hedwig: mandarin style
We got a four day weekend this weekend because of Tomb Sweeping Day + Children’s Day in Taiwan. It poured (like, actually POURED) all day + I spent most of […]
Tag Archives: Taipei
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 […]
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. 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 […]
baking? in taipei?? where there’s a will, there’s a way.
After recounting the following experience via email to some friends, I realized that it was screaming to be shared here. If I can find any pictures that others took of […]
(wish i had been) at home/at the zoo
Last night I saw 《動物園》, the Godot Theatre Company‘s production of Edward Albee‘s At Home At the Zoo. The performance was at Metropolitan Hall at Taipei Cultural Center. Like Tainaner […]
my epic ‘kend pt. 1: bike fail
As I announced in my last post, I finally got a bike for Taiwan! I had been putting it off because I knew it would be a significant expense, but […]
(let’s take) a long walk
Having grown up in NYC, I often hear from friends who grew up, well,…not in the city, “What did you even DO as a kid in New York?” “Don’t you […]
how i learned to drive (mandarin remix)
Last Friday, I saw the Tainaner Ensemble‘s (台南人劇團) interpretation/translation/production of Paula Vogel‘s “How I Learned To Drive,” 《行車記錄》, at the National Theater’s Experimental Theater. If you are in Taiwan + […]
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