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A publication of the Community Services Center Centered 2020 FALL &WINTER ACTIVITIES CATALOG INSIDE on TAIPEI SEPT Vol. 21|01 2020 2020/8/26 上午8:38

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CSC OUTLOOK From the Editors 5 Re-familying 9 September 2020 Center Gallery 6 CSC Business Classified 10 COMMUNITY Paying It Forward – A Response to COVID-19 10 Taipei Shorts Returns With ‘Shocks And Laughs’ 14 Supplement

Publisher Community Services Center, Taipei 2020 Fall & Winter Activities Editor Suzan Babcock Co-editor Richard Saunders Advertising Manager Naomi Kaly PROFILE Magazine Email [email protected] Close Up with Jim Sung – Tel 02-2836-8134 Craft Beer Brewer and Proprietor of Jim and Fax 02-2835-2530 Dad’s Brewing Company 21 Community Services Siew Kang, Fred Voigtmann Center Editorial Panel ENVIRONMENT Printed by Farn Mei Printing Co., Ltd. Dr. Leaf’s Garden Lesson on Insects and Bugs 25 1F, No. 102, Hou Kang Street, Shilin District, Taipei Tel: 02-2882-6748 Fax: 02-2882-6749 ART E-mail: [email protected] Arthur Ly 26 Centered on Taipei is a publication of the Community Services Center, Moving Dream - Solo Exhibition of Ying-Chang Lu 35 25, Lane 290, Zhongshan N. Rd., Sec. 6, Tianmu, Taipei, Taiwan Tel: 02-2836-8134 fax: 02-2835-2530 CULTURE e-mail: [email protected] Wandering Spirits Arrive in Taiwan 28 Correspondence may be sent to the editor at coteditor@ communitycenter.org.tw. Freelance writers, photographers and illustrators are welcome to contact the editor to discuss editorial and PHOTOGRAPHY graphic assignments. Your talent will find a home with us! Buffalo Meadow by Rosemary Susa 30 Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. Material in this publication may not Dad by Katia Chen 31 be reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner. COT is printed on FSC certified 100% post-consumer recycled fiber. The TRAVEL paper is certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council which promotes environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and Xitou 32 economically viable management of the world's forests. https://ic.fsc.org/

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PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN (LOCATED INSIDE TAS) TIGGER'S(PRE-2S), 2S AND 3S PLAYGROUPS (TIAN YU CAMPUS) GRADE 1 & 2 : AFTERNOON LANGUAGE & LITERACY PROGRAMS  North American Curriculum  Engaging Outdoor Playgrounds  Qualified Instructors  Fun and Educational Daily Activities  Low Student/Teacher Ratios  Fun After School Enrichment Classes  Gymnastics and Music Class  Mandarin Playgroups

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Sept 2020_p3-end.indd 4 2020/8/26 上午8:33 COVER IMAGE: Yangmingshan National Park by Sue Babcock, FROM Please send email submissions, comments, and feedback to a long-time resident of Taiwan is new to the [email protected]. world of photography. She enjoys walking or 'wandering' around Taipei and outlying rural THE areas which allows her to explore new ways to EDITORS create images that tell a story. For more information, please go to our website at www.communitycenter.org.tw Autumn and cooler temperatures have arrived in Taipei, COT Team making it a perfect time of the year to be outdoors. Make a trip up Yangmingshan to enjoy one of the park’s autumn silvergrass tours, watch the cows and buffalo grazing in Buffalo Meadow, or take a leisurely hike along one of the many mountain trails, and you will slowly begin to feel yourself unwind as you reconnect with nature. Suzan Babcock Richard Saunders Naomi Kaly KC Editor Co-editor Advertising Manager Graphic Designer For a weekend sojourn, a visit to Xitou is this month’s coteditor@ [email protected] naomi@communitycenter. graphicdesigntaipei. recommendation by Richard Saunders. Xitou is the site communitycenter.org.tw org.tw weebly.com of an experimental forest consisting of several coniferous plantations planted during the Japanese occupation period. Eventually, National Taiwan University accepted Feature Writers and Photographers responsibility for their preservation and research. During your visit to Xitou be sure to spend time to walk along the 180-meter-long Sky Walk, which is 22 meters above the floor of the forest and see the Giant Tree, one of Xitou’s most famous sights. Marian Angele A T Beaune Miyuki Boice Maria Ting Arthur Ly The Center’s fall and winter catalog of classes and tours is out. Stop in and see us on the morning of September 10th for our Newcomer Coffee and Open House. And while you are there pick up a copy of the Center’s catalog. You can Writing, Photography and Art Contributors always go to our website (www.communitycenter.org.tw) to check out which of the many course listings you would Marian Angele Dr. Leaf Sue Babcock Arthur Ly like to sign-up for. We suggest that you register early, for the A T Beaune Joseph Reilly Center’s classes and tours tend to fill up quickly, especially at Miyuki Boice Richard Saunders Li-Hao Chang Rosemary Susa this time of the year. Katia Chen Grace Ting This year’s Community Services Center Charity Auction Alicia Haddad Maria Ting and Dinner will be held Friday, October 23rd at the Mandarin Oriental Taipei. Come and have fun at our Blue Moon and Monster Ball, a great way to show support of your Center and the work that it does for our local and Pick COT up at: Uptown: international communities. Community Services Center, No. 25, Lane 290, Sec. 6, With continued wishes for everyone’s good health, Zhongshan North Rd. Sprout – No. 33, Sec. 7, Zhongshan North Rd. George Pai’s Beauty – No. 14, Tienmu East Rd. Downtown: Ooh Cha Cha – 207, Sec.2, Nanchang Rd. Sue and Richard

Accountant Monica Cheng COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER Programs Manager Rosemary Susa Events Coordinator Joy Meglasson Coffee Mornings Coordinator Mirjam Meidinger The Community Services Center (CSC) is a non-profit foundation. CSC provides Communications Pia Munk-Janson outreach and early intervention through counseling, cross-cultural education and Mandarin Chinese Teacher Gloria Gwo life skills programs to meet the needs of the international community in Taipei. Systems Manager Samson Debele CSC offers the opportunity to learn, volunteer, teach and meet others. Check out Ximena Lopez, Sofia Vintimila our website www.communitycenter.org.tw and drop by The Center to chat with us Counseling Interns about our programs. You can also email us at [email protected].

Volunteers Miyuki Boice, Michelle Collins, John Imbrogulio, Director Adam McMillan Ximena Lopez, Leslie McFarlane, Mirjam Meidinger, John McQuade, Bunny Pacheco, Lucy Torres Office Manager Grace Ting Benefactors Bai Win Antiques Counselors I-wen Chan, Katherine Chang, Hui-shiang Chao, European Chamber of Commerce Jung Chin, Chiao-Feng Chung, Cerita Hsu, Miranda Grand Hyatt Taipei Lin, Emilie Ma, Kuang-Shan Wan Premier Sponsors Concordia Consulting Consultants Wendy Evans, Michael Mullahy, Mary Lagerstrom ICRT San Fu Global Counseling Admin. Joanne Chua

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A percentage of all proceeds of items sold at the Gallery will go to the Center. Please remember that by displaying your items or shopping at the Gallery, you will be helping the Center to continue to provide valuable services to the international community. Gallery@CENTER SEPTEMBER COLLECTION

NAOMI GODDARD AND MINSIK JUNG A selection of photographic work by Naomi Goddard and Minsik Jung (of Minim Photographic Studio) will be on display. Their collection will comprise photographic fine art prints and postcards of Taiwanese landscapes and portraits from around Asia.

TWO BOOKS BY LOCAL AUTHORS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE CENTER The Imperial Alchemist – a novel by A.H. Wang The Imperial Alchemist is an archaeological adventure/thriller set in modern-day Taiwan and is an exciting tale of mystery, interwoven with rich historical and cultural facts. A.H. Wang is a contemporary visual artist and author with a deep fascination for ancient history and a passion for adventure. Born in Taiwan and raised in Australia, her travels have taken her across five continents and dozens of countries. Throughout her journey, she became fascinated by the local cultures and the lore of ancient civilizations.

Taiwanese Feet: My walk around Taiwan by John Groot This is a book recording John Groot's account of an epic walk around the entire 1200 mile coastline of Taiwan. A special edition of five hundred superior-quality books with color plates, signed and personally dedicated by the author, will be available only in Taiwan at the same price as the regular paperback edition. All details can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Taiwanese.Feet/ or send an inquiry to [email protected] "OLD PATTERNS IN A NEW LINE" PAINTINGS BY REGINA LINKE MORNING BOOK CLUB Enjoy a new series of contemporary Chinese fine line paintings by Taiwanese-American artist Regina Linke, on display through September 30th. The Center invites you to enjoy these beautiful indigo patterns created in the traditional gongbi or meticulous-style painting technique, using ink and natural pigments on rice paper or stretched silk. We The Testaments by Margaret will also display three of Regina's Atwood original portraits featuring legendary For times and locations, heroines from China's vast folklore. contact Julie Hu at: [email protected]

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Re-familying

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s expats, the question, “What newcomers (or old-comers) must Biculturalism expands our makes us live long and happy necessarily be denied those quality perspective and provides an open lives?” especially given the family relationships that Waldinger says source for understanding and Acurrent global pandemic, takes on new can lead to happiness and longevity? supporting others. In studying history, meaning. This question was the basis After arriving in Taiwan, the euphoria I noted that the most dynamic of a Harvard research project that or cultural shock eventually wears movements in the past came about began 75 years ago, and the results are off or calms down. But even if we when cultures met at a crossroads, available on a ted.com talk by Robert move forward, gaining insights and fed into and challenged one another. Waldinger. Was it high achievement? developing cultural understanding, we This resulted in renewed energy and Was it fame or financial wealth? No, the may continue to feel our relationships creativity. In literature, some of the study concluded that it is having good are more formal or casual than we greatest novels are those written relationships with other people. Having want. We may continue to feel like by bi-cultural writers. Look at the high quality relationships with others we are holding our breath, living in a movement towards eco-villages, is more likely to lead us to happiness, bubble, or experience a lingering, low- communal living, networking for the health and well-being than making grade depression. How can we gain that sharing of resources, time and support lots of money, having a good job or quality of relationship that replaces the to others. I think this natural hunger for becoming famous, which seems to be original family at home that we lost or relevance and connection is necessary a common goal for many young people lack? for human happiness. and adults today. Our views on traditional families We think of our quality relationships RECONNECTED may change radically in the future. For primarily as the bonds we share with One interesting thought to consider some of us, we will be looking for ways our family members. The family is the may lie in a book, The Animal Family to “re-family” ourselves. Whatever center of the system that supports by Randall Jarrell, that was once choices lie ahead of us, we can still gift and nurtures us. The bond is lifelong, gifted to me. In the story a boy and ourselves with the benefits of health and although at times complicated, a hunter are stranded on an island, and happiness. it’s secure because it’s based on forever cut off from their past lives. unalienable kinship. That is the As the boy mourns the loss of family traditional mindset for most people. and home, the animals that live on the island come forward, one by one, and DISCONNECTED offer to become part of a new family. But what about expats in Taiwan? The boy changes his perspective and Marian is a retired What about those who have “re-families” himself. As a result, he comparative immigrated to Taiwan, leaving family ends up with a wonderful caring family. literature professor and extended family relationships As expats, we have the opportunity who considers elsewhere? Whatever the reason may to redefine family as well. We can Taiwan an island- be for their radical change of venue create new, significant relationships nation paradise. (being lured by career opportunities, that give us the support, relevance, She loves the people who live here, captivated by a sense of adventure responsibilities and challenges of any the possibilities of personal growth, and curiosity, or seeking a place of closely-knit family. Bloodlines are not as friendships, permaculture gardening, refuge for healing from physical or important as commitment and caring painting and the wonderful fresh fruit. spiritual pain), is it a given that these for one another.

