Country: Taiwan

Taiwan is a small island country in eastern Asia. I lived in Taiwan for a little while and studied Mandarin, also traveling around the island and general vicinity as much as I could.

2015 annual budget review

The truth...

If I were to look at where I began the year 2015 and where I was when it ended I would posture that it was one of the best years of my life. But I guess I know the whole story and between those two apexes are some deep valleys of frustration and unemployment. I woke up in Taipei in my house or maybe my ex-girlfriend’s house. I don’t remember. We had watched an orchestra at the National Theater and Concert Hall for New Year’s. It was very anti-climactic but a nice time spent with a person I truly cared about and was glad to share some of my life with. We had broken up a few days ago but I wasn’t going to be in Taiwan much longer and we still wanted to hang out. Also we were taking…