I left the house one evening with $900NT in hopes of adding a multitude of necessities and accessories to my dorm room.. Then I stumbled upon DAISO, a Japanese store where every item costs $39NT. That’s cheap, right? So, this is the result of this venture – an example of what you can get with around $500NT.
*points above* I don’t know why, but I couldn’t resist buying these jelly hearts for my bathroom walls. I guess a small splash of colour here and there makes the bathroom a little happier and brighter? You get twice the amount shown in the photo, and they all aren’t bad quality.
Although, it didn’t have the cutest bins I’ve ever seen, DAISO still has some pretty cute bins. Below is my new bin, I got it because I thought it was quite cute but now I’m wishing I got an even cuter one. Oh well.
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One of the stores I discovered whilst living near Taipei Main Station was Bread First.
I won’t talk too much about this one because I don’t have the actual address, phone number or price range. It’s near Taipei Main Station, but if I get the exact location and contact information I will edit this post and put them here.
So, about Bread First? It’s a Japanese bakery that sells quite a wide variety of different products including pork floss buns, egg tarts, cheese dogs, green tea cake rolls, etc. I can say the prices are pretty good, I got over 10 items for not much over $100NT.
A great thing about this store is that the bread is really nice, it’s always soft and full of flavour. So, yes, I recommended visiting it and trying a couple of different types of bread, buns and pastries.
On February 20, I moved into the 臺大水源舍區. I live in building A, right next to the building with the Starbucks and 7-11. Apparently the dorms are new, only about a year old, which would explain why they look so nice. I don’t have any photos of the building itself yet but it’s on my to do list.
Basically, you get a room with a fridge, bookshelf, desk with two drawers, chair, shoe rack, tall two door cupboard, bed frame, sink, toilet, shower, towel rack, and a mirror. What does that mean? It means that you have to buy your own mattress and bed covers. The dorm can provide them for the prices shown below, you can venture to the nearby 7-11, or wander around the nearby shops where you can find a few bedding stores.
Set items: 2 pillowcases, 1 pillow, 1 quilt, 1 quilt cover, 1 cushion cover, 1 cushion
Price: $3,100NT
Separate items & Price: Mattress ($1,000NT), Pillow ($350NT), Quilt ($2,000NT), Bed sheet ($350NT)
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Only recently I got my hands on the SE T707, and it turns out that it is a pretty nice phone. So here it is, quickly reviewed by me for you, with my own photos (because everything always looks better than it really is on the official website).
Brand: Sony Ericsson
Model: T707
Colours: Mysterious Black, Spring Rose, Lucid Blue
Size: 93.0 x 50.0 x 14.1 mm / 3.7 x 2.0 x 0.6 inches
Weight: 95.0 g / 3.4 oz
Networks: GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSDPA 2100
Connectivity: Bluetooth, Google Maps, Modem, Synchronisation PC, USB mass storage, USB support
Memory: Phone memory 100MB, Memory Stick Micro (M2) support up to 16GB
Screen: 262,144 colour TFT, 240×320 pixel, and a 128×36 pixel external screen
Camera: 3.2 mega pixel, up to 3.2x digital zoom, Geo-tagging, Send to web, Video light and recording
Website: Sony Ericsson T707
Price: $7,200-8,500NT
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During my visit to Taipei 101, I stumbled across a Nine West store having a sale, so naturally I decided to enter and see what I could find. I did not leave empty handed.
Address: 台北市信義區市府路3號B1樓
Taipei City, Xin Yi District, Shi Fu Road, No. 45, Floor B1
Phone number: 02 8101 8361
Price: Approximately $3,000+NT
A well known American brand in a well known Taiwanese shopping mall situated at the base of the world’s second tallest tower. Nine West is one of the cheaper stores you’ll find inside, but not as cheap as Giordano, Adidas, Nike, or Esprit. However, it being so close to Versace, Gucci, Prada, and Armani justifies my calling it a ‘cheaper store’. But I guess that’s completely beside the point.
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