Chinese New Year Archive

  • Chinese new year is kind of a big deal in Taiwan. Everyone basically takes the week off, Taipei becomes super-boring, and mass migrations southward commence! I myself joined in and headed down to Fangliao (枋寮) in PingDong County (屏東縣). When I was studying Korean at Yonsei University in Seoul, I...

    Happy Year of the Rabbit ( 兔 )!

    Posted on February 13, 2011 | No Comments
    Chinese new year is kind of a big deal in Taiwan. Everyone basically takes the week off, Taipei becomes super-boring, and mass migrations southward commence! I myself joined in and headed down to Fangliao (枋寮) in PingDong County (屏東縣). When I was studying Korean at Yonsei University in Seoul, I...

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  • I’ve moved to Shilin (士林)! The district gets its name from back in the day when scholars (士) were as prevalent as trees (林) here. I like to think that I’m helping to maintain the validity of the name these days… As it is, I have arrived at my palatial...

    My new digs in Shilin (士林)

    Posted on December 28, 2010 | No Comments
    I’ve moved to Shilin (士林)! The district gets its name from back in the day when scholars (士) were as prevalent as trees (林) here. I like to think that I’m helping to maintain the validity of the name these days… As it is, I have arrived at my palatial...

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