http://taiwaneers.com A couple of kids from Michigan living the high life in Taiwan Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We do miss things by living far away from home. My littlest sister is becoming a woman and Emily's littlest brother is becoming a man; all the while we are over here, thousands of miles away. Skype, facebook, email, and summers spent back home make it way easier but there ... http://taiwaneers.com/2010/03/%e6%88%91%e7%9a%84%e7%8b%97%e6%ad%bb%e4%ba%86-w%c7%92-de-g%c7%92u-s%c7%90-le/ A lot of people wonder how we go about living in a foreign country without knowing the language. I have to admit I can understand where this incredulity from our fellow Americans comes from. We (as in Americans) think of that once-in-a-lifetime trip we took to Mexico for a week ... http://taiwaneers.com/2010/03/how-to-live-overseas/ Tonight is a perfect example of the random wonderfulness that is the "expat-lifestyle." One of our roommates, Phil, recently went to Hong Kong on a visa run. While there he met a Hong Kongese dude named Jacky. Jacky showed Phil a good time and took him around and stuff. Earlier this ... http://taiwaneers.com/2010/03/the-ex-pat-life/ We've known about the PingXi Lantern Festival since our first year in Taiwan. However, we've never attended before. Last night we seized the opportunity and, with some friends, took the train to experience this end-of-the-Chinese-New-Year-Celebration event. The crowds were incredible. We arrived just before it started to get dark and as ... http://taiwaneers.com/2010/03/pingxi-lantern-festival-or-how-we-avoided-death-by-trampling/ So much has happened since my last post. My problem has been that since so much was happening I kept on meaning to post but then I would be overwhelmed by how much there was to talk about so I would put it off only to be faced with a ... http://taiwaneers.com/2010/02/too-much/