Category Reflections

The hardest part about living abroad as an expart

The Hardest Part About Living Abroad

September 10, 2017 · by · in Expat life, Friends, Reflections, Taipei · 4 Comments

Life as an expat is wonderful, but it has its difficulties too. Here’s my “confession” of the thing I’ve found hardest to cope with living abroad.

Welcome to TypingToTaipei.com- Yes, .com!

March 1, 2016 · by · in Life, Reflections, Taipei, Writing · 2 Comments

Introducing, the newly revamped TypingToTaipei.com!

“Yes people”, and learning to say “no”

February 28, 2016 · by · in Being alone, Reflections, Taipei · 2 Comments

Dear Taipei, What’s your view on Yes people? I don’t mean a “yes man” that blindly- and often to their detriment- says yes to every single favour and thing someone asks from them. I am referring to those people who say “yes” to any social invitation they receive (within reason). Want to hit the clubs Friday and […]

A (solo) picture tells a thousand words

January 24, 2016 · by · in Advice, Alone time, Being alone, Challenging yourself, Future, Imposter syndrome, Photos, Reflections, Self belief, Self confidence, Self improvement, Writing, Writing · 15 Comments

Dear Taipei, If you’ll be so kind, I’d like to share an anecdote from yours truly. Yesterday after parting from my friends, I was strolling around in a department store when I saw a huddle of people. Curious, I went over and saw they were waiting to have a go at an instant photobooth set […]

How to Hong Kong: A trip to Stanley with Me, Myself and I

October 9, 2015 · by · in Alone time, Hong Kong food, How to Hong Kong, Reflections, Solo trip, Stanley, Stanley Cave, Temple, Tin Hau Temple, Travel · 3 Comments

Dear Taipei, I think if you could speak, you’d try to dispel the assumptions made about you. One of the biggest which comes to mind is that you’re not a worthy holiday destination in yourself. A good proportion of people only visit you for a brief trip, often on a stopover on the way to […]

Week 2: Ni HOW DO I LEARN THIS LANGUAGE?!

March 14, 2015 · by · in Advice, CLD, Future, Inspiration, Learning Chinese, NTU, Reflections, Video · 2 Comments

Dear Taipei, Truth or dare? (Please pick dare, lest you RUIN my blog post). Oh, dare? Good choice. Watch the below video. All 5 minutes 42 seconds of it. MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL YOU WANT TO RIP YOUR BRAIN OUT. I promise you that is the PG version of what torture you will want to inflict […]