As a foreigner with a limited grasp of the Chinese language, I live in blissful ignorance of most of what’s going on around me. I only recently found out that:
But it’s not just that I’m missing out on Taiwanese things, I’m not keeping up with Western things either. This year I seem to completely have forgotten about Christmas. I haven’t bought any presents, sent any cards nor thought about how to extend good will to my fellow man. I don’t know where I’ve been lately. Neither in Taiwan nor back in Europe it seems.