Category: Taiwan

I feel a little lazy about updating this blog, but the last post was so depressing, it got a little embarrassing. Therefore, I feel the need to cover it up with a new one even though I don’t have much to say this time around. Since this blog was mostly about my life in Taiwan […]

This is going to be a tough one. I’m turning to this because I don’t know where, or who else to turn to, as I’m certain most of my confidants have been exhausted by the situation I’m in.  It’s impossible to feel like they aren’t sick of hearing about it, even if they are completely […]

Um. Well I’m back. I’m pretty stinkin’ late on updating the blog.  Every day I told myself I was ready to do it, something came up, I fell asleep, or just was too lazy. I’m only halfway lying.  I’ve been writing a lot, just not up here.  It’s been, I guess, a bit of a […]

I don’t really know where to start on this one, but I guess the biggest news I have is that I’m heading home at the end of August.  I know it was meant to be June…then July…but things are always subject to change, and I often feel pressured to give people answers when they ask […]

Recently the weather in Taipei has been quite cold and rainy, and I think I’m the only person who’s enjoying it.  I often feel I will soon miss the variety of weather we’ve enjoyed here (well, maybe not everyone else), but I will be happy to escape the heat of summer. Unfortunately I think I’ve […]

I haven’t been able to sleep.  Usually, I’ll be in bed by around midnight, but lay awake until around 4.  Around 4, I’ll get angry and try to do breathing exercises.  This evolves into prayer, which evolves into remembering every embarrassing thing I ever said or did, along with a potent rumination on the things […]

I was planning to do a post in the middle of my trip to the States, but I never made it happen.  It was hard to justify being on the computer when my time at home was so limited, and there were so many people to see. Now that I’m back, it’s hard to feel […]

Every day I wake up and tell myself that I will write a new blog post.  Then I get home and pass out because my brain is goo from the day’s lessons. Somedays I feel like I have too much to share, and other days I feel like there isn’t enough.  Often there are things […]

When I stop to reflect on the past year, I feel a strange sense of loss, and a small but significant amount of gain.  I’ve allowed a month to pass since I’ve posted, but honestly, it only feels like one or two weeks.  I’ve quickly returned to a sense of routine, waking up like a […]

Soooooo I lost count of how many times I opened this page to update, and then closed it because I didn’t really know what to say. Some days I  like to humor myself and think that I have gained a lot of knowledge and wisdom about life since I’ve been here, but I think the […]