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expensive, and something nagged at his mind: the price of the masks was bothering him. Kathryn and Samson have worked in the textile industry in Taiwan for over two decades. They are well aware of the cost of making masks. On their way to to the airport for their return from Germany, they noticed that all the flights to China were getting canceled. Arriving in Taiwan, the severity of COVID-19 was becoming increasingly apparent. Factories and companies in China were forced to shut down. Kathryn and Samson knew they needed to act quickly to prevent their employees from being out of work. Samson still had the mask idea in his mind. However, creating a safe and anti-bacterial fabric suitable for masks could take weeks. They had virtually no time to create an entirely new and government-approved fabric. Meanwhile, the pandemic was spreading into the far corners of the world. The number of infected people Paying It Forward - was increasing exponentially. Then, when least expected, a special fabric order from a European company had A Response to COVID-19 been withdrawn and canceled. They were left with the order which was a high-quality fabric meant for babies, TEXT & IMAGES: MIYUKI BOICE but was ideal for masks. Thinking quickly, they immediately applied to get the fabric approved by “Family has no boundary. A friend is family. noticed a sign in a local pharmacy the government, so that they could A friend of a friend is also family. The window, “Mask €14.95 [NT$500]”. They begin manufacturing masks with it. Community Services Center community is assumed the price was for a whole Kathryn and Samson felt elated that family too,” says Kathryn Ho. box of masks. To their surprise, it was they could help and protect their actually the cost of a single mask. immediate family and employee circle. Samson thought it was outrageously Little did they know, this circle would

am Miyuki. I’m a volunteer at the Community Services Center. I am going to tell a story about paying it forward and supporting others Iduring a grim time. This story explores the kindhearted people of Taiwan and Japan reaching out to each other during the early days of Covid-19 to combat the pandemic. This story brings to light the miracles that we are constantly experiencing, and how things just have a way of working out in the end. It all began in Germany when Kathryn, her family and their staff were attending a textile trade fair in Munich in January 2020. During a walk around the city, her husband, Samson,

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soon expand! Kathryn’s friend, Gui-fen Tsai, needed masks for her family. Of course, they couldn’t turn down a friend. A friend is also family.

AN ACT OF KINDNESS One of Gui-fen’s friends saw her wearing Kathryn's mask, and he asked her if he could donate some of the masks to some low-income families who couldn’t afford or find any masks. Kathryn and Samson were more than willing to help those in need, and they donated two hundred masks. A friend of a friend is also family. The Center community is family too. Gui-fen then told her old friend, Naomi Watanabe, that she would give her some masks for her family as well. My conversation with Naomi eventually reached Gui-fen and they realized that receive the masks for the Center and different type of fabric that was better that there were some people in Taiwan, ensure they were delivered to the local suited to the task. They also found that specifically foreigners, who weren’t church. Gui-fen went through a lot of their family circle was growing. Certain able to purchase surgical masks for trouble in delivering these to us. rules from the Taiwan government various reasons. Later, Naomi told me permitted Taiwan citizens to send that Gui-fen could supply the Center FAMILY HAS NO BOUNDARY masks to their immediate family and some elderly foreign missionaries Up until this point, the masks were members who were living overseas. with washable masks. She then made using the special baby fabric from This, however, didn’t apply to foreigners relayed this to Kathryn, upon which the canceled order. Now, Kathryn and living in Taiwan. This is where I came in. they provided another 212 masks. Samson were adapting to the increasing By April 2020, the pandemic had By working with Naomi, I was able to demand for masks and had created a turned Europe and the rest of the world into a living nightmare. Taiwan’s postal service stopped shipments to the majority of countries, which hindered shipping masks to other nations. Then another miracle happened! A long- term friend in Japan lent me a helping hand. Fortunately, shipments to Japan were permitted. Japan turned into the gateway for sending masks to the rest of the world. Once the masks arrived in Europe, an old friend that worked at the Center was able to step in and forward masks to other European nations. The situation in Japan was worsening. There was a mask shortage and prices were skyrocketing. The world had reached a point where masks were exchanged as currency. A friend of mine in Japan asked for help. He said that his hometown was in desperate need of masks. Once again, I conveyed this request and it reached Kathryn. Without a second thought, she prepared and delivered 60% of the factory’s mask stock to the Center. In Japan, some masks were provided to nursing home workers. It was

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shocking to hear that they were and other civil servants who also Samson’s inkling and uneasy feeling working about 300 hours a month (a needed to assist people. about mask prices in Europe, if Gui-fen record which nobody will ever wish to I was told these stories by some and Naomi hadn’t played their part in see broken) without proper protection truly wonderful individuals and felt the this narrative, then this global family and risking their lives. They were elated need to share them with others. There wouldn’t have grown. Every mask has a to receive these washable masks that were moments during this tough time story behind it. they could reuse. It gave them a sense where I felt hopeless and lost. Through of security. I was told that the masks these individual accounts, I saw rays were given to a lady who was taking of light in the darkness that’s currently Miyuki is a dedicated care of her sick elderly mother who enveloping our world. volunteer and was battling pneumonia, who could be This pandemic has brought people instructor at the considered a “hospital gypsy” (a patient from all over the world closer together. Community Services who is admitted to several hospitals People have done good deeds and Center who enjoys throughout a period due to the fear paid them forward, wanting nothing getting together with of cross-contamination). Some of the in return. It grew into something her colleagues and friends, especially at masks were used by city hall workers bigger than all of us. If it weren’t for their favorite restaurants.

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Taipei Shorts Returns With ‘Shocks And Laughs’

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he year 2020, a little like Shakespeare’s Tempest, opened by raining chaos onto the plans Tof humans worldwide. Among them were John Brownlie and Alicia Haddad, producers of Taipei Shorts, a regular festival of stage works in English and Mandarin. Even so, sometimes clouds part just enough for golden rays to smile upon thespians. So it is that the series known as Taipei Shorts again finds solid footing for making new magic at the Fu Jen CFL Theater in September. Taipei Shorts 2020 will consist of four performances featuring five short works in each. For this third edition of the festival series, Brownlie and COFFEE FOR MURIEL Haddad have selected five plays that explore family dynamics. “Each play The short drama Coffee for Muriel explores the challenges of caring takes a unique perspective,” says for a parent. “Stephen Douglas Wright does a brilliant job of squeezing Brownlie, “whether on returning home strong characters and tension into a recognisable story,” says director after a long absence, being thrust into John Brownlie. “Coffee for Muriel seems even more relevant now adulthood, seeing admiration and with the spread of Covid-19 around the world. People’s lives are being strength in a younger sibling, bringing flipped around and many have suddenly needed to care for someone together parents to discuss their child, they love.” or trusting in the bond of marriage.” Taipei audiences will recognise veterans Michelle Hsu and Erin Adele The Taipei Shorts 2020 playbill Clark. Brownlie notes that although audiences have seen both actors spotlights newcomers and veterans in memorable roles — including Hsu as a love-stricken assassin and alike, with textures and sweet airs Clark as the plaintiff in a bizarre legal case — this will be their first varied enough to ease any pandemic- collaboration. “They bring fantastic energy to every rehearsal,” says flooded mind. Brownlie, “and they have good stage chemistry together.” Coffee for Muriel marks the festival debut of author Stephen Douglas Wright. The Taitung resident has works represented in the New Play Exchange hosted by the National New Play Network.

Coffee for Muriel A T Beaune is an author, actor, and Muriel Michelle Hsu director. His Flight Lauretta Erin Adele Clark 109, a performance piece based on the Written by Stephen Douglas Wright music of Sandra Tavali, was staged Directed by John Brownlie as part of Taipei Shorts II in 2019. [email protected] Performed in English with Chinese subtitles.

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LIVING IN THE TUBE 2

William Chen’s Living in the Tube 2 provides a sequel to a short comedy seen last year. Jane (Wendy Chi), an über-cute social media influencer with a taste for the sound of jingling metal dropping into her piggy bank, has suffered an online call-out. She must now split her rent with her sister Mia (Celine Tsang), host of her own gaming channel. With a Taiwan election looming, Jane and her agent Sylvia (Lizzy Mew) begin taking under-the- table payments to give their media products a partisan skew. Mia, on her channel, begins speaking up for the competition. NUCLEAR FAMILY Living in the Tube 2 Nuclear Family marks Barry Hall’s third entry in as many festivals for Taipei Shorts. Hall describes Nuclear Family as Jane Wendy Chi a “drama” that exists in both stage and film forms. In both Sylvia Lizzy Mew media, D C Rapier and Sarah Brooks star as George and Mia Celine Tsang Martha, an erstwhile married couple whose lives have taken sharply dissimilar paths since their divorce. Written and directed by William Chen

Nuclear Family Performed in Mandarin with English subtitles. George D C Rapier Martha Sarah Brooks

Written and directed by Barry Hall

Performed in English with Chinese subtitles.

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Taipei Shorts 2020 performances will 2020/7/31 下午2:15 take place September 11-13 (Friday- Sunday) at Fu Jen University’s CFL Theater (adjacent to Fu Jen University MRT). Tickets can be purchased at the door or online.

After the wait, what can audiences expect of this brave new world? “Originality,” says Brownlie, along with “some shocks and laughs.”

