Category Archives: Brendan Trosper ’14, Taiwan & China

Read posts by Brendan Trosper ’14 from Taiwan & China (Summer & Fall 2012)

A Brief Frustration Followed by Happy Moments

A Frustration Followed by Happy Moments I got yelled at by a bus driver today.  These things happen.  Of course, it could have been avoided if my language skills were better.  It happened like this: I got on the bus … Continue reading

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Classes Have Begun! A Daily Routine is Established

Classes Have Begun!  A Daily Routine is Established Now that I have been attending classes for about a week, I feel that I should give you a brief overview of my daily routine: 8am-12pm: Classes at the Tunghai University 華語中心 … Continue reading

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Hsitou National Park and Other Adventures

Author’s Note: Sometimes busy things happen to good people and sometimes…they happen to your author.  He is not a good person because he was tardy in getting his blog entries posted for the last two weeks.  Also, he sometimes writes … Continue reading

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Goodbye Taipei, Hello Taichung!

Since my last entry, I have been quite the busy bee. I’ve flown all the way from San Francisco to Taipei and have spent the last few days exploring the city with the other Puget Sound students going to the Tunghai University summer program. In this time, I have sampled some local food, visited the National Palace Museum, gone to the Shilin Night Market, visited my first dragon boat festival, and rode the Maokong Gondola. Like I said, it’s been a busy few days.

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Poppins’ Packing: Unreal Expectations for Baggage

Let’s begin this story by talking about the Walt Disney movie, Mary Poppins. It’s that kind of blog. When I was five-years-old, I would watch Mary Poppins at least once a week in our basement. It was a wondrous time. I would sing along with Julie Andrews, kick my legs up for the dance numbers and-because my parents couldn’t be around all of the time- jump off the couch with an umbrella and try to fly. (Thinking happy thoughts had been getting me absolutely nowhere and it was time for action. Even then, I was sensible child.) What I really remember from the movie though is Mary Poppin’s fantastic bag.

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