Day: December 17, 2023

Living in abroad for an extended period of time, it can be easy to fall into what we like to call "the apathy trap." It's that sense that you've seen it all already, you've developed your routines, you know how to navigate fairly easily for the day to day, and you have already expended so much energy to just get to where you are functioning (fairly well) abroad. You really don't need or want to deal with the mafan 麻烦 of something like visiting a temple on the other side of…

Entering Songjiang Road Fortunetelling Street is feels a little like stepping into Diagon Alley, or descending into a subtle realm. It sits in a tunnel underneath the busy intersection of Mingquan East and Songjiang roads in the Zhongshan district of Taipei where passersby and those from all over the city come to visit.  Location: Location: […]