Category year of the sheep

Days 5, 6 and 7: Road trip!

March 22, 2015 · by · in Buddhist, Changhua, Chinese New Year, Fireworks, Food, Friends, Lugang, Road trip, street market, Temple, Travel, year of the sheep · 11 Comments

Dear Taipei, I have to be honest, I’m so sad that out of the four Chinese words/phrases I know- “hello”, “thank you”, “yes” and the newly acquired “Happy (Chinese) New Year”, I can’t use the latter anymore. I became basically fluent in Chinese for a good couple of days over the Chinese New Year period […]

Day 2: Let food be the pathway to friendship

February 17, 2015 · by · in Food, housemates, Night Markets, Settling in, year of the sheep · 2 Comments

Dear Taipei, I’m enjoying catching myself wide-eyed, completely in a trance at all the things you throw before me. Just walking down the street is an experience. Seeing everyone go about their daily life- doing things I do in Sydney, but here, when I watch people everything is so fascinating- a feast for the senses. […]