so it’s settled: my mom, siblings and I will be going on a big family trip to taiwan in october! while each of us will arrive and depart at different times, the highlight of our trip will be a weeklong bus tour of key sights around the island which my mom has already handpicked. counting kids and significant others, there will be about ~20 of us in total on the bus, and this will be our largest family reunion since 2018 when i threw a big going away party before i moved to Germany.
Wow thanks for sharing this account. I've been reading about my friend's Beccy's essays on being a Third Culture Kid growing up British with Taiwanese parents, and your essay reminded me of that.
As a Singaporean growing up in an Asian country which got quite Westernized after the British left, it resonates somewhat too, although my experience is admittedly different than yours.
Regardless, I wish you all the very best in your family trip back to Taiwan later in the year. Hope it goes well and may y'all have lots of great memories and experiences to look back on!
I loved this post.
The duality of your mum's and dad's attitudes- preserve the old vs. integrate into the new especially stuck with me.
I think you're a very gifted storyteller. Thank you for sharing!
Wow thanks for sharing this account. I've been reading about my friend's Beccy's essays on being a Third Culture Kid growing up British with Taiwanese parents, and your essay reminded me of that.
As a Singaporean growing up in an Asian country which got quite Westernized after the British left, it resonates somewhat too, although my experience is admittedly different than yours.
Regardless, I wish you all the very best in your family trip back to Taiwan later in the year. Hope it goes well and may y'all have lots of great memories and experiences to look back on!