A few months ago, I sat down at my computer in a rare fit of inspiration and wrote myself a manifesto of sorts. At that time, I was entering to a season of life in a new city, a season where I’d be enrolled in both an intensive Chinese language course as well as a … [Read more...]
Author: Stephanie
Transitory Tales: I Think I’ll Stay, Taipei
I read a quote today. I was lazily browsing through books at Eslite, Taipei’s biggest bookstore, when I stumbled upon this: …”For if every true love affair can feel like a journey to a foreign country, where you can’t quite speak the language, and you don’t know where you’re going, and you’re pulled ever deeper … [Read more...]
Mooi Trouve: A ‘Recycled’ Cafe, Taipei.
In Taiwan, we take our recycling seriously. The first few months after I moved into the student district Gongguan in Taipei, I found my recycling habits (or lack thereof) scolded so much that I just took to looking sheepishly around me whenever I saw a trash can. I soon came to realize that the desire … [Read more...]