Once I got back to New Taipei City, the preparation for “operation return home” was imminent. I did all of my laundry, and packed everything I wasn’t planning on wearing in the next week into a giant suitcase that I had lugged up the stairs last year. I rolled each item of clothing individually in … Continue reading →

The countdown to America was becoming more real every day. Besides traveling to nearby countries, another major Taiwan bucket list item of mine was visiting my host family from the TUSA scholarship four years earlier. We had stayed in touch a little bit, but I couldn’t leave the country without seeing them for at least … Continue reading →