Summer 2012: 士林夜市

Had a super chill day at work today; half-day I should say. I went to the gym as usual, played basketball with two other interns and a few professors, and then swam. I don't feel so bad because no one from my lab went to work today.

I met up with Jason, Jennifer and Tammy at 士林夜市 and feasted there, since I didn't eat breakfast nor lunch. We were so thankful for the underground food court/night market because of the AC. We got 大腸包小腸, 蝦仁煎, stinky tofu, mango and chocolate/pudding ice, fried milk balls, and 冬瓜青. It was a very satisfying and filling meal. In the non-food section of the night market, we played a game where we bounced ping pong balls into cups. Those cups are so rigged; the ping pong balls kept bouncing out of the cups. Collectively, we earned about 90 points, and we needed 250 points to win a large stuffed animal. However, we still got a prize for participation; one prize for the four of us. We got this gun-looking thing with a boxing glove attached to the end, and when the trigger is pulled the glove punches, except it's super weak.

Afterwards, we took the MRT to 西門町. We walked around for a bit and saw a few street performances. It's hard to see/shop all of 西門町 in such a short time, so we plan on going back next weekend and spend more time there.

I'm so excited for tomorrow. A few other interns and I are going to 貢寮國際海洋音樂祭 (Ho-Hai-Yan Gong Liao Rock Music Festival). It's free music on the beach from a lot of Taiwan's popular bands. It's one of Taiwan's biggest music festivals and luckily this year I have a chance to go!