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 …
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 …
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 …
For most Americans, it seems a little sunburn is just a part of summer. I have thankfully avoided it pretty well throughout recent years but, Friday destroyed that streak of careful living for me. The research group that I am joining took a collective trip to the ocean side, which is both as easy as …
Pictures instead of words! (Actually, pictures plus words for combined expressive power):
How is it that I am already getting behind on updates and I have been here just over a week? But on second thought, there is some sense in that: a lot of things have been happening are for the first or only time, and thus merit some reflection. I think things will settle down …
It’s the end of my second day in Taiwan, but so much has happened that it feels like I’ve been here for much longer. Yet there’s also still so much that I don’t know, and that I need to sort out, so it also feels like I’ve hardly managed to get my feet wet. Overall, …
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, …