Lauren Nolan | Writer

This week, we only had three school days! After seeing Sun Moon Lake, our cohort spent another day in Puli and Taichung, then headed back...

This week, we had a four day weekend! The majority of the cohort spent the weekend at Sun Moon Lake, which is one of the most famous...

The food poisoning and other general maladies from Bali left me with a stomach bug and a sinus infection, unfortunately. I spent the...

Indonesia was fun! Minus the nausea and food poisoning. I had a good time learning about the art and culture of Bali, but transit and...

What a week! I'm not sure how to summarize it beyond lots of boats, good food, and wonderful company. On Monday, the Kinmen cohort...

This week, I went back Kinmen for a little respite. Looking back, I think I definitely needed it to get ready for upcoming birthday...

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! This week was the midyear conference for the southern region (Taichung, Yunlin, Changhua, Chiayi,...

What. A. Week. I've been fighting off burnout and general illness, but I made it to the end of the semester! I still can't believe that...

Oh boy, burnout! This week's been so, so tough. On top of coming back from another tiring Taipei weekend, this week we had the joy of...

Happy 2023! It doesn't feel real that another year's passed, but here we are! It's been a pretty packed week. Photo credits to Lily...

Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and happy birthday to one of our Kinmen ETAs! This week was packed with holiday and birthday...

This whole week's been pretty cold. Although temperatures have only technically dipped into the 40s (Fahrenheit), the wind chill and lack...

The week started somewhat chill. On Monday, I only had one class due to the fact that the other two classes got moved around, so I spent...

This week, we had three different visitors come to Kinmen! Throughout the week, we also really ran the range of Kinmen weather: hot,...

Returning to classes this week from our weekend in Taipei felt a bit like getting hit by a truck. After all the sleep deprivation of the...

This week, we had our Fulbright Thanksgiving dinner, then spent the weekend in Taipei. Between seeing everyone at the conference,...

This was my first full week of independence with a scooter! Although waking up on Mondays never feels great, at least this time, I knew I...

Guess who finally got her scooter license?!?! I'll write about it more a little later into the blog post, but I must say, having a...

Happy almost-Halloween! Going back to teach this week, it definitely felt like I'd come back from the dead. My students all seemed happy...

Monday through Thursday was all quarantine all the time. I can't say I did anything of particular note, just ordered food on FoodPanda,...