Letter 12: Merry Christmas

                                                  A Christmas tree in Shilin Sport Center

                                                                                              A huge LED Christmas tree near Shilin Night Market,  which is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Taiwan

                                                              My silly Christmas card
Although there is no snow as well as real wooden Christmas tree in Taiwan, we still love this holiday. 

Letter 11: Some tastes of Mexico🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕

Hi. It’s been a long time to see you, Tim. Are you getting better after taking several weeks rest? I guess you must have recovered from illness, otherwise, you won’t write two files of newspapers, one of which even is relevant to Mexican food. It’s hard to express my feelings when I saw those colorful and exquisite arts: they are so mouth-watering that I can’t help staring at them. I finally see the light why Mexico ranked the fattest country in the world. Although there are some sections where people also eat high-calories food, I believe that no one can eat as much food as Mexicans do. I start wondering whether the greasy American food was affected by Mexicans. Tortilla, Tacos, Enchiladas...... so many Spanish words I have never seen.
Being an Asian, I think all of them are the same, putting them into a single area called ‘’ Mexican food’’ in my head because they are all Mexican flavored. When it comes to Mexican food, I might roughly think of some keywords like ‘’ corn’’, ‘’chili’’, ‘’pastry’’, but l just can’t tell them apart. I really don’t know the system of Mexican food is so complicated. Uh…tortilla is a kind of corn pastry, and salsa is a kind of spicy sauce, right? Simply to say, there are only couples of main dishes in Mexico, while when we blend them together, they come in the variety. It is really intelligent of Mexicans to add creativity to their dinner. I have to say Mexicans are pretty good at relaxing, for they consume so much food to comfort themselves. Much to my surprise, they are extremely fond of ‘’oil’’. Mayonnaise, sour cream, cheese…..all of them occupy nearly every
corner of Mexican food. I definitely know the deliciousness of Mexican food, but I should resist this temptation because I can’t gain weight anymore. 😠😠😠😠

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