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You get used to the usual questions, but the one about marriage I always found funniest: “Where you from?” “America.” “Very good. I have been to New York, and…uh…Disneyland.” “How long you want to stay Taiwan?” “Two years.” “You come alone?” “Yes. Huh, so brave. You don’t miss your family?” “Not really” Chuckles and giggles [...]

“What?!” This is the seemingly universal reaction to my marital status. It may be in Mandarin, Taiwanese, or English, but still consistently the same. The few times it’s differed have been due to language confusion. A recurring (and possibly annoying, to some of you) theme you’ll probably read in my blog is my views about marriage. [...]

I had the pleasure of taking two vacationers out for the day today. They wanted to see the country, so we hopped in the car and cruised to a place in Tainan County called the 曾文水庫 Tseng (Zun) Wen Reservoir. Joe and Jason are from Texas and Maryland, and it is their first time in [...]