Archive for the ‘ personal ’ Category

End of an Era

I arrived in Taipei two years ago on August 8th. I will be returning to Nashville on August 8th. It will be officially two years to the day since my adventures in Taiwan began. (Did I mean to buy the tickets like that? You got me.) What will I do when I get back to Nashville? [ READ MORE ]

Diversity

I miss diversity like crazy here. (Most of the Taiwanese girls here aims for the same flat, skinny figure, translucent skin, dinner-plate-sized irises, and glued-on eyelashes that you could use to sweep the floor.) I miss curves. I miss a variety of shades of skin colors and hair colors. I miss ethnicities and a mixture [ READ MORE ]

Illnesses Galore

I get sick about every two weeks here in Taiwan. I’ve probably been to a doctor more times in the past year than in my entire life in the States. My biggest moments were probably the ten-day hospital stay due to a bacteria infection and getting H1N1 aka swine flu, which I caught from my [ READ MORE ]

Year of the Tiger

First off, Happy Belated Chinese New Year’s/Valentine’s Day. I get two weeks off for the holidays: last week and this week. The boyfriend got ten days off last week too, but we were kept busy due to an unfortunate event so there were other things on our minds besides enjoying the break. I’m surprised that [ READ MORE ]

Late Night Theories

I try not to stay up past midnight anymore, but it’s a bit hard when there’s domestic abuse going on two feet away. There’s something wrong with some of these Taiwanese women. Or with the men that’s making the women this way. It’s not like there’s a shortage of males to females, and I would [ READ MORE ]