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Saturday, May 31st, 2025

Day 3, Taipei – Longshan Temple, Xingtian Temple, and the National Palace Museum

Today we visited our first couple of temples. In the previous days we’ve walked past a couple of them but we hadn’t gotten a chance to go inside one just yet. From the second we stepped off of the tour bus at Longshan Temple I was mesmerized. The details in the architecture from the gates, to the pillars, to the rooftops were intricate and reflected the rich culture and history of Taiwan. I couldn’t understand all the rituals—lighting incense, bowing, praying—but I felt the significance of them. Despite the bustling of tourists, there was this sense of quiet respect that […]

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Saturday, May 31st, 2025

Day 10 in Taiwan

We started today off with yet another hotel breakfast followed by a starbucks trip and then packed up all of our belongings to head to Kaohsiung. We rode on the high speed rail once again, however it hasn’t moved at full speed yet. When we go back to Taipei, we will be traveling at close to 180 mph!! After getting off the high speed rail, we had lunch basically at the station. I got dumplings and shrimp fried rice.  Afterwards, we went to the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. Kyla and I started on the top floor working our way down […]

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Friday, May 30th, 2025

Pivoting with the Times: Lessons from Hong Jaan Printing Co. – Day 7 {5/26}

Today we visited Hong Jaan Printing Co., where we were graciously hosted and presented with a very informational presentation about the company, the printing industry, as well as the printing process. As a company that started out during a time when there was no internet and everything needed to be printed, the printing company did really well, especially within the textbook and book market. Since textbooks were needed for classes, the demand for printed textbooks was very high, often reaching tens of thousands of copies per year. The same could be said with printed books. However, times change, and as […]

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Friday, May 30th, 2025

Reflections on Faith and Fortune – Where Religion Meets Business in Taiwan – Day 6 {5/25}

Today was a day of reflection. A day to discuss and consolidate my learnings, both religious and economic. Especially, a time to reflect on the way in which religion and business interact and interweave. On that note, I came to realize that religion here in Taiwan is very much present in the spaces where people do business. Many local businesses have small altars set up, often featuring a god, such as the God of Business, or other deities they worship. They do this to bring prosperity to their business. The process usually involves praying or burning offerings, such as spirit […]

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Friday, May 30th, 2025

Day 9: National Taichung Theater and Fengchia Night Market

We explored the National Taichung Theater late in the morning. We couldn’t enter the building when we first got there so we had to stay outside and do something else until we could. I took two laps around the theater looking at the surroundings and listening to music as that is one of my favorite things to do. I eventually stopped and went to the outdoors stadium thingy as everyone else was there doing a talent show. April is apparently double-jointed which honestly adds up; Mikey can do a walking handstand which in hindsight seems obvious as he’s great at […]

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Friday, May 30th, 2025

Day 8: Traveling to Hsinchu & Taichung

We woke up very early for the high speed rail heading to Taichung. This was definitely the earliest I have ever woken up during the trip besides the first day. We got some breakfast boxes and we rode the high speed rail to Taichung. I relearned that Jennifer is getting a minor in Geography randomly enough and we eventually got to Taichung in 30 minutes. We never got to see what it looked like outside of the train as we were almost always underground but it felt fast. After the train ride, we went to Hsinchu Science Park and learned […]

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