THE RETURN OF THE HERO

The Return of the Hero continues a series by Shashwati Talukdar depicting the surreal predicament of Boze, a former political revolutionary (Sarah Brooks). Now over a century old, Boze lives an isolated Activities existence in Tibet under the watchful eye of Monk, his chaperone (Hsiao-ling Kuo). Occasional visitors treat him with regard and press him to help them advance various causes, yet their memories of his actual career remain vague and piecemeal, like his own. Return, the third play in this series, finds Boze undertaking a journey to India in an effort to recover his past. Sharon Landon joins the cast as Mother. TEDDY For her absurdist universe Talukdar draws inspiration from her native India — specifically, the storied life and In Teddy, Joshua Wallace eschews verbal humor for oft-doubted death of independence militant Subhash “situational and physical comedy” that an international Chandra Bose (1897–1945). She describes the series audience can more easily read, with “constant new as “centred on the question of how history is written twists and revelations” supplying the energy. Its cast and remembered,” including “our inability to fully includes returning talents Liam Fanning, Lana Arslanova comprehend it or even remember it accurately.” and Louis Gamble — all last seen in works exploring online connections. Darius Montague will be making his Living in the Tube 2 Taipei Shorts debut as Theodore. 2020 Fall & Winter Boze Sarah Brooks Nuclear Family Monk Hsaio-Ling Kuo Mother Sharon Landon Jerry Liam Fanning Jessica Lana Arslanova Airline Captain Rick Monday Theodore Darius Montague Border Agents Rishi on Mac, Lekha on Mac Jason Louis Gamble

Written and directed by Shashwati Talukdar Written and directed by Joshua Wallace

Performed in English with Chinese subtitles. Performed in English with Chinese subtitles.

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August 5, 2020 Registration Information Dear Friends, Advance registration is required for all Center activities. Registration may be Welcome to the Community Services Center! done by phone, email, online or in person. For online registration please go to the Center’s website: http://www.communitycenter.org.tw We have all faced a challenging year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and we hope that you and your loved ones remain healthy, safe and secure, wherever they may Payment is due at least one week prior to the start of any activity. Some be. activities may require earlier payment. Should an activity become fully subscribed and a wait list created; payment will be due upon request. We After a very busy summer of unprecedented activity at the Center, we are moving cannot guarantee your place until full payment is received. into this new fall semester with our usual wide array of classes and tours. Through our activities program we offer you the opportunity to explore the local culture, learn Cancellations new skills and meet others with similar interests. We have many great activities for The Center reserves the right to cancel any activity due to insufficient you to join this fall--from Taiwanese cooking and yoga classes to neighborhood enrollment or other unforeseen events. We make every effort to promptly foodie tours and mountain hikes. notify all registered participants.

If you are new to Taiwan, you might want to consider joining one of our Survival Refund and Credit Policy Activities cancelled by the Center: Chinese language classes. These classes are designed to help you quickly learn some of the phrases and vocabulary you need to shop, get around town and eat in • Full refund will be issued. Refunds can be collected until the last day of local restaurants. They are also a great way to connect with other newcomers. the semester. • Cancellations due to Taipei city/government closures, i.e. typhoon days, The Center is a place to learn about Taiwan, make new friends, come for help and are exempt from this policy. No refunds or make-up classes will be offered. support when you need it, and sometimes just a place to come when you need to Activities cancelled by the participant: see a smiling face (or maybe smiling eyes, with our current office mask policy!). • No refund will be issued. Class credit is available on the following terms: We look forward to seeing you soon! o A full credit will be issued as long as the registration is cancelled at least one week prior to the first class meeting or actual date of the activity. After that time, we are unable to give credits. o Class credits may be applied to other Center activities within the current term or to the term that immediately follows.

The Taipei European School consists of 1,70 students aged 3-19 from over 5 nations, and offers Rosemary Susa Grace Ting curricula from the U.K., Germany and France. Classes start from nursery level and continue all the Programs Manager Office Manager Center office hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm French German British Primary British Secondary http://www.communitycenter.org.tw way through to our fully accredited International Baccalaureate High School Programme, with our Section Section Section & High School Section graduates continuing onward to top Universities across the world! For more information, please P.S. Mark your calendar! Our Newcomer Welcome Coffee Morning is scheduled for No. 25, Lane 290, Zhongshan N. Rd., Sec. 6, Shilin District, Taipei 11161 Thursday, September 10th. visit our website or contact the Admissions Office. Tel. 02-2836-8134 Email: [email protected]

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SEPTEMBER Nov 02 to Dec 16 Survival Chinese II Session 2 40 $ 6300 Sep 07 to Oct 21 Survival Chinese I Session 1 32 $ 5900 Create a Unique and Stylish Necklace with Beads 26 $ 1000 Nov 02 and Simple Knotting Techniques Sep 07 to Oct 21 Survival Chinese II Session 1 33 $ 5900 Nov 02 to Dec 16 Survival Chinese III/IV 41 $ 6300 Sep 07 to Oct 21 Survival Chinese III Session 1 34 $ 5900 Nov 02 to Dec 16 Evening Survival Chinese II 42 $ 6300 Sep 07 to Oct 21 Evening Survival Chinese I 35 $ 5900 Nov 02 to Dec 16 Evening Chinese Conversation II 43 $ 6300 Sep 07 to Oct 21 Evening Chinese Conversation I 36 $ 5900 Nov 04 Film Photography: Using an Analog Camera to 27 $ 1800 Sep 08 to Dec 15 Intermediate Chinese Conversation 37 $10400 Capture Scenic Taipei: Beitou and Its Hotsprings Intermediate Chinese Study Group: Reading and Nov 05 Sanxia Old Street, Zushi Daoist Temple and Indigo 9 $ 800 Sep 08 to Dec 15 Writing Characters 38 $10400 Dye Center Sep 14 to Oct 19 Mindful Mondays: Meditation 18 $ 2500 Nov 06 A Perfect Pakistani Brunch 47 $ 1200 Create a Beautiful and Stylish Necklace with Real $ 1500 Shi Dong Market Tour or "What is That Vegetable Nov 09 Pearls and Natural Stones 28 Sep 15 and How Do I Cook It?" 1 $ 600 The Grand Hotel: History, Rumors and Secret Nov 10 Chinese Medicine: Eat Right for Your Blood Type 21 $ 600 Sep 17 Tunnels 2 $ 800 Nov 11 Hike to Nanshan Fude Temple 10 $ 800 Sep 18 Ready, Set, Vegan! Dishes for the Whole Family to 44 $ 1200 Enjoy! Nov 13 The Culture of Tea: A Hands-on Tea Brewing Class 11 $ 1200 Sep 21 to Oct 05 Chinese Calligraphy 23 $ 2500 Nov 14 Family & Friends Group Photo Shoot Day with Minim 12 $ 3200 or Sep 22 Neigoushan Trail Hike 3 $ 800 Photographers at Huashan 1914 Creative Park $ 3500 Sep 23 to Dec 16 Fall Into Yin Yoga via Zoom 19 $ 4800 Nov 16 Porcelain Decal Art 29 $ 1000 Nov 18 to Dec 02 Mahjong Madness 30 $ 1800 Sep 24 A Tour of the National Palace Museum: History and 4 $ 850 Highlights Historic Pingxi: Coal Mines, Old Streets and a $ 1600 or Nov 19 13 Sep 25 Taiwanese Please: A Tasty Vegetarian Meal 45 $ 1200 Magnificent Waterfall $ 1870 Satisfying and Delicious Taiwanese-Style Steamed A Movable Feast: A Foodie's Tour of Old Taipei's Nov 20 48 $ 1200 Sep 29 Wanhua District 5 $ 1200 Buns Nov 23 to Dec 14 Italian for Fun 31 $ 1800 OCTOBER Film Photography: Using an Analog Camera to Nov 24 Hiking the Baoshan Trail to Elephant Mountain 14 $ 800 Oct 06 Capture Scenic Taipei: Dadalong Village and the 24 $ 1600 DECEMBER Confucius Temple Dec 02 YouBike Ride: Xinpu to Bitan 15 $ 700 Oct 07 Magnificent and Scenic: Silver Stream Cave Hike 6 $ 800 Thousand Year Feast at the Ningxia Night Market, 16 $ 1100 Oct 08 Mandala Art Workshop 25 $ 1200 Dec 03 Plus a Walking Tour of Chifeng Street Oct 13 to Dec 08 Yoga for Wellness: Rise of the Phoenix 20 $ 4400 Dec 04 Vive le France! Boeuf Bourguignon and Tarte au Citron 49 $ 1200 Oct 15 Marvelous Maokong Tour 7 $ 1400 Chinese Medicine: Everything You Always Wanted to Dec 8 22 $ 600 Oct 16 Taiwanese Please: Easy Stir-Fries 46 $ 1200 Know About Acupuncture but Didn't Know Who to Ask Oct 20 Pingding Historic Canal Hike 8 $ 800 Dec 09 Mt. Dinghu to Mt. Zhongzheng Hike 17 $ 800 NOVEMBER Dec 11 It's All About the Rice! 50 $ 1200 Nov 02 to Dec 16 Survival Chinese I Session 2 39 $ 6300

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Fall_Spring_2020.indd 5 2020/7/29 下午10:16 Arts, Culture & Tours in Taiwan The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description Arts, Culture and Tours in Taiwan

Bright, colorful and noisy, the Shi Dong Market is the place for all your produce needs. Join Ivy and learn some helpful hints and tips Shi Dong Market Shi Dong on what to buy, where to buy it, and how to be sure it's fresh. Ivy will Tour or “What is That 9:00am - 1 Tue Sep 151 1 $ 600 Market Ivy Chen also show you how to select fresh fish, seafood and other items of Vegetable and How Do 11:30am Entrance 2 interest. Time permitting, this informative tour may include stops at I Cook It?” various smaller area markets. If you get hungry or thirsty during the tour, don't worry, there are many options to satisfy your cravings!

Once the tallest building in Taipei (between 1973-1981), the Grand Hotel serves as a majestic city landmark with its classical Chinese architecture and impressive rooftop. Built on the site of an old Japanese Shinto shrine, the hotel is nestled against Yangmingshan The Grand Hotel: and overlooks the Keelung River, offering its guests impressive views 9:30am - Grand Hotel 2 History, Rumors and Thu Sep 171 1 $ 800 Jennifer Tong of Taipei city. Over its long history, it has been host to many dignitaries 12:30pm Lobby Secret Tunnels and foreign visitors to Taiwan. Join the Center for a fascinating tour of the Grand Hotel and learn about its history, folklore and colorful past. This is also your chance to visit one of its infamous secret passageways (maybe not so secret anymore), which for many years were the object of much speculation.

