It’s ‘mochi’ easier than you think: Traditional Taiwanese mochi recipe
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It’s easier than it seems: Traditional Taiwanese mochi only requires sweet sticky rice, a bit of warm water and a whole lot of strength.
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The Asian and American tug of war
What I craved when I came to Taiwan wasn’t a transformative alteration of my cultural identity. What I sought was to locate a missing half of me without losing the other.
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UC Berkeley alumni support, mentor international students overseas
As California continues to confront the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, international UC Berkeley students have the opportunity to build community and receive mentorship with alumni support even thousands of miles from campus.
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A year ago today: Reminiscing about my time in Taipei
Beautiful, bustling and breathtaking, Taiwan is a country home to a rich culture, fantastic food and marvelous people. As I finish my second year at UC Berkeley, I’m left reminiscing about my trip back to Taiwan last summer.
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How I learned to breathe fire and some other dumb stories
My journey into spontaneous living began in the misty and tropical mountains of Northern Taiwan when I was 17.
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Coronavirus threatens to take away Madness from March
It is nearly impossible to imagine March Madness without an audience to create the atmosphere that has made the tournament so popular.
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My mother, my culture: A personal essay
I have lived my Taiwanese culture as much as my American one, in ways that echo through my life choices. I am Taiwanese in an unquantifiable manner, a manner so intertwined with who I am today that it is innately “enough.”
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Take a trip to Taiwan and indulge in your boba addiction
There is an intersection near where I live with no fewer than eight drink stores, and only the fanciest of them costs more than $3.
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You’ve survived UC Berkeley and graduated. So now what?
Whatever it is you’re doing now, there may be a thought in the back of your mind that goes along the lines of, “So this is it? This is the real world?”
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Revisiting and remembering the best bits of Taiwan
Growing up someplace makes it easy to forget some of the great things that you love most, which I was reminded of over a weekend trip to southern Taiwan.
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