Centered Vol. 19 | 10 AUGUST on TAIPEI 2019 A publication of the Community Services Center Aug 19 e.indd 1 2019/7/28 下午1:53 Save $200 with our early bird ticket deal! Join us for a Wickednight out The Community Services Center Annual Auction Dinner Tickets: $4,000 $3,800 through Sept 20 Table of 10: $38,000 Friday, October 25 The Grand Hyatt Taipei Costumes optional but encouraged! Prizes will be awarded. Aug 19 e.indd 2 2019/7/28 下午1:53 CONTENTS August 2019 volume 19 issue 10 CSC COMMUNITY From the Editors 5 Taiwan Continues to Clean Up Its Act 8 Center Gallery 6 Upcycling Lessons with TAO 10 Activity Highlights 7 Father Maol: A Source of Social Reintegration in Yuli 12 CSC Business Classified 21 ART & CULTURE Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Maybe a Hungry Ghost 15 Creating New Tea Treasures from an Ancient Tradition 17 Publisher Community Services Center, Taipei OUTLOOK Editor Suzan Babcock Co-editor Richard Saunders What do Dreams Mean? 20 Advertising Manager Naomi Kaly Magazine Email [email protected] Tel 02-2836-8134 TRAVEL Fax 02-2835-2530 What's in Yilan City? (Part 1) 22 Community Services Dongyin and Xiyin 25 Center Editorial Panel Siew Kang, Fred Voigtmann Printed by Farn Mei Printing Co., Ltd. 1F, No. 102, Hou Kang Street, Shilin District, Taipei Tel: 02-2882-6748 Fax: 02-2882-6749 E-mail: [email protected] Centered on Taipei is a publication of the Community Services Center, 25, Lane 290, Zhongshan N