This hike begins with a walk around one side of Jinlong Lake. Wandering along a quiet road we will see many small farms until we reach the start of the trail. We will stop for a quick visit at Cui Lake then make our way up the mountain. This hike offers moderate inclines and declines with ropes for assistance. There are some wonderful viewpoints of the Xizhi Mountains and Taipei City as we Taipei loop around the trails. The trails are usually full of life and it’s not Nangang 9:00am - uncommon to spot magpies, eagles, barbets, spiders, snakes, lizards, 3 Neigoushan Trail Hike Tue Sep 221 1 $ 800 Exhibition Jennifer Turek 2:00pm etc. The trails are mostly along well-used dirt paths or wooden steps. Center MRT There are several ways down the mountain and we will choose a trail Sta., Exit 6 on the day of our hike depending upon the speed of the group. Once out of the mountains, we will go back along the small farm road and loop around the opposite side of Jinlong Lake before catching taxis back to the Donghu MRT. Wear sturdy shoes with good grip; bring change for shared taxis, lunch, water and rain/sun/insect protection as needed.

Transportation included Snacks, lunch or meal included Please check www.communitycenter.org.tw for the most recent updates. 2020 Fall & Winter Activities [vi]

Fall_Spring_2020.indd 6 2020/7/31 下午12:56 Arts, Culture & Tours in Taiwan The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

Join the Center for an introductory tour of the National Palace Museum (NPM). Led by Margaret Lo, a seasoned NPM Docent and Guide, this tour will cover a brief history of the NPM and some highlights of the Museum's collections. We will start from the first floor, walk through the galleries of permanent exhibitions and end B1 Level of on the third floor. The tour will focus on about 25 pieces, including A Tour of the National 10:00am - the NPM the Qianlong Emperor's Curio Boxes, the Tibetan Dragon Sūtra, the 4 Palace Museum: Thu Sep 241 $ 850 Margaret Lo 12noon Near the Buddhist Sculpture from Northern Wei Period, ceramics from the History and Highlights Info Counter Song Dynasty, bronzes (food and wine vessels), jades, and some calligraphy and paintings. Tour participants will come away with a general understanding of how to appreciate the different materials used and their cultural significance. Entrance to the NPM and headset rental included. After the tour, plan some time to stay on and visit other areas of the Museum at your leisure.

The city of Taipei offers its residents and visitors an amazing array of food to eat. On any given street corner, lane or alley you will find a restaurant, food stall or market with delicacies to tempt your palate. But, with so much to choose from--where do you start? Well, how A Movable Feast: Longshan about with the Center in historic Wanhua, Taipei’s oldest district? This A Foodie's Tour of 9:30am - 5 Tue Sep 291 $ 1200 Temple MRT Ivy Chen tasty tour with Ivy, our resident foodie, includes stops at a selection Old Taipei's Wanhua 12:30pm Sta., Exit of small shops, vendors, and eateries as well as at one of the city’s District oldest coffee shops. By the end of this tour you will be on your way to becoming a true connoisseur of eating Taiwanese! Cost of tastings included. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a hearty appetite! This tour ends at the Ximen MRT Station.

Silver Stream Cave is a tiny temple built into a cliff face behind a tall waterfall in the hills around indian. After taking a bus from the MRT to the trail head, this hike starts by climbing up some stairs (about ten minutes) to the temple and passes right behind the waterfall, offering us magnificent views through the water and out over the hills below. Magnificent and This is where you can have your photo taken as you pass behind the 9:50am - Xindian MRT 6 Scenic: Silver Stream Wed Oct 071 $ 800 Dory Chung waterfall and peer through. From the temple we will hike up to the 2:00pm Sta. Cave Hike Maokong area and walk along the scenic Zhanghu and Zhangshu trails, which are both relatively flat. We will take a bus from the Zhangshu Temple to the Taipei Zoo MRT Station where we end our journey. This is an easy hike for fit and regular hikers, and moderately strenuous for beginners. Please wear proper hiking shoes; bring water, snacks, and rain/sun/insect protection as needed.

Transportation included Snacks, lunch or meal included Please check www.communitycenter.org.tw for the most recent updates. 2020 Fall & Winter Activities [vii]

Fall_Spring_2020.indd 7 2020/7/31 下午12:56 Arts, Culture & Tours in Taiwan The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

Dedicated to the Daoist deity Lü Dongbin, Zhinan temple is well- known for its more than 1000 steps starting at the bottom of the hill. Lucky for us, it's now only a 10-minute walk from one of the Maokong Gondola stops. Built in 1890, Zhinan is one of Taiwan's oldest and most important Daoist temples. Folklore says that unmarried couples will break-up after visiting the temple together. Like many temples in Taiwan, deities from Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism are all honored and revered within its different halls. We are fortunate to have a professor of religious studies from Taiwan's National Chengchi University as our temple guide. From the temple, we will take Maokong the gondola up to the top to visit a family owned tea farm with more 8:50am - Gondala 7 Marvelous Maokong Thu Oct 15 11 $1400 Helen Chen than 00-years of experience in tea growing and production. We will 3:00pm Taipei Zoo meet with the current owner, a 5th generation family member, tour Station their tea processing area, and learn about the family’s unique history. We will sample different types of tea and learn how to distinguish between the varying qualities. From there we will retrace our steps and end our tour at the Maokong Gondola Taipei Zoo Station where our day began. This tour involves a good amount of walking (some up and down), along mostly paved and gravel paths, so sturdy and comfortable walking shoes are a must. Tea tasting, tea snacks and a one-way fare on the gondola are all included. Please bring water and a packed lunch; your EasyCard for the gondola ride down; and rain/ sun/insect protection as needed.

From the Jiantan MRT Station we will take the bus to Pingding Village where we will start this scenic hike along the Pingding Historic Canal. The trails we will follow are mostly downhill, along stone pathways and steps. The pathways are mostly shaded and very picturesque. There are three levels of waterways that date back about 150 years to walk along and explore. The canals were built to provide Pingding Historic 9:00am - Jiantan MRT transportation, irrigation and drinking-water for the village. The trails 8 Tue Oct 20 1 $800 Jennifer Turek Canal Hike 1 2:30pm Sta., Exit 1 eventually bring us to Zhishan Road where we will catch the bus back to the Jiantan MRT. If time permits, we will make a quick run across the street to look at the Shengren Waterfall. The falls can only be viewed from a distance but they are lovely to see. This is an easy to moderate hike, depending on your fitness/hiking experience. Wear proper hiking shoes; bring your Easy Card for the bus; water, lunch and sun/rain/insect protection as required.

Transportation included Snacks, lunch or meal included Tea tasting and snacks included Please check www.communitycenter.org.tw for the most recent updates. 2020 Fall & Winter Activities [viii]

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Join Jennifer for an adventure to Sanxia, with its endearing old street and beautiful Zhushi Daoist Temple. Included in this tour is a visit to one of the town’s indigo dye centers where you will have the option Sanxia Old Street, Yongning of creating a hand-dyed item of your choosing (cost not included). 9:30am - 9 Zushi Daoist Temple Thu Nov 05 1 $800 MRT Sta. Jennifer Tong Explore Taiwan the way the locals do—using MRT and public bus. 3:30pm and Indigo Dye Center Exit 4 Bring your Easy Card and a packed lunch. You may also choose to have lunch in one of the small local eateries or enjoy tasty treats and snacks available on the Old Street. This tour ends back at the Yongning MRT Station.

This moderately strenuous, 10km hike begins at the Nanshijiao MRT Station. The trail is a mix of dirt and paved stone, and not very steep (only about an altitude difference of 220m). The highlight of this hike is the Hongludi Nanshan Fude Temple, dedicated to Tudigong (Chinese God of Earth). There is a huge (about 22m high) statue of the Earth God on the roof with two big dragons on either side. Inside the temple is brilliant. There are several different gods who are in charge Nanshijiao Hike to Nanshan Fude 9:30am - of different aspects of life. You can pray for a romantic relationship, 10 Wed Nov 11 1 $800 MRT Sta., Dory Chung Temple 2:00pm good fortune, having babies, etc. But, to get to the temple, you must Exit 4 climb up more than 1200 stairs! This is the real workout portion of this hike. From the temple you will have one of the most beautiful views of Taipei city. Our way down will be on a mountain trail where we will pass by a small, but well-decorated Burmese-style temple. We finish back at the Nanshijiao MRT Station. This hike requires a reasonable level of fitness. Please wear proper hiking shoes; bring water, snacks, and rain/sun/insect protection as needed.

Drinking tea in Taiwan goes beyond just quenching one’s thirst. It is also a social and cultural activity, which can be traced back to ancient China and is embedded into the culture of the country. For the Taiwanese, tea culture includes tea production, tea arts and wares, traditional tea ceremonies and the social aspects of consuming The Culture of Tea: tea. In this hands-on class Yasuko will demonstrate the proper way 10:00am - 11 A Hands-on Tea Fri Nov 13 1 $1200 The Center Yasuko Hondo to prepare tea and then each participant will be able to brew their 12noon Brewing Class own two different types of Taiwan tea: Alpine Oolong (Four Seasons Spring Flower Oolong) and Honey-flavored Black Tea. You will learn the correct amount of tea to use, the best type of tea pot (yes, this does affect the taste of your tea), and how long to let your tea steep to make that perfect cup of Taiwan tea. Some light tea snacks to enhance your enjoyment of these teas will also be served.

