It’s been almost a month since I last wrote a post and like always a lot has changed. However, not all the change was for the best this...

With the end of the school year insight I don’t like to waste a weekend with nothing to do. I have lots of locations and activities still...

We’ve seen 3 different movies on what happens at night at museums, but never once have we asked about nights at the aquarium. Well, if...

From scuba to square dance it seems like the past month I’ve covered it all. Following my pool scuba class where I learned how to put...

The end of Winter break marked the beginning of my last semester as a teacher. I have to say that although I don’t think my calling is to...

I took advantage of staying in Taipei and the access of the HSR, 高鐵 (the high-speed railroad), this winter break. The HSR, although it...

It’s taken a couple days (more like a week) to get used to the idea that the Taitung group is no more. Our family of 6 with our Sunday...

Fulbright tries to support us as much as possible so that when we enter the classroom we know how to help and what we can do to aid the...

Last year’s Instagram caption didn’t age well. With the pandemic, police brutality, not to mention the election, I am happy to see 2020...

We have now passed the month of holiday cheer, the month that last year was accompanied by a level of homesickness that went unmatched. I...

Some of the skills that have become more developed this semester has been my ability to roll with the punches, to stay on my toes at all...

Despite celebrating Thanksgiving the weekend before by hosting a Friendsgiving, I also wanted to spend the actual holiday not at school...

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. It’s literally a holiday based around food and family. With the pandemic and being miles...

Move aside 12 Days of Christmas and say hello to Taiwan’s 2 weeks of Halloween. The obsession here is pretty big, but I guess as an...

Sometimes I worry that by accepting my Fulbright grant the first, and also the second time, that I have pushed my dream of going into...

A second year in Taiwan has helped me learn about myself and learn more about others around me.

This time last year I was always so confused and unsure of what I should be doing. I hadn’t known my place at my school and was always...

The weekend I ultimately returned to the states last spring was supposed to be spent hiking Monkey Mountain in Kaohsiung. A mountain in...

It started. After a couple weeks of quarantine, a month of orientation and teacher re-training we started school. I would’ve been...

All of last week was gearing up for the all ETA conference in Taipei at the end of the week. It was the first time we would all ~35 ETAs...