finals! spring! a show! singapore! mama! wooooooo!
This week was a big week! On Sunday, March 10, I celebrated my three-months in Taipei mark, as well as my parent’s wedding anniversary + my dog’s birthday! Tuesday I […]
Category Archives: Taiwan
fun with foreigners
So there is this thing that happens here that I find endlessly fascinating. It is an epidemic in Taipei City. No, I do not refer, here, to the eardrum shattering […]
228: peace memorial day
Immediately following Chinese New Year, Taiwan commemorates perhaps its most important + historically controversial national holiday: 2/28. Here, I will attempt to explain the history of the date + holiday […]
chinese new year pt. 3: lantern festival
Sorry for a slight delay in posts! My first semester at the ICLP is starting to wrap up, so this week has been a bit busy for yours truly. Please […]
birthright taiwan: love boat
In light of President Obama’s impending visit to Israel next month, I was reminded of an article I read some months ago. A family friend sent a piece from Dissent my […]
shrimp fishing
On Wednesday I went shrimp fishing with my language partner, Catherine! Shrimp fishing is a totally wacky + fun Taiwanese pass-time. I hadn’t heard anything about it until last week, […]
chinese new year pt. 2: happy year of the snake!
Happy Year of the Snake, people! 新年快樂! Guess what? The Lunar New Year also marked the beginning of my third month in Taipei! Time is officially flying. Chinese New Year […]
chinese new year pt.1: flower shopping
Walking the lanes of Da’an, you will find plant life everywhere: sometimes on balconies, sometimes just lining the road. Some folks in my ‘hood have very impressive arrangements. (I’ll take […]
i <3 graffiti!!!
A child of the late-80’s/early-90’s, The NYC of “Wild Style” + “Style Wars” is what raised me (alongside my awesome parents, of course!). Graffiti is prominently featured in many of […]
my epic ‘kend pt. 3: a small town’s beautiful tradition
Disha, Shadoe + I woke up in Hualien on Sunday to another rainy day. My shoulder was feeling OK–still tender + weakened, with limited mobility–but I decided to see how […]
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