Transportation included Snacks, lunch or meal included Tea tasting and snacks included Please check www.communitycenter.org.tw for the most recent updates. 2020 Fall & Winter Activities [ix]

Fall_Spring_2020.indd 9 2020/7/31 下午12:57 Arts, Culture & Tours in Taiwan The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

Have you been considering a family photo to send out for the holidays? Then this is your chance to make it happen. Capture you and your loved ones in the culturally vibrant Taipei area at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park with this special rotational group photo shoot. This location was chosen with families in mind as there are play areas to hang out in while waiting for your turn with the photographers. Join up with other families to have your photos taken at a discounted rate Family & Friends with each group having 30 minutes allocated with the photographer. Holiday Group Photo Zhongxiao $3200 Naomi Mixing between candid, formal and environmental portraits, Minim Shoot Day with Minim 9:45am - Xinsheng 12 Sat Nov 14 1 or Goddard and Photographic Studio will provide you with a variety of images to Photographers at 12noon MRT Sta., $3500 Minsik Jung capture you in the city you now call home. This unique event allows Huashan 1914 Creative Exit 1 you to preserve your memories in a scenic area of Taipei at a fraction Park of the price and without the kids getting bored! Included in the price are 25 high resolution and edited digital images per family. Cost is based upon the number of participants. For 1-3 people is NT$3200. For 4-6 people is NT$3500. Printing and framing can be provided for an additional fee. If this date and location does not work for you, please contact the Center. If you can put together your own group of 3-4 families, we can arrange a private group photo shoot for you. The first stop on this tour is the beautiful Shifen Waterfall, the widest in Taiwan and nicknamed Taiwan’s Niagara Falls. It’s a great place to enjoy the beautiful scenery and take some striking photos. The next stop of the day is the Taiwan Coal Museum, established on the old site of an actual coal mine that began operations in 1965. At the Museum we will be able to see how coal was extracted underground, sorted through a series of conveyor belts, and transported through the tracks of the Pingxi Line that merges into the main Taiwan railway system. For lunch, you may bring your own or you may purchase a special miners’ lunchbox, complete with a metal lunchbox, handkerchief and Corner of Historic Pingxi: stainless steel chopsticks to keep as a souvenir of our day. (Must be $1600 Zhong Shan Coal Mines, Old 8:30am - reserved in advance.) From the Museum we will ride the little coal train 13 Thu Nov 19 1 or N. Rd. Sec. Helen Chen Streets and a 3:30pm to our last stop, Shifen Old Town, where we will have some free time $1850 6 and Lane Magnificent Waterfall to walk around, browse the shops or send up a sky lantern where the 290 well-known tradition originated. (We will introduce you to a vendor who offers eco-friendly lanterns--this is optional and at your own cost). Accompanying us on our tour will be Mr. San-Yuan Lin, formerly of the Chunghwa Telecom Foundation and Microsoft. Mr. Lin grew up in Pingxi and is very knowledgeable of its history, geography and people. Following his retirement, he passed the street entertainer license test and has promoted the art of straw weaving, a skill he learned from his mother. Affectionately known as the “Straw Weaver CEO,” Mr. Lin will be our insider guide to Shifen. Transportation, special guide and entrance fees included.

Transportation included Snacks, lunch or meal included Please check www.communitycenter.org.tw for the most recent updates. 2020 Fall & Winter Activities [x]

Fall_Spring_2020.indd 10 2020/7/31 下午12:58 Hobbies & Skills Arts, Culture & Tours in Taiwan The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

This moderately strenuous hike begins at the Yongchun MRT Station and takes us up to the top of Xiangshan (Elephant Mountain) for some stunning views of Taipei city below. Led by Jennifer, the first part of the trip is easy and offers some very nice scenery of flowers, streams and rock cliffs. But that is just our warm up. Starting from the Baoshan trailhead (about 20 minutes walk from the MRT), we Hiking the Baoshan Yongchun 9:00am - will climb up some stairs and work our way up until we reach the 14 Trail to Elephant Tue Nov 24 11 $800 MRT Sta., Jennifer Turek 1:00pm beautiful Tianbao Temple. At the temple we will be able to see a huge Mountain Exit 4 statue carved into the cliff side. Then, we will climb some steep stone steps to the top of Elephant Mountain, catch our breath and enjoy a panoramic view of Taipei 101. We then make our descent down some very steep steps and walk to the Xiangshan MRT station. Sturdy shoes with a good grip are essential. A hiking pole may help with the steps. Bring water, snacks and sun/rain/insect protection. Join Dory for a scenic 20K bike ride along some of Taipei’s lovely riverside trails. We begin this trip at the Xinpu MRT Station where we will rent our YouBikes and ride about 1km over to the riverside area. We will follow a bike trail along the Dahah Stream, passing some creative wall paintings along the way. We connect to the Xindian Stream at the Huajiang Bridge and then pass under the Huazhong YouBike Ride: 9:30am - Xinpu MRT Bridge. We will take a short break at a small dinosaur park with 3D 15 Wed Dec 02 11 $700 Dory Chung Xinpu to Bitan 1:00pm Sta., Exit 1 paintings on the wall and metal sculptures. From there we continue on with our ride to Bitan, a popular resort area, to enjoy the beautiful views of the bridges. Our trip ends at the Xindian MRT Station. Please dress appropriately and bring water, snacks, sun/rain/insect protection and your EasyCard for the bike rental. Helmets required. Preregistration for YouBike use is required before joining the trip. Contact the Center if you need assistance.

The night market is a culinary must-eat destination in Taiwan. The biggest challenge is: how to possibly enjoy all the delicious food in a single visit? Challenge solved! The vendors at Taipei’s historic Ningxia Night Market have teamed up to create the “Thousand Year Feast,” where guests can enjoy 20 different small eats - each from a different Thousand Year Feast stall. The menu rotates from one night to the next, but includes Zhongshan at the Ningxia Night 5:30pm - dishes like braised pork on rice, oyster omelet, fried rice vermicelli, 16 Thu Dec 03 11 $1100 MRT Sta., Helen Chen Market, Plus a Walking 8:30pm drinks, and desserts. Each vendor has been in business for over 50 Exit 5 Tour of Chifeng Street years; multiply that by 20 dishes and you have one thousand years of experience and deliciousness! Included is a walking tour of trendy Chifeng Street, historically known for its smithies, and more recently, a place to buy auto parts. Today, it is a hipster neighborhood filled with creative handicraft and food stores. Please note: special dietary restrictions cannot be accommodated on this tour.

Transportation included Snacks, lunch or meal included Please check www.communitycenter.org.tw for the most recent updates. 2020 Fall & Winter Activities [xi]

Fall_Spring_2020.indd 11 2020/7/31 下午12:58 Arts, Culture & Tours in Taiwan/ Family, Fitness & Health The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected]

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The first part of our hike to Mt. Dinghu is on a quiet dirt trail, surrounded by lush greenery in the wild woods (about 1.2km with 270m ascending). The trail is narrow and we recommend long pants because it could be a bit overgrown. After we reach Mt. Dinghu the trail becomes wider and there are many steps. Although it is hard work to climb up all the stairs, the forest is beautiful (about 2.5km with 200m ascending and 200m descending). When we get to Mt. Mt. Dinghu to Mt. 9:00am - Shipai MRT Zhongzheng we will have an amazing view as our reward. From this 17 Wed Dec 09 1 $800 Dory Chung Zhongzheng Hike 3:00pm Sta., Exit 1 vantage point, we can see Mt. Qixing, which is the highest mountain in Taipei, as well as Mt. Shamao. After some time to rest and eat our lunch, we will go down by stairs (380m descending) and walk to catch our bus back to the MRT. The total distance of this hike is about 5.1km with 470m ascending and 580m descending. We recommend a good level of fitness to join this fun, but challenging hike. Please wear sturdy hiking shoes with a good grip. Bring water, a packed lunch and rain/sun/insect protection as needed. Family, Fitness & Health Start your week off right with a peaceful hour of meditation with Jessica, a certified yoga instructor and meditation coach. This small group class will meet on Monday mornings to clear emotional baggage, hit the reset button, and prepare for the coming week. Mindful Mondays: Sep 14 to 9:30am - Jessica Niles 18 Mon 5 $2500 The Center Bring your curiosity and positive attitude! While comfortably seated Meditation Oct 19 10:30am DeHoff in chairs, we will learn a variety of breathing exercises and meditation techniques to explore your inner landscape. Discover how self- compassion can change your relationship with yourself and with the other people in your life. Wear loose comfortable clothing.

Start off your day by easing into a morning yin yoga class, in which poses are held for 30 seconds to 10 minutes. Each class consists of no more than seven to fifteen poses, mostly seated, on knees, or prone. From the comfort of your own home, Ivonne will offer modifications via Zoom to assist you in finding both effort and ease in asana (physical pose practice) as they unfold in passive, longer holds. Fall Into Yin Yoga Sep 23 to 8:30am - Online Class Ivonne Vidal Yin yoga focuses on connective tissue, which targets joints - ankles, 19 Wed 12 $4800 via Zoom Dec 16 10:00am via Zoom Pizarro knees, pelvis, sacrum, spine, and shoulders as well as the fascia that bundles muscles into groups and connects them to bone. Yin yoga is a gentle stress and release practice. In class, you can expect to practice asanas, pranayama (breath work) and a brief meditation. Prepare a mat, blocks, straps, blanket, water bottle and any other yoga accessory you need. All levels welcome. Instructions will be provided on how to join the online class.

Transportation included Snacks, lunch or meal included Please check www.communitycenter.org.tw for the most recent updates. 2020 Fall & Winter Activities [xii]

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Family, Fitness & Health The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

In this yoga for wellness class we will explore the Chinese mythological phoenix or “Fenghuang,” and its various yin yang qualities, virtues and resilient spirit. Feng, is a male bird, and huang, is a female one, thus Fenghuang symbolizes the union of femininity and masculinity and is also the partner to the Chinese dragon. Yin Yang yoga combines pranayama (breath work), guided meditation, Farès Yoga for Wellness: Oct 13 to 9:30am - active vinyasa flow and strength-building asana (postures) with 20 Tue 8 $4400 Academy Malabika Das Rise of the Phoenix Dec 08 8 11:00am passive longer-held, restorative and fascia-focused asana. Emphasis Dojo is placed on safety, proper alignment, connection of breath to movement, tracking sensations, stress reduction and deepening our body-mind-spirit connections. Please bring a yoga mat, a large and small towel, two foam blocks, a yoga strap, and a curious heart. Please contact the instructor in case of any health imbalance to assess suitability. All levels welcome.

Are you O positive or B negative? Do you know that in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) different blood types are considered to Chinese Medicine: have unique digestive and immune system needs? Would you like to 12:30pm - 21 Eat Right for Your Tue Nov 10 1 $600 The Center Dr. Dustin Wu learn which foods best suit your blood type? Then, don't miss this 1 2:00pm Blood Type interesting class with Dr. Dustin Wu, who will unravel the mysteries of TCM and explain what types of food you should eat and what you should avoid to gain the maximum health benefits.

Acupuncture and moxibustion have played an important health care role in Chinese society for over 4000 years. Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM is a product of observing nature and direct eerience efre tere ere cdified tem f medicinal ractice ele ld intinctivel it r maage an aficted area to feel better. Over many generations these areas or points ecame mre clearl identified and ver time reearc and training Chinese Medicine: metd develed and refined n ti centr tee t main Everything You Always methods of TCM have received an increasing amount of international 12:30pm - 22 Wanted to Know About Tue Dec 8 1 $600 The Center Dr. Dustin Wu recognition and are used to treat a variety of medical conditions 1 2:00pm Acupuncture but Didn't inclding ain relief eliminating inammatin and elling rgan Know Who to Ask function enhancement and calming of the nervous system, among man ter ting n man etern cntrie acnctre i mt ften ed t relieve ain and redce inammatin Have een curious about trying acupuncture as a possible treatment but didn't know if it might be the right choice for you? Would you like to know it rk it afe e it rt en in ti infrmative cla it r W and learn everting ma ave ala anted t know about acupuncture but didn't know who to ask.

