Cake, Employment...? and MORE Cake!

It has been a very eventful several days.

On Monday, I declined my first job offer because they couldn't afford to pay me more. But then it turns out that NT$15,000-20,000/mo is pretty standard for an entry-level position with a Bachelor's degree. Getting a degree from overseas'll land you a nicer NT$30,000-35,000/mo, which works out to about a grand+ USD. However after taking into account lower cost-of-living [insert long and way more detailed-than-necessary analysis here] it might be more financially responsible to take the job, despite the fact it pays less per hour. But enough about money, let's talk about CAKE!!!

Tuesday: Tai and I went to the compassion field for lunch. And Cake-making.

Chocolate-mousse cake at Taipei compassion field!
It was Sister Lixue's birthday!

Lunch! A delicious noodle medley!

Then I made a test cake with bananas using Gracie's super-awesome steamed banana cake recipe.

This is a very unattractive picture of my cake.
There were chocolate truffles inside.

Yesterday, I made more banana cake for the Wednesday night event. Except with SEVEN bananas and it took like TWO HOURS to steam. This is in part because the steamer at the compassion field has a busted lid so steam escapes all the time instead of staying and cooking the cake. Also, there were raisins and walnuts in addition to chocolate truffles, 'cause some of the chi-mates heard about cake-making and brought over baking things!

And the Ingting's mom brought 3 different kinds of Taiwanese fluffy cake, which was ALSO delicious. So much cake we had.

What I wore to my interviews!
High-waist skirt

Random picture: Broccoli pickles!