The Firehose Feed
This is a chronological feed of everything I’ve published.
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It’s Cheng Beng and I, forever the family travel operator, is shepherding the family to Penang island. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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I watched a Chinese legal drama called Draw the Line and I’d like to reassure you that I’m still not a member of the Communist Party of China. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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Not easy when your brain rebels at the thought of routines and quickly forgets them. But I’m going to focus on one tiny thing at the time and adjust as I go along. This post is part 1 of a series of logs of the process.
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And also the result of an accident in geography and school choices. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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On the literary West’s curious fascination with suffering Asians. 📧 Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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On being Chinese but not quite Chinese enough. 📧Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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Every year I tell her it’s not necessary to cook for Chinese New Year. Every year I fail. Yet I keep trying. Points for effort? 📧Subscribe to read the post. Subscription is free.
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My thoughts about the two-hour Tucker Carlson interview with Russian president Vladmir Putin.
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Verily I tell you, 90% of my relatives will not survive cancel culture in the West. 📧Subscribe to read the post.
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We’re blessed to have so many tools to use to learn Mandarin free. It has made learning the language so much faster and easier. Here are the apps and courses I’m using to improve my Mandarin.
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The new approach my little newsletter, Tai Tales is taking in 2024. Standing up against outrage culture on the Internet. And some articles about the Substack / Platformer drama. 📧Subscribe to read the post.
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In 2024, I’m determined to improve my Mandarin vocabulary to a point where I can understand Chinese dramas without subtitles. Here’s how I plan to do it.
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I reflect on the concepts and ideas that have improved my life in 2023.
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In the last week of every year, I reflect on the year that is about to end and prepare for the new one. Here’s what I do, day by day.
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Substack’s design and content choices is fostering a social “class” system of elites, followers and outsiders. Can we escape this game? 📧Subscribe to read the post.
Elizabeth Tai 