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Fall_Spring_2020.indd 13 2020/7/31 下午12:59 Hobbies & Skills The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description Hobbies & Skills This class is an introduction to the traditional style of Chinese writing using brush and ink. e nnifer will instruct you on the correct way to Sep 21 to 12noon- 23 Chinese Calligraphy Mon 3 $2500 The Center Jennifer Tong hold the brush and maneuver it to produce beautiful results. If you've Oct 05 2:00pm taken calligraphy or brush painting before, e nnifer will work with you to improve your technique and form. Cost of all materials included.

This unique photography class will teach you about analogue film cameras while being guided through a traditional Taipei district known for its Japanese and Qing period architecture and Taiwanese folk religious temples. Naomi and Min will start the class at their Minim Photographic Studio and Gallery where they will introduce you to Film Photography: the cameras and how to operate them. They will provide you with a Using an Analog Daqiaotou 35mm camera to use and one roll of film to shoot. You will then have Camera to Capture 10:00am- Naomi Goddard 24 Tue Oct 061 $1600 MRT Sta., time to appreciate the slow photo process and take photographs on Scenic Taipei: 1:00pm and Minsik Jung Exit 1 35mm film as the group visits several interesting nearby locations Dadalong Village and including the lesser known part of Di Hua Street, Section 2, towards the Confucius Temple Dalongdong Village to see the impressive Taipei Confucius Temple. After the class, your instructors will develop and email the images to you; negatives will be delivered to the Center for your collection. You may choose to order prints for a small additional fee. Cost of film and developing are included.

In Sanskrit, “mandala” literally means “circle”, and this art form can be found in both Buddhist and Hindu religious practices. Often, the highly-detailed geometric patterns and imagery are used in conjunction with meditation practices, representing the intersection of the universe and the self. While the geometric framework may be 10:00am - 25 Mandala Art Workshop Thu Oct 081 $1200 The Center Kate Chetabut simple, painting the complex designs can take the artist to a calm and 12:30pm focused mindset, achieving an impressive finished product one dot at a time. Drawing on her education from Thailand’s Silpakorn University of Fine Arts beside the Grand Palace, Kate will help participants get started on creating their own unique and creative designs. Materials to produce your own personally-inspired artwork are included.

Join Naomi for a fun and easy class to make a lovely necklace using Create a Unique and beautiful beads and simple Chinese knotting techniques. By the end Stylish Necklace with 12noon - Naomi 26 Mon Nov 02 1 $1000 The Center of the class, you will produce a piece that you can wear immediately. Beads and Simple 1 2:00pm Watanabe This is a beginner class and a good prerequisite to Naomi's second Knotting Techniques class one week later. All materials included.

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Fall_Spring_2020.indd 14 2020/7/29 下午10:16 Hobbies & Skills The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

This unique photography class will teach you about analogue film cameras while being guided through Taipei’s mountainous district known for its hot springs, natural green spaces and Japanese colonial history. Naomi and Min will start the class at a local cafe where they will introduce you to the cameras and how to operate them. They will Film Photography: provide you with a 35mm camera to use and one roll of film to shoot. Using an Analog 10:00am- Xinbeitou Naomi Goddard You will then have time to appreciate the slow photo process and 27 Camera to Capture Wed Nov 041 $1800 1:00pm MRT Station and Minsik Jung take photographs on 35mm film as the group visits several interesting Scenic Taipei: Beitou locations in the area including Xinbeitou Historic Station, the Beitou and Its Hotsprings Hot Spring Museum, Beitou Library, Thermal Valley, and Puji Temple. After the class, your instructors will develop and email the images to you; negatives will be delivered to the Center for your collection. You may choose to order prints for a small additional fee. Cost of film, developing, and a beverage at the café is included. Join Naomi for a fun and a slightly more challenging jewelry-making Create a Beautiful class where you will design and create a lovely necklace using real and Stylish Necklace 12noon- Naomi pearls and natural stones. Although not necessary to attend, Naomi's 28 Mon Nov 091 $1500 The Center with Real Pearls and 2:30pm Watanabe class just one week earlier is a great precursor to this one. Leave the Natural Stones Center wearing your new and beautiful necklace made by you. All materials included.

Bring out your creative side and join Masako for this fun and easy porcelain decal art workshop. We start with either a simple, white porcelain coffee mug or a plate in the shape of Taiwan. Then, using special decals and stickers we will design and decorate our items, 12noon- which Masako will take home to fire in her kiln. And voila! The final 29 Porcelain Decal Art Mon Nov 161 $1000 The Center Masako Liang 2:00pm results are a beautiful Taiwan souvenir that looks like you spent many painstaking hours painting! No special skills required, just a good eye for art. Includes all materials to produce either one coffee mug or a Taiwan map plate. The instructor will have other porcelain items on hand if you wish to make an additional piece (not included). Mahjong is gaining popularity in America and in many countries around the world. It is a great social activity that challenges your mental aptitude. Originally created in China, mahjong is a tile game similar to gin rummy. In this three-session, hands-on class, Danielle will introduce you to international style mahjong, which is one of the Nov 18 to 12noon- Danielle 30 Mahjong Madness Wed 3 $1800 The Center many different variations of the game. To help you continue learning Dec 02 2:00pm Lehman and practicing on your own, you will be given a take-home printed guide and introduced to a free app. After just three sessions, you will surely be able to play independently and start or join a group. Have you been wanting to learn how to play mahjong? Join us at the Center because this is your chance.

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Fall_Spring_2020.indd 15 2020/7/29 下午10:16 Hobbies & Skills/Learn Chinese The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates ## ofof SessionsSessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

Have you ever wished that you could properly order your meal in an Italian restaurant (and know what you are actually ordering!); listen to and understand Italian music from opera to pop; or maybe follow Nov 23 to 1:00pm - Anna Lisa 31 Italian for Fun Mon 4 $1800 The Center Italian fashion and design; all with some linguistic competence? If so, Dec 14 2:00pm Ghini then this is the class for you. Join Anna Lisa for a fun and lively class to learn some basic Italian words and phrases that will help get you on your way to understanding the flavors, sights and sounds of Italian life. Learn Chinese With Gloria Gwo Would you like to be able to communicate with shopkeepers, taxi drivers and co-workers? Whether you've just arrived in Taiwan Survival Chinese I Mon & Sep 07 to 9:10am - 32 13 $5900 The Center Gloria Gwo or have been here awhile, this is the class for you. Learn spoken Session 1 Wed Oct 21 10:30am Mandarin in a relaxed and informal environment right here at The Center. Course materials included. This course builds upon the skills learned in Survival Chinese I and offers approximately 20 hours of language instruction for people who Survival Chinese II Mon & Sep 07 to 10:40am - would like to upgrade their basic skills and go one step further with 33 13 $5900 The Center Gloria Gwo Session 1 Wed Oct 21 13 12noon Mandarin. This class is also suitable for anyone who has taken some basic Chinese lessons and would like to continue with his or her studies. Course materials included. This course continues our Survival Chinese series and covers Survival Chinese III Mon & Sep 07 to 12:10pm - advanced vocabulary and sentence patterns as well as conversational 34 13 $5900 The Center Gloria Gwo Session 1 Wed Oct 21 13 1:30pm practice. Prerequisites: Survival Chinese I and II or completed approximately 40 hours of language instruction. Evening Survival Mon & Sep 07 to 6:00pm - 35 13 $5900 The Center Gloria Gwo Please refer to Activity #32 for course description. Chinese I Wed Oct 21 13 7:20pm This class is for those students who wish to continue building upon their Chinese conversation skills and learn new vocabulary to enhance their ability to communicate. In this class the instructor incorporates Evening Chinese Mon & Sep 07 to 7:30pm - 36 13 $5900 The Center Gloria Gwo recorded materials and focuses on a variety of topics and social Conversation I Wed Oct 21 8:50pm situations. Whether or not you have studied Chinese at the Center or elsewhere, this may be just the right class for you to continue practicing your conversation skills. Course materials included. This full semester class is for those students who wish to continue building upon their Chinese conversation skills and learn new vocabulary to enhance their ability to communicate. In this class the Intermediate Chinese Tue & Sep 08 to 9:10am - 37 23 $10400 The Center Gloria Gwo instructor incorporates recorded materials and focuses on a variety of Conversation Fri Dec 15 10:30am topics and social situations. Whether or not you have studied Chinese at the Center or elsewhere, this may be just the right class for you to continue practicing your conversation skills. Course materials included.

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Fall_Spring_2020.indd 16 2020/7/29 下午10:16 Learn Chinese/What's Cooking The Community Services Center | Tel: 02-2836-8134, e-mail: [email protected] # Activity Day(s) Dates # of Sessions Time $$$ Meet@ Instructor Description

In this class you will continue to learn about the root of each Intermediate Chinese character and how the characters are built. As you progress in your Tue & Sep 08 to 10:40am - 38 Study Group: Reading 23 $10400 The Center Gloria Gwo studies you will discover that learning Chinese characters actually Fri Dec 15 23 12noon and Writing Characters helps you to improve your understanding of the spoken language. Course books to be purchased at an additional cost. Survival Chinese I Mon & Nov 02 to 9:10am - 39 14 $6300 The Center Gloria Gwo Please refer to Activity #32 for course description. Session 2 Wed Dec 16 10:30am Survival Chinese II Mon & Nov 02 to 10:40am - 40 14 $6300 The Center Gloria Gwo Please refer to Activity #33 for course description. Session 2 Wed Dec 16 12noon Mon & Nov 02 to 12:10pm - 41 Survival Chinese III/IV 14 $6300 The Center Gloria Gwo Please refer to Activity #34 for course description. Wed Dec 16 1:30pm Evening Survival Mon & Nov 02 to 6:00pm - 42 14 $6300 The Center Gloria Gwo Please refer to Activity #33 for course description. Chinese II Wed Dec 16 7:20pm This class builds upon the skills covered in our previous Evening Evening Chinese Mon & Nov 02 to 7:30pm - 43 14 $6300 The Center Gloria Gwo Chinese Conversation Class. Please refer to Activity #36 for full Conversation II Wed Dec 16 8:50pm course description. What's Cooking In this class, Chef Prish will share three easy, quick and nutritious vegan recipes that you can cook up in no time at all. We start with a creamy and fragrant Beet Soup with Cashew Sour Cream and Olive Dust. Our main course is Doubanjiang Eggplant and Cheesy Polenta Ready, Set, Vegan! 10:00am - Prashantha Porridge (doubanjiang is a fermented broad bean chili paste, which 44 Dishes for the Whole Fri Sep 181 $1200 The Center 12noon Lachanna we will combine with sesame paste and maple syrup to create a Family to Enjoy! creamy, spicy comforting sauce). And, for dessert, we will enjoy a Raw Vegan Banoffee Cake made with toasted walnuts, date butter, coconut cream, black pepper, olive oil roasted bananas and pan-fried ginger. Your whole family will love it! Join Ivy for a tasty vegetarian rendition of some popular Chinese/ Taiwanese dishes. In this class she will demonstrate Vegetarian Taiwanese Please: A 10:00am- Moo Shu (Muxu) "Pork," prepared with vegetables and served with 45 Fri Sep 251 $ 1200 The Center Ivy Chen Tasty Vegetarian Meal 12noon pancake wrappers; Lettuce Wraps with Vegetables and Pine Nuts; and Tofu "Noodle" Salad, made with shredded tofu and vegetables. Healthy, delicious and satisfying. Always popular, Ivy's stir-fries are delicious, use locally-sourced and seasonally available ingredients, AND, are quick and easy to prepare. Taiwanese Please: 10:00am- 46 Fri Oct 161 $ 1200 The Center Ivy Chen Join this class to learn three of Ivy's special recipes: Stir-Fried Shrimp Easy Stir-Fries 12noon with Asparagus; Stir-Fried Beef with Coriander Leaves; and Oolong- Infused Chicken with Pine Nuts. Hǎo chī!

