Posted on by Mike

Plane to another planet

While on the plane back to Taipei from our break in Indonesia, I looked up at the map screen on the back of the seat in front of me. I was shocked never to have heard of any of these places!

  • Palawan Trough
  • Kota Kinabalu
  • Bander Seri Begawan
  • Miri
  • Long Akah
  • SULU SEA
  • Sandakan
  • Jolo
  • Zamboanga
  • Butuan
  • Davao
  • Koronadal
  • CELEBS SEA

They sound like place names out of an Ursula K. Le Guin novel! I felt like I was looking down across the new cities built on Mars after it had been terraformed by Elon Musk. (Maybe I missed class on the day our Geography class covered SE Asia?)

Posted on by Charlotte

School Choir

When my friends first half begged, half forced me to join the school’s 合唱團 (choir), I was skeptical, to say the least. Looking back on it, I’m so happy they made me do it. Not only has it allowed me to make new friends from other classes and grades, but it has also allowed me to be a part of a team and to do something I love with my friends. I’ve always loved singing, but I was always too shy to join a choir in the US. Here, though, I figured why not? This whole experience has been full of new adventures, from naptime (not exactly commonplace in the US; you can imagine my reaction that first day when everyone suddenly lay down on their desks and went to sleep) to discovering that Taiwan has the best bubble tea in the world. So why not add to the list? I’m so proud to say that we earned second place at our competition! 🙂