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Diary of a Reverse Immigrant

Missives from my life as a Taiwanese Chinese American living in Taiwan.

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Why I Want My Child to Learn Taiwanese Even Though I Don't Speak It

I think the answer has to do with my own diasporic background with a sprinkle of existential threat thrown in.

Chinese Dramas can be AMAZING; Pursuit of Jade is NOT it.

It is VERY pretty to look at though.

Taiwan Travelogue wins the International Booker Prize!

and why the speeches by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King made me cry

How are there this many coffee shops in Taipei?

Or beverage shops for that matter!

January Writing: How it went

Spoiler: really well!

On Alex & Alex

and the cognitive dissonance of bearing witness to both

Who I was in 2016

aka My First Year in Taiwan

New Year, New Me, something like that

Trying to make this year one where I nourish myself as an artist

How to be a preschool parent in Taiwan

or, how my social anxiety really gets amplified here.

As American as Pumpkin Pie

Having a baby in Taiwan makes me care about holidays way more than I used to