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This semester, join Asma for a delicious Pakistani brunch menu. In this class she will prepare Channa Masala (chickpeas cooked with onions, tomatoes and spices); Spicy Aloo (potatoes cooked with blended spices and tempered with curry leaves and mustard seeds); A Perfect Pakistani 10:00am- 47 Fri Nov 061 $ 1200 The Center Asma Ahmed Peshawari Karahi (boneless chicken cooked in a wok with onion, Brunch 12noon tomatoes, spices and garnished with coriander); and for dessert, Sooji Ka Halwa (semolina flour roasted in ghee and cooked with sugar). These tasty dishes will be served with locally-available roti paratha bread.

In this class Ivy introduces you to two types of Taiwanese-style steamed buns. The first, a local hand-held favorite, is the Taiwanese hamburger or gua bao. Served in a fluffy cut bun, gua bao is traditionally filled with pork belly, mustard greens, ground peanuts Satisfying and and cilantro, but Ivy likes to serve hers with a variety of fillings and 10:00am- 48 Delicious Taiwanese- Fri Nov 201 $ 1200 The Center Ivy Chen will prepare a selection suitable for meat eaters and vegetarians alike. 12noon Style Steamed Buns Our second delicious bun is called shuǐ jiān bāo, directly translated as "water fried buns," which are fried and steamed just like guōtiē or potstickers. Ivy will fill these delicious treats with cabbage, glass noodles and shitake mushrooms. This is one cooking class not to miss--your friends and family will love you for it!

Join us at the Center for a delicious French meal, perfect for the Christophe cooler December weather. Christophe will begin this class by i nc! 10:00am- Charrondiere preparing his favorite winter dish, Boeuf Bourguignon with Creamy 49 Boeuf Bourguignon Fri Dec 041 $1200 The Center 12noon and Kuang- Mashed Potatoes. While his tasty stew simmers on the stove, Kuang- and Tarte au Citron Ping Tung Ping will teach us how to make Tarte au Citron (lemon tart) for dessert. st bon!

Ivy takes us back to basics when it comes to Chinese/Taiwanese cuisine--using one of the most widely consumed ingredients of all, rice. In this class she will prepare a steamed rice dumpling or ci bo, filled with pork and cabbage. This dumpling originates in Ivy's home town of Tainan and was traditionally eaten during the winter solstice period. 10:00am- She will then share her secrets for preparing the perfect Shrimp Fried 50 It's All About the Rice! Fri Dec 11 1 $1200 The Center Ivy Chen 1 12noon Rice. Fried rice is one of those dishes when properly done is easy and delicious, but can also turn into a big mess in a pan if done incorrectly. To finish off our rice meal, Ivy will teach us how to make ng un or Sticky Rice with Peanuts for dessert. Not only will you be ready to celebrate the winter solstice, but you will also have something to prepare for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.

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— A-Rod, NY Yankees Sept 2020_p3-end.indd 21 T organic black tea from an organic tea on tap: a wheat beer infused with ride. Jim recommended three beers welcome after the hour-plus long bus the tasting, which was a refreshing immediately decided to start off with Upon arrival at Jim and Dad a beautiful Saturday morning in June. advance. a tour in English, please request in beer tasting by reservation.If you want brewery offersgroup guided tours with factory dedicated to craft beer. The County, Taiwan Company in Yuanshan Township, Yilan proprietor of Jim and Dad is Jim Sung, in his early 30 of our tour. In fact, this young man college intern leading us to the start wouldhave mistaken himfor asummer not done some research in advance, I crew cut and a slight slouch. If I had professorial-style glasses, a recent blue jeans and sneakers, and sporting TEXT: MARIATING IMAGS: ROSEMARY JIMSUNG &WEB SUSA, Dad’s Brewing Company Brewer Beer Craft and Proprietor of Jim and Close Jim Sung Up with The Center dressed in a green tee-shirt, young and slender, casually lobby of thebrewery is he mangreeting usat the ’ s tour to Yilan began on ’ sfirst destination ’ ’ s Brewing s and the ’ s, we www.communitycenter.org.tw SEPTEMBER2020 PROFILE 2020/8/26 下午3:26 21 PROFILE

East Road, then Taipei Wego Private Junior High School in Beitou before transferring to a high school in the United States. He has many fond memories of growing up in Tianmu with his parents and younger sister. He learned to ride the bicycle in what would become the Tianmu Baseball Stadium and adjacent sports park. He journey into this industry. Afterwards recalls family meals at a Mongolian we stayed for a tasty lunch on site barbeque place on Zhongshan North paired with even more beer. It was a Road Section 6, and possibly a Swiss really fun experience. restaurant near his school. I found it Jim became a professional craft beer interesting that Jim makes references brewer after winning Taiwan’s Second to food often during our tour, like when Annual Home Brew Competition in he compares the science of brewing 2013. His start with his dad, a chemical beer to the process of cooking, both of engineer by training and thirty-plus which he enjoys a lot. years in practice, is well-documented in As a young student, Jim started interviews and featured stories about to rebel a lot against the Taiwanese Taiwan’s craft beer scene. But Jim’s first school system, because he despised the experience with beer was not a positive emphasis on “life-determining exams.” one. He took his first sip as a curious He wanted to spend his free time grade schooler at a family dinner. The studying what he wanted and to enjoy experience left him wondering why his summers, instead of cramming anyone would even drink this stuff. for tests. Because he attended sleep- It turns out that Jim is a native of away camps starting in first grade, the Tianmu, and attended Taipei Municipal transition to living in Colorado Springs farm, an IPA flavored with locally grown San-Yu Elementary School on Tianmu and being away from his family was not kumquat, and a classic American pale ale that has hints of mango and other tropical fruit. Sufficiently hydrated, we next went on a tour inside the large windowed adjacent space where large pieces of equipment necessary for brewing and packaging are visible to all. Jim walked us through the process, the various types of ingredients available and used, and the different temperatures and lengths of time required to ferment each type of beer. We learned the brewery produces approximately ten tons of beer a month, and exports on a limited basis to Japan, Hong Kong and China. We also learned a bit more about Jim and his

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too difficult. He never struggled with the English language so communication was not an issue, he just needed to pick up the lingo. About four weeks into his move to the U.S., a local kid asked Jim what he was up to and he replied “just chillin’.” The kid laughed out loud and Jim knew he would fit in just fine. Jim went to college in Santa Clara, California, where his interest and passion for craft beer began in earnest. After graduation in 2011 with a degree in marketing, he spent six months with a startup company that eventually failed. Jim was really missing his family so he decided to return to Taiwan, but only after spending three memorable weeks on a beer trip to breweries throughout Europe. Upon his return, he completed his compulsory military service, worked in an accounting firm by day and moonlighted as a homebrewer by night (after some prodding from his mother to pick up a worthy hobby, and also missing the IPAs and Amber ales to taste beers, snack on onion rings and unavailable in Taiwan back then), won Buffalo wings (the brewery also serves the home brew competition in 2013 its own homemade ice cream with and the rest is history. unique flavors such as cheesy bacon), Jim and his dad knew exactly and just chill. Taiwanese regulations what they wanted in their brewery, mandated that breweries be built only somewhat based on their visits to on land dedicated for factory use. wineries in Napa Valley. They wished to The father-son duo were fortunate create a place where people can come to come across a 20-year abandoned

Jim’s Recommendation for a Great Day in Yilan

This is a great day trip for anyone. Drive to Yilan in the morning, find a nice trail to do some hiking. I like Jiuliao River Trail () since it is very close to our brewery. Pick a local food stall for a traditional noodle lunch, or visit our brewery for beer tasting and lunch. Then either visit the beach in Wai’ao ( ) or Zhuangwei (), or try going to one of the many specialty factories to visit. For dinner, “Le Temps1998” does great modern cuisine with local ingredients, and “Slobber ” does classic American diner food to perfection.

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gravel factory in the midst of farmland changes annually: one year it's an IPA, barrels soon, and has a small side in Yilan, upon which their two-story, next year it's a wheat beer. Other fruits project to age beer in maple syrup 5,000 square-foot facility currently sits, he sources include passion fruit and barrels too. with a large backyard for guests to play pomelos. Jim also partners with coffee When asked about his favorite type games and enjoy the outdoors. There roasters around Taiwan to craft cold- of beer, Jim names one of their best- is also a five-story tall viewing tower, brew coffee beers, using cold beer selling beers called Summer Mosaic. It overlooking the Lanyang River. Jim had rather than cold water to extract the is a hoppy pale ale, a classic American observed that by building their brewery coffee. Recent brews include wheat style SMaSH beer, with Pilsen malt and away from the hustle and bustle of the beer infused with black tea from a Mosaic hops, tropical fruit aromas and city, people who come through their little-known Yilan organic tea farm. a clean finish, and goes well with almost doors are on a slower tempo, with a A fun project with a local 103-year any type of food. It is available on tap at vacation mentality, and hence able to -old traditional herbal medicine shop Eddy’s Cantina and Wicked Wolfpack, absorb and appreciate more of what became more serious because it “turns both in Tianmu. Now you can also enjoy they are tasting. I learned from Jim out people really enjoy that beer”! all of his brews without leaving Taipei that the water in Yilan is softer and the Due to popular demand, a new batch at Jim & Dad's Taproom & Bottle Shop water profile is very consistent, so it is is available again which infuses Yilan in Dadaocheng. (A trip to their Yilan quite easy to brew any type of beer. Jim kumquats, longan, sweet osmanthus brewery is still a must. Check out Jim’s is one of those brewers who doesn’t and red ginseng into pilsner beer. recommendation for a “Great Day in adjust the mineral content and just lets Jim and Dad’s is the first brewery Yilan” on page 23). the local water tell its story. in Taiwan to age beer in barrels, Just like his favorite beer, Jim is a Jim searches locally for collaborators something he was always interested in mosaic that exhibits his best self. He for his innovative brews. His wish doing since his brewing style is heavily has used his bi-cultural background, is to create beers that embrace the influenced by the U.S. craft beer scene. his curiosity, passion, and dedication Taiwanese culture while highlighting Once Jim found a good barrel supplier, to his craft to contribute generously to new concepts and ideas. One such he kick-started the program and has a burgeoning industry that has finally example is his seasonal kumquat already used Kentucky bourbon, found its following and place in the beer, which always incorporates fresh Trinidad rum, American brandy and mainstream. And also like his favorite kumquats from a farm just ten minutes French cognac barrels to age his beers. beer, Jim has appreciated the good away. However, the actual style of beer He is looking at using Californian wine friends and collaborators he has met and made along the way. Stop by Jim and Dad’s sometime, so he can also get to know your name.

