#12 It's Not Goodbye, It's "See You Later" Is it fair to say, after a year abroad, that I am the same? Anyone who has studied or lived abroad has probably returned home with a similar sense of confusion as to how to sort all that time away.
#11 What It's Like to Learn Chinese at ICLP in Taiwan Greetings from the United States! After 16 hours in the air, a little over an hour at the baggage claim, and a three-hour drive home, I made it back to Philadelphia. This past year has produced a lifetime's worth of memories (and areas of reflection), but I'
#5 Five Things You Should Know About Taiwan It has been over a month since you've heard from me, which proves all the haters right! Yes, it was pretty close to impossible to maintain a steady newsletter while studying abroad. To be fair, these past few weeks have been eventful: I finished my final exams, celebrated
#1 We're All From Somewhere This newsletter will hopefully be many things—a diary of my time in Taiwan, a place for musings about Taiwan’s politics and culture, and a record of the amazing and often amazingly difficult experience of learning Chinese.