Lauren Nolan | Writer

I had hoped for a restful week after Taipei, but alas. Illness and injury hath struck. On Tuesday, I had a pretty rough day. I managed to...

Happy National Day! Here in Kinmen, our week was spent preparing for National Day (October 10th), also called Double Ten Day. October...

This week, we celebrated Teacher's Day (which falls in Confucius' Birthday). On Monday, the vibe at school was pretty festive in...

Sunday (Sept 18th) was pretty lowkey. Besides going out for fruit and bubble tea, I just stayed in and relaxed. I also got to call a...

This week's newest development (besides the majority of our cohort having scooters now!) was us starting to take Chinese classes at the...

This week, we celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival/Moon Festival (中秋節) as well as all the August birthdays we couldn't celebrate earlier....

This week was the first week of classes! Although I still didn't quite feel ready to teach yet, I think having a teacher prep day on...

The second week (once I had gotten out of quarantine and into Kinmen) was a blur of nonstop hanging out. For the first three days, we...

Eight-ish days ago, on August 11th, 2022, I woke up at 4:30am and began the long slog to Taiwan. It was bittersweet to say goodbye to my...