Maria Ting returned to Taipei in 2009 with her family after twenty years in the U.S.A. As a mother of two daughters, she is currently enjoying her time exploring her birthplace and sharing her experiences with friends near and far.

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Dr. Leaf’s Garden Lesson on Insects and Bugs

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his article began in our sacs attached underneath them. It menace, especially the large German- building’s rooftop garden was Mei-mei who found the first patch style flying cockroaches that make a with a young girl’s question: of leaves with spider mite eggs. We loud squishing sound when you kill “Dr. Leaf, do we have bugs or quickly and gently misted the leaves them. Tinsects in our garden?” In response, with a combination spray of neem oil Bees, beetles, ants, dragonflies, I brushed soil off my hands, stood up and water. moths, wasps, flies, grasshoppers from my crouching position next to a and crickets all fall under the insect lettuce bed and said, “Let’s go find out.” ARTHROPODS, WHAT ARE THEY? category. Several years ago, residents in our Spider mites are tiny arthropods, and apartment building fully endorsed the are the hardest pests to control. Next in BUGS idea of having a rooftop garden. Our order of garden pests are aphids, thrips, “Then what is a bug?,” Mei-mei project’s timing was perfect. Taipei City white flies and lepidopterans. asked. I took a deep breath, for this was Mayor Ko Wen-je had just launched his As we were checking the rest of going to be a hard one to answer. “A urban community healthy green garden the beds for spider mites, I explained ‘bug’ is a general term used by people, policy. to Mei-mei that arthropods had four sometimes when they are not sure The policy focused on the groups; insects, myriapods (centipedes what to call something that they see. establishment of community gardens and millipedes), crustaceans (slaters, Most bugs have no teeth. Instead, they throughout Taipei City for the purpose prawns and crabs) and arachnids have a straw-shaped mouth for sucking of bringing neighborhood residents (spiders, mites, ticks and scorpions). out juice from plants, and one set of closer together through meaningful The spider mites that we saw belonged wings. And one part of their wings is social, educational and gardening to the arachnid group. harder than the rest.” activities. Since that time, our building’s Somewhere nearby, the cicadas’ rooftop organic garden has flourished. INSECTS summer song reached our ears. “Listen, We now have access to fresh organically Insects have six legs and a hard those are bugs,” I told Mei-mei. grown vegetables, herbs and flowers, outer shell, called an exoskeleton. Mei-mei listened and smiled. It was a along with the challenge of keeping our Most have two sets of wings. Their perfect ending for our lesson on insects garden’s pests under control. bodies are made up of a head, thorax and bugs. and abdomen. All insects have sensory GARDEN PESTS antennae on their head, and either a Mei-mei and I carefully made our mouth for chewing, or a “straw” for way along the narrow lanes of compact sucking in their food. garden plots, looking for leaves that Mosquitoes are examples of sucking Dr. Leaf is an avid gardener whose had been nibbled on, or had small egg insects. Cockroaches are also an insect rooftop garden has become a jungle.

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Arthur Ly

Arthur is a 13 year-old French teenager who attends the Lycee Francais de Taipei at TES. He is an autodidact and does not come from an artistic background. He began drawing to avoid boredom. He draws on everything: paper, binders, fabric, sneakers…everywhere. Although markers remain his favorite technique, he now likes to create drawings on his phone and he began experimenting with photomontage this summer. In addition to drawing, Arthur enjoys photography, cooking and boxing.

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Wandering Spirits Arrive in Taiwan

nce again, the Ghost people who died without any family the family shrine, followed by the Month Festival has members, travelers, immigrants and performing of household ceremonies. officially begun in Taiwan soldiers that died here, far from their (on August 19th) and homelands. Whatever the case, these PUBLIC RITUALS Othere has been a rush to purchase departed individuals’ spirits roam Walking along the streets of Taipei enough ghost money to last until the among us. With an appreciation for during Ghost Month, it is a common Gates of Hell close for another year, on long-established cultural traditions and sight to see tables laden with a wide September 16th. superstitions, all wandering spirits are assortment of food items, such as a For followers of Buddhism and treated with reverence. roasted chicken, cups of wine, large Taoism, the Ghost Month Festival cans of Taiwan Beer, bags of coffee, begins on the fifteenth day of the HOUSEHOLD CEREMONIES whole pineapples, oranges and bowls seventh month of the lunar calendar. Each family household has a family of rice for the wandering spirits. These On this day the Gates of Hell are shrine, which occupies a prominent food offerings are called “spirit food.” opened and the spirits of the dead place within the apartment or house. Each outdoor table has a special roam the earth in search of food, Ancestors are represented on individual incense pot, in which ignited sticks mischief or even the taking of spirits tablets or a large scroll which contain of burning incense are placed after from the living. the names, sex and other important prayers are offered for the souls of the Here in Taiwan, Ghost Month is information of the deceased. Incense wandering ghosts. an important time of the year, when and respectful prayers are offered Many Taiwanese believe in ghosts departed family members and ancestral daily. On the first day of the seventh and feel that it is their duty to provide lineages are shown extra respect. Many lunar month, the shrine is thoroughly comfort for the dead: giving them food, Taiwanese also believe that the spirits cleaned. Offerings of fruit, candies, clothing and money not only for their Welcome back, Tigers! of the deceased wandering the earth favorite foods and freshly cut yearly visit to earth, but also for use during Ghost Month also include such flowers, along with two red candles, when they return to the underworld. segments of the population as local are carefully placed on the altar of ANGRY SPIRITS Tales of dissatisfied wandering spirits and the trouble that they can cause have been handed down from generation to generation. Angry spirits can make the living become ill, take a living person’s spirit from them, destroy their homes in some unexpected manner, or cause trouble with the complacent ancestors within a family. This is why there are so many taboos at this time: avoid going swimming, especially in the ocean (wandering TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL spirits love water), don’t hang your clothes outside (as a ghost may hide inside them) postpone getting married or purchasing real estate, avoid late- night events and (for goodness sake!)

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Chinese characters. Kanjin only has a gold metallic rectangle, and xiaoyin are smaller paper squares with a silver metallic rectangle. Jingyi is an interesting form of “gift certificate” with images of things that people use from daily life (clothes, shoes, cups, books etc.) printed on the front of each piece of paper. There are many customs and beliefs associated with Ghost Month in Taiwan, and whether this is your first or thirty-first experience, there is always don’t whistle, as this sound will attract money embossed with vermillion something new to learn about the a wandering spirit to you. No one wants Chinese characters are tossed into a wandering spirits of Taiwan. a wandering spirit hanging around special furnace. As the ashes from the them, especially a malicious spirit that paper money rise, it is thought that brings bad luck. they will be transformed into money for the celestial bank accounts of departed Suzan Babcock is a long- CELESTIAL BANKING souls, including those of the hungry time resident of Taiwan. Spirit or ghost money is burned as an wandering spirits when they return to During her stay here, offering to deceased family members the underworld. she has managed four and wandering spirits. Each pack of There are three categories of ghost successful careers in education, cross- ghost money is made-up of square money: silver and two shades of gold. cultural relations and counseling, pieces of paper made from bamboo Jiujin are large paper squares embossed although being a mother has been her or rice. Stacks of golden-colored paper with a gold metallic foil rectangle and favorite.

Welcome back, Tigers!

TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL

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RICHARD SAUNDERS EXPLORES TAIWAN'S LESS-TRODDEN PATHS

he coniferous plantations of Xitou are quite unlike the cloud forest that covers large swathes of Taiwan’s Xitou Tmountainous center, but that’s part of the reason this popular scenic area is well worth a visit. It’s also a cool, TEXT & IMAGES: RICHARD SAUNDERS scented escape from the late-summer heat, and despite some development (it’s not quite as off-the beaten-track as most places I describe here), there’s some stunningly beautiful countryside. Anyway, the reserve covers quite a large area, so it’s easy to find spots to enjoy the beauty of the forest in relative peace. Xitou lies in a large wooded bowl above Lugu, a town famous for its Dongding Oolong tea, in Nantou County. Surrounded on three sides by rugged mountain ridges, the forest is crisscrossed by a network of surfaced and dirt trails. Most of the trees that can be seen today were planted during the Japanese colonial period, after the site was chosen for an experimental forest by Tokyo University. After Retrocession, Xitou was handed over to National Taiwan University, which still conducts research here; plaques filled with vital statistics can be seen on many specimen trees around the forest.

Richard Saunders is a trained classical musician and writer who lived in Taipei from 1993 to 2018. He has written several hiking and guide books (available at the Center and in bookshops around Taipei) covering the whole of Taiwan, and its offshore islands.

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Unless you love crowds, I suggest you ignore the famed University Pond, the symbol of Xitou, and head uphill along the road from the entrance gate towards the Gingko Plantation (the only pure forest of this prehistoric tree in Taiwan) and on to the pretty Riverside Trail, which winds uphill through the forest beside a stream choked with large, rounded boulders. The trail ends near one of Xitou’s most famous sights, the Giant Tree, and the 180 meter-long Sky Walk, a walkway raised up to 22 meters above the floor of the forest. Before looping back towards the entrance, if you’ve still got enough energy, try the stiff, twenty-minute climb along a road that branches off to the right of the Giant Tree to the Giant Rock, a huge monolith that rolled down the mountainside during the Great 911 Earthquake, lodging in this spot. It’s a dull climb up there, but the rock itself is impressively big, and the view from the road above it is one of the finest in Xitou.

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