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Wooden Weekend

This weekend, we were whisked away at 7:30 in the morning on Saturday to a cabin in the woods high up in the mountains of Wulai. It was an office trip with a bunch of my aunt’s and uncle’s colleagues, so we were a bit out of place. There was a lot of drinking and [ READ MORE ]

There is Hope

It’s way too hot here… there’s no air conditioning here at my aunt’s place, in fact not much anywhere, so we can only sleep with fans on in 90 degree weather. I’m also way too dark-skinned for them here. My cousin, who’s 17, is currently in modeling high school where she learns to put on [ READ MORE ]

Night Is Now Officially Day

Here, I am always perpetually eating. Imagine three official and big-portioned meals and some sort of snack in between. And I’m not talking about half a bag of chips for snacks, but more like a mini-meal. It’s a good thing that I’m always perpetually sweating; have to keep off the weight somehow, right? We woke [ READ MORE ]

Finally

I am here. Jennifer and I are here. We are finally here in Taipei. After a four-hour flight to Los Angeles, five-hour wait in the LAX airport, and a 13-hour flight to Taipei, I am sitting here at my uncle’s place with the fans blowing. With our massive tons of luggage, which we’ve paid a [ READ MORE ]