killed a bug during my commute |  the rain here is actually acid rain |  the high school |
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 when sha mei apt hosted a party.. but it was just a small gathering lol |  my place of solace... the shan wai 山外 beach |  a great day to wear my chucks... |
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 there's actually construction happening behind this camera |  these containers... |  I have a scooter now!!!! |
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 spaghetti in 金門jinmen |  me and dia purchasing roach killers for our old apt |  sarah and risotto |
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 in front of my school |  when it rains, it pours |  prolly wasn't allowed to go through this area but i wanted to see the beach |
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 the scooter test track |  wandering around the mall and bumped into this gallery/restaurant ordeal |  the day i failed my scooter test. lol |
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 the mosquito bites just keep on coming |  the chinese zodiac animals |  it was alright |
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 |  alyssa, lily and me enjoying our western style food in jinmen 金門 |  my middle school has palm trees!! |
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 the day we found out about our placements |  at the 7-11 (or what the locals call 'the seven') |  the first day at work. i was trying to look busy...haha |
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 the shamei 沙美 ladies:) |  my school! |  can someone translate? |
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 me and rach on the bus to 金城 jincheng |  scooter-pooling to our orientation |  the night is but a fetus |
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 金寧 jin ning |  the lake 2 minutes behind our apt |  Young helping us 加滿 jia man to our scooters |
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 carrie and stacy at the orientation |  angela and sofie taking it in |  me and rach on our morning mission to get some 高粱 gao liang brownies) |
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 when i went on a 2 minute run and 15 minute walk/picture-taking adventure |  church friends:) |  tell me how the P became the sign for parking here in 金門Jinmen.. |
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 lunch gathering at church |  church friends |  rach and i getting some morning 包子 buns |
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 we had a little bird hanging out with us in church |  |  |
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 me and stacy being cool but mainly stacy |  my school schedule confuses me because it starts from right to left.. |  me and my roommie:) |
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 i have a nameplate!! |  when i got a tour of the school's garden... |  i actually got lost finding them... legit scootered through a field of grass lol |
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 milk with a dash of coffee |  i haven't purchased tiger balm yet.. soap and water works quite well |  self-timer yo |
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 GET pronounced jet. |  liv, deji and me after our successful first day at the high school |  SHAWNAAAAAAAAA |
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 sof and i were so stoked to finally get our scootersss |  this is where i got bit on my face |  one of the two high schools on 金門 jin men. the other is a vocational high school |
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 the task was to draw the most important thing to you. the student drew "angry vanessa" wat. |  thank you kind stranger. i still don't know how to grammatically ask someone to take a picture of me. ugh. working on it |  forgot my banana on friday. the school saved it for me until monday. so cute! |
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 bit on the face and my wrist. |  the only skill i will gain in jinmen: scootering |
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Aug 1- Aug 14th
 on my way to taipei for the Fulbright Taiwan conference |  night market in taipei |  i actually just use google maps... or follow someone haha |
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 jesuit church in taipei |  site schools have specialities; at some schools, students play table tennis |  wind lion god on my starbucks cup |
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 the beach that is a 10 minute run from where I temporarily live |  stacy and i at trivia night |  the magic school bus taking us to visit our site schools |
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 taking the ferry back from Little Kinmen/LieYu to Kinmen |  when i explored ShiFen Waterfall/十分瀑布 while in Taipei |  morning beach run |
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 wind lion god on the entrance of the Kinmen Ceramic Factory |  went to JiuFen Old Street/ 九分老街. i saw a line and got one of each. I enjoyed 1 out of the 3 :) |  morning beach run |
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 morning beach run/ Kinmen used to be a military base |  when in Taipei |  JiuFen Old Street/九分老街 |
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 ShiFen Waterfall
十分瀑布 |  Taipei night market |  Wishing Lanterns at ShiFen 十分 |
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 JiuFen 九分 |  Wishing Lanterns at ShiFen 十分 |  ShiFen Waterfall
十分瀑布 |
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 found some vietnamese spring rolls at RuiFang 瑞芳 |  RuiFang 瑞芳 to JiuFen 九分 |  Wishing Lanterns at ShiFen 十分 |
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 everyone else was taking a picture of this so i did too :) haha |  Taipei night market |  bus schedule for RuiFang 瑞芳 |
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 mosquito 蚊子 bite in Taipei |  i bought the wrong train ticket and had to get back in line... haha |  蛋餅 in Taipei |
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 bruh, Din Tai Fung in Taipei |  Taipei night market |  Taipei night market |
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 Taipei 101 |  Din Tai Fung in Taipei chocolate filling! |  somewhere in JinCheng 金城 |
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 lunchbox |  these flowers are almost everywhere. i love them |  "let's take a family photo" |
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 when i arrived at Taipei airport |  Din Tai Fung in Taipei with Shawna, Lili, Dia, Alyssa, Rachel and Angela |  Oyster Island during low tide |
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 my flight ticket |  my first boba drink in Taiwan |  at the airport |
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 crab and pork Xiao Long Bao 小籠包 |  at the Taipei conference Lín WēiYí |  at Oyster Island |
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 Francesca and I with our handbook that details our month long orientation |  Oyster Island; high tide can go up to the knees of those sculptures! |  the group who got sunburnt on our way to Oyster Island :) |
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 my temporary and cute roommates, Rachel and Dia |  we saw flying fish |  these claw games are scattered throughout the island |
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 noooooodlesss |  Alyssa and Shawna and my bitter melon soup |  Lovely Sarah at the beach |
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 pizza after church. guess the toppings! |  me and rach take the beach |  the wind taking me and rach but mostly me |
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 church gathering after mass |  on our way to the beach |  HouHu Beach 后湖海濱公園 |
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 Yang helping me out opening my local bank account |  this scooter yo |  shawna, francesca and jessica at the conference |
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 supposed to be a timelapse of the master chefs at Din Tai Fung |  when we ordered Jinmen porridge 粥 |  me and angela at the MRT/ subway |
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 Carrie! our amazing coordinator! |  grass ice cream |  stumbled upon a hotpot place |
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 Kinmen Fulbright ETAs |  Me, Shawna and Huey trying to make friends at the Taipei conference |
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