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#9 The One Where I Talk About the Earthquake

#9 The One Where I Talk About the Earthquake

Another packed newsletter today, including: a fun Chinese-language-learning story, a crazy travel story, and, oh yeah, that 7.4 magnitude earthquake. Let's get right into it. Imagine, just for a moment, that it's a Wednesday morning and you're barely awake. The alarm still fresh

#6 Why Do We Come to This Place?

#6 Why Do We Come to This Place?

Happy Holidays, everyone! Here in Taiwan, where I'm writing this newsletter against the backdrop of a quintessential Taipei downpour, I've been on winter break for the past two weeks. And yesterday, I came back from eight days in Japan, a trip I'd had high

#5 Five Things You Should Know About Taiwan

#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

#2 Imagining Taipei

#2 Imagining Taipei

On my first day back in Taiwan, just hours after stepping off my flight, I made my way to Eslite Bookstore uptown. I wasn't planning on buying anything, but bookstores have a strange way of enacting a magnetic pull on my bank account. I pondered whether to buy