2nd Place in Mandarin Speech Competition!

https://youtu.be/wsiOY9mD-a0 In June, all the Inbound exchange students gathered in Hsinchu for a Chinese Speech Competition. I prepared for two weeks beforehand and won 2nd place (2nd only to Callie of course!! I have her to thank for it as she really helped me learn a lot of Chinese during those hours we spent in … Continue reading 2nd Place in Mandarin Speech Competition! →

Hotpot and fancy shrimp restaurants (among other things)

Before you start reading, go watch my 4th Month in Taiwan video, and check out the bonus video of our trip to see the Christmas lights in Taipei. All my videos are available on my Youtube channel - click on the blue text to be taken to these videos. You can also look under the … Continue reading Hotpot and fancy shrimp restaurants (among other things) →

Read Our Beaver Tales

What's a Beavertale, you ask? No, I'm not talking about the delicious Canadian dessert. District 7080 has Outbound exchange students write open letters home at 3 points in their year abroad. The letters, called "Beaver Tales", are posted on the District 7080 website. They act as a great memoir for us, an update for our … Continue reading Read Our Beaver Tales →

海灘,山,和食物 ~ Mountains, oysters, and tying knots?

Before we begin, head over to Youtube to see my 3rd Month in Taiwan video by clicking on the blue text! 上星期，我們去海攤! 我們找牡蠣和蛤蠣! 很好玩! 我找了一點點，沒有很多，而我且很累了! 之後，在海灘，我們燒烤牡蠣，和吃很多海鮮。我吃報飽了，之後我們去吃火鍋和吃很多海鮮很好吃! 肚子很脹。 Last week, my family and my counselor Tom's family all went to the beach in Changhua to scavenge for clams and oysters. To get there, we rode in … Continue reading 海灘,山,和食物 ~ Mountains, oysters, and tying knots? →

Challenges in Chinese

Before we begin, click here to see my 2nd Month in Taiwan video! Hello again! The last two weeks have been jam-packed, literally. Since Taiwan celebrated its birthday with a holiday this Thursday, in order to have a four-day weekend, everyone had to go to work or school last Saturday. It was clear nobody wanted … Continue reading Challenges in Chinese →

Living vs. Adjusting

I took the train by myself today!!!!! 我今天單獨去候車!!!!! I spent the day at Chinese classes with the other exchange students, where we had our first dance class - the instructor tried to teach the girls how to be sexy and the boys how to be “powerful”. Almost all of us have no experience dancing, and … Continue reading Living vs. Adjusting →

2天，2爬山，3珍珠奶茶

2 days, 2 mountains, 3 bubble teas! I think this is my fifth blog post in Taiwan– which means I’ve been here for a little over a month. It’s scary to think about how quickly time passes (head over to Youtube to see my 1 Month in Taiwan video) - click on the blue text … Continue reading 2天，2爬山，3珍珠奶茶 →