I’m partially Taiwanese (but I know no Taiwanese, and I just started taking Mandarin Chinese at school), so when I was younger we’d visit my relatives a lot. It’s getting harder to now that I’m in high school, and especially with all the shit going on – my grandfather tries to make me get a (fake) Taiwanese passport every time I go, haha! – but being there is just amazing. The people, the culture, the food… amazing.

The thing about being partially Taiwanese is that everyone always asks me what I feel about the Taiwan/China conflict (or the current president – DICKSUCK), and that can go ON and ON and ON.

Anyway, the betel beauties or whatever they call them … they get a LOTTA shit, but you know, betel girls are people just like all of us; it might look sketchy to go up to talk to them but some of the most amazing convos I had were with betel girls. Not that they were very deep convos since I’m still learning Mandarin (and I’m even farther behind in Taiwanese, lol) but definitely fun!

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