It’s almost the end of our first school year in Taichung. What a great experience this has been. The people and the location have really surpassed our expectations. We are trying to fit in a… more →
Tomorrow in Taiwanwrote 3 weeks ago: It’s almost the end of our first school year in Taichung. What a great experience this has be … more →
wrote 2 months ago: When I was 16 I thought that life would be peachy once I knew how to drive and had a girlfriend. Unf … more →
wrote 2 months ago: We were complacent. We thought we had this living in Taiwan thing nailed. Turns out what we had nai … more →
wrote 3 months ago: There has been some uproar on Etsy in recent months and this past week, it reached a new level of in … more →
wrote 5 months ago: There is no question that modern technology makes an adventure like ours much easier to handle. The … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Third Culture Kids are those whose parents are from two different cultures who grow up in a third cu … more →
wrote 5 months ago: What an interesting year this has been. The more I let go of what I thought I knew and what I expec … more →
wrote 5 months ago: We thought we were going to have a quiet Christmas. We thought wrong. The calendar is pretty full … more →
wrote 5 months ago: To all my teacher friends….I’m so tired. I don’t know how you do it. I admire yo … more →
wrote 6 months ago: One of the things I’ve been dreading about living in another country is getting a haircut. I k … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Dan works all day talking with people. I work all day quietly at home. There’s a bit of a mi … more →
wrote 7 months ago: (Many of you have already seen this on www.expatsblog.com. I want to be sure that the essay is incl … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Neither of us speak the local language. We had some exposure to the sounds of Mandarin Chinese in S … more →
wrote 8 months ago: A friend reminded me the other day, “Moving to another culture is like pouring Miracle-Gro on sin.” … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I worked in many other firms prior to launching my business and one of the nuggets I learned during … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Just when I think that we know this town, something reminds me that we are in a new place that we ar … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I was going to email this TED talk to my friends and family. Then I realized that the best way to re … more →
wrote 9 months ago: A few days ago we got what seemed to be the electric bill. First step was to determine if this was … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Do the laundry early in the morning. And don’t forget to hang it up. You’ll need all da … more →