So here’s the thing: I’ve been meaning to start this blog for, oh, I don’t know… *checks notes* …way too long. Like, embarrassingly long. The kind of long where I’ve accumulated enough stories, thoughts, and “I should write this down” moments that they’re now forming a mental traffic jam in my brain.
You know how everyone says “AI is taking over search” and “nobody reads anymore”? Yeah, well, I’m calling BS on that second part.
Sure, ChatGPT can tell you the best way to boil an egg in 0.3 seconds, but can it tell you about the time I accidentally ordered pig blood cake thinking it was chocolate?
(Spoiler: It happened. In Taiwan. It was… an experience.) People still love reading about othe people’s messy, weird, wonderful lives, and that’s what you’re getting here.
What This Blog Is About?
This blog is basically a digital scrapbook of my life, with a heavy dose of whatever catches my attention that week. Think of it as organized chaos, using the word “organized” very loosely here.
Some topics you can expect:
- My Chinese learning journey: Because nothing says “accountability” like publicly documenting your attempts to master one of the world’s hardest languages. After years of living in Taiwan I finally pulled the trigger on learning Chinese.
- My Life in Taiwan as a foreigner: Seven years and counting! From night markets to typhoons, from bubble tea addiction to figuring out the health insurance system.
- Tech, productivity, entrepreneurship, random observations: Whatever pops up, really. I’m not putting myself in a box here.
Why Now?
Honestly? Because if I wait any longer, I’ll be writing my first post from a retirement home, and while “Adventures in Bingo Night” could be compelling content, I’d rather document this chapter of my life while it’s actually happening.
Since moving here with my Taiwanese wife, I’ve experienced a range of events, some positive and others negative. I’ve decided to turn my diary into a way to document both my past and future experiences.
That includes the ups and downs in entrepreneurship, the decisions that I made between life and work and how I got drawn back into the poker scene.
It’s my way of making sense of everything: the language struggles, the cultural surprises, the random epiphanies at 2 AM, and all the weird little moments that make life interesting.
What to Expect?
No corporate speak (kinda). No perfectly curated highlight reel. Just honest stories, occasional rants, questionable life advice, and feedback for people who want or might want to have a similar life (entrepreneurship, working from home and remote, and living in a foreign country)
I can’t promise I’ll post on a strict schedule (let’s be real, we both know how that ends), but I can promise that when I do post, it’ll be something I actually wanted to write about, not just content for content’s sake.
Thanks for stopping by, hope you stick around for the ride!
Jiang