Month: September 2012

Day-to-day

I figured I would write a little bit more about what my daily activities have been, although they are still pretty scattered with trying to “figure things out”. Regarding my research, I’m waiting to talk to some people about data for one aspect of it, but also I’ve spent a lot of time traveling to …

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Tea

To be honest, it had been a long time since I had had really good tea. The kind of tea that is so good that it makes you stop thinking about other things. Tea so good that, for fleeting, existential moments, there is nothing else in the world but the million, minute sensations relating to …

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The little things

I find that the most interesting aspects of being immersed in a foreign culture is that it really is countless miniscule things that act synergistically to make the society different. Some things are impossible to miss (shop keepers yelling “歡迎光臨” at you if you even approach their store), others are more subtle (eating or drinking …

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First Post!

Here’s to my first post of what will hopefully be a collection (although my previous experience in writing blogs has proven that I am not the most reliable). I’m starting this to record some of the experiences of my ten month stay in Taiwan starting tomorrow (sort of – with the time difference and traveling, …

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