Spring in the Cloud Forest

While the US has its Spring Break, Taiwan has its Tomb-Sweeping Holiday, or Qingmingjie, a four-day weekend usually landing in early...

Lest you think I spend all my time traveling, I can assure you, my teaching duties remain constantly at the front of my mind. More so...

The most important part of the Winter Break was, of course, Lunar New Year, aka the pinnacle holiday of the Taiwanese (as well as Chinese...

From where we left off at 2022's beginning, fast forward to mid-January when most Taiwanese schoolteachers and students began their...

Hello everyone! I know, I know; it's been a while since I last wrote. What can I say? The end of last semester got pretty busy, and then...

Sports Day is a tradition of Taiwanese schools, the one day where classes are forgotten in favor of schoolwide relay races, obstacle...

Like a significant but dwindling portion of the American population, my family loves watching baseball. Even if our hometown team, the...

If you've been to Taiwan before, you've probably noticed a ton of people whizzing through the streets on scooters. Especially in smaller...

After settling into co-teaching and Douliu life, I started itching to travel around Taiwan. One benefit of Taiwan's compact size and...

I'm now in my sixth (!) week of teaching and oh what a time it has been. After giving my self-introduction PowerPoint 21 times and...

And now onto my purpose for being in Taiwan: teaching English! The Yunlin ETAs learned about our school placement options back in August....

After finishing both quarantine and Self-Health Management, I finally moved to my official placement in Yunlin: Douliu City! Douliu is...

After 15 days of solid quarantine, I’m out! Okay, so R&R aside, I did get a little tired of my hotel room by about Day 11 or 12. But I...

My mom and aunties have a saying: generally speaking, moms either have a rough pregnancy and a semi-decent delivery[1], or a semi-decent...