Tag: Taipei

Taiwan has never caught my interest until recently when I had to make big changes on the first quarter of my travel plans this year due to a very important event I can’t miss. Instead of going far from my mother land, I decided to visit this neighbouring island country. I have read about Su...

February 27, 2020. I was interning at the Taipei City Hall and followed him to the groundbreaking ceremony of a public housing community in Taipei City’s Zhongshan District. Not gonna lie, I was a little bit nervous as we were going on the same car, and it turned out he sat right next to me...

One of the reasons that I chose to move to Taipei after living in Beijing for ten years was the energetic vibe I got from the city that shows itself in organic community gatherings. Whether for young or old, there’s something in Taipei on any given day. It’s hard to explain to someone th...

He has a habit of mixing Mandarin Chinese and English, the result of his studying and living as a university student in Taiwan. He’s a bit of a history buff and admits to being an introvert. Photo by YUAN HANG CHEN from Pexels I found my interest in history through vid...

I have to admit, when I entered Mikkeller, I wasn’t looking for you. I was just hoping to try the beer. But then love has a mysterious way of sneaking up on us, doesn’t it? It hits us like a beaver tail in the face as we swim in the pond of life. I remember our first meeting. I can ...

If there’s one lesson that the Covid-19 pandemic has taught the world it’s that we have to be prepared to expect the unexpected. Although Taiwan was spared much of the worst of the coronavirus early on, and life seemed to be proceeding somewhat “normally” throughout 2020, the...

The first Polkadot — Taipei meetup and Substrate workshop in Taipei has been completed successfully. Founder of BDE, Jason Chen is very excited to be a strong supporting party of the Polkadot meetup in Taipei and held a community gathering after the event. It is great to learn and discu...

This has been a month of celebrations. First there was graduation, which was a little more awkward than usual given the lack of an audience (only students and a handful of teachers/staff attended), but the kids still had a good spirit and we snapped some good pictures. Don’t worry, there wa...