The following is an email I sent to my wife’s case worker concerning some information I was given by my mother. In the past, he’s answered my queries within 12 hours, at the most. He’s even replied to me on a weekend. It’s now been 9 days since I sent this one. My mom, forever [...]

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I just got out of the hospital yesterday from a hernia operation. It was a small umbilical hernia, just above my navel. I decided to have the procedure done at The Tzu Chi General Hospital, near Tan Tzu. I chose the hospital because it is near my home and very new, thus clean. I am [...]

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1 teaching position is opening up in the junior high school after Chinese New Year.
Please apply only if you are currently in Taiwan. Please address an email containing your resume and covering letter to Gary/Patrick for the Junior High. The address is at the end of this post. Please try to [...]

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So Part II. I didn’t get around to writing this post on the weekend I said I would. Luckily, my meditation practice (which I’ve been able to rigorously keep up) has brought me to a more Liberated space where I can procrastinate guilt free.
I did some Googling on Vipassana retreats in Taiwan and found this [...]

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