tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post5865971379940661198..comments2024-03-19T00:14:17.100+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: Taipei, the sepia and blue editionJenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-1382624495530857752011-06-21T02:06:18.383+08:002011-06-21T02:06:18.383+08:00Oh, I was there until 2006 for sure - I just arriv...Oh, I was there until 2006 for sure - I just arrived in 2005, which is when I was so disgusted. I stayed there longer than most, about a year, and moved to Guting in summer of 2006. It's just that the grime built up again for sure while I was still there. I'm trying to think of who lived there when I moved out... I've pretty much forgotten everyone except 3 or 4 of them!Hollyhttp://ktvxiaojie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-89628888031721576282011-06-20T23:52:37.879+08:002011-06-20T23:52:37.879+08:00Ah, that's why. We weren't three months ap...Ah, that's why. We weren't three months apart - we were a year and three months apart. I moved in in 2006, not 2005. IT GREW BACK.<br /><br />Our place now isn't great - I could do without the ancient linoleum and the plastic ceiling - but it's *clean* and a damn sight better than the flophouse.Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-50674385430366052802011-06-20T19:00:30.961+08:002011-06-20T19:00:30.961+08:00Oh, that cleaning took place in June 2005, so the ...Oh, that cleaning took place in June 2005, so the grime had certainly grown back by the time you arrived. Same with the bathroom, which was full of mold when I arrived late at night in desperate need of a shower, and there was not a single cleaning product in the apartment besides dish liquid. I eventually got tired of cleaning, since none of the other dozen or so people who came and went (with Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-41206700718131404062011-06-19T18:49:13.719+08:002011-06-19T18:49:13.719+08:00Holly - haha, well, your cleaning was obviously mu...Holly - haha, well, your cleaning was obviously much needed but it didn't last for long if three months later, I moved in and was thoroughly disgusted (and I am hardly a neat freak. I am OK with clutter to an extent but dirt I can't take). Hell, we had a "finally take out the trash night" in which I was on Maggot Patrol - making sure that none of the maggots infesting the bags Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-69627009538876285052011-06-19T15:09:01.453+08:002011-06-19T15:09:01.453+08:00That picture looks like something out of mid-'...That picture looks like something out of mid-'70's New York. If I didn't know better I'd assume it was taken in some decrepit bar somewhere seedy.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08654770225487196179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-23429790118301368342011-06-19T13:25:22.329+08:002011-06-19T13:25:22.329+08:00MKL: It gets better! One of the most important thi...MKL: It gets better! One of the most important things I think is to get out and explore, and to pursue the same interests you had before living in Taiwan. Even if you're in a different place, you're still the same person, so presumably you have the same needs for fulfillment and entertainment. Getting involved in things was what really got me hooked on Taipei - otherwise, I probably wouldHollyhttp://ktvxiaojie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-19068498273243008352011-06-19T12:34:38.314+08:002011-06-19T12:34:38.314+08:00You know, Holly, I wonder if I were to go back to ...You know, Holly, I wonder if I were to go back to that apartment and see what it's like, what I'd find is the same beer labels on the cabinets and the same crud stacked behind the couch, just covered in an additional five years' worth of layered dirt and grime. I bet nobody's bothered to clean it in that time.<br /><br />Did you also have the guy who'd come work in the office Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-51602108848893455902011-06-19T11:32:26.597+08:002011-06-19T11:32:26.597+08:00Well, I'm partly at peace with everything beca...Well, I'm partly at peace with everything because - except for recently - I have a job that doesn't exhaust me. (These days it really is exhausting, but that will end). I don't generally need to spend that much time on the subway, and when I do I get paid a generous travel allowance that, if I am smart about my transportation choices, I can keep as extra income. Sometimes work kills Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-49790489727782602192011-06-19T11:02:21.028+08:002011-06-19T11:02:21.028+08:00First months are really tough. Some days Taipei li...First months are really tough. Some days Taipei life is killing me. I really hope that one day I can be where you are now. You seem so at peace with everything around you. I spend 2h on the sub every day and 10 hours in the office, the pressure is big, the weather is so humid and hot and our aircon sucks. I virtually have no life during the week and on the weekend I'm so tired, I can't doTGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796150972580581810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-15572310063252007392011-06-19T09:40:46.050+08:002011-06-19T09:40:46.050+08:00My goodness, I'm now realizing you lived in th...My goodness, I'm now realizing you lived in the same apartment I did! I moved out around 3 months before you arrived, but your description of the English teacher flophouse is dead on. I think if I'd lived somewhere else, I might have had a different first impression of Taiwan, but luckily I came to see more than just that first arrival experience. Now I can't leave!Hollyhttp://ktvxiaojie.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com