The Lunar New Year as it’s refered to in most Asian countries marks the beginning of the new year in the lunar calendar, as well as coinciding with the beginning of spring. It is a time for family gatherings, lots of food and “hong baos” (red envelopes with money). There are fireworks and music in… Continue reading Lunar New Year

As a teenager I considered myself incredibly successful, I could do anything I set my mind to. Whether that was playing basketball with the school team, wining best delegate at a debate competition or just playing the flute with the orquestra, I was unstoppable. In fact, I was so great that by the time I… Continue reading Success

I used to think that you painted rainbows when in reality all you did was rain. I used to think you were wonderful, all the sunshine, daisies, and in between, yet all that was left was the pain. I believed there was something more than just fights that all was worth it just to get… Continue reading I used to think

They say grief is like waves, it comes and goes as time moves on. One day you’re feeling whole when all of the sudden the current changes and you start feeling the pieces falling apart. It might be that it gets easier to manage as time progresses, which is probably why people say that time… Continue reading Grief

There are so many interesting flavors to discover when walking around Taiwan, from the peculiar, such as “stinky” tofu, to the refreshing, to the likes of ice-cold bubble milk tea. It is said that if the only tea you’ve had is a cup of bubble milk tea, then you probably haven’t even tried the local… Continue reading Taiwanese Tea

Have you ever seen Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away? If you haven’t then you should just go watch right now and then come back to this. Or maybe this post will inspire you to watch it? We’ll see how it goes. Anyways, back to the topic at hand, the Jiufen story. It all started when my… Continue reading Jiufen

So it is a tradition for our company to treat us to a “fancy” lunch to celebrate the new year, I’ve never been sure whether it is for the actual new year or the Chinese New Year. The lunch usually takes place right at the beginning of the new year, at a date before the… Continue reading Regent Hotel Taipei: Buffet Edition!

This is the story of how I was forced to set goals after pretending that just going with the flow was okay. That not knowing what I was going to do next and just letting myself be “guided” by others was fine. After all, they did want what was best? Didn’t they? After lots of… Continue reading 2021:The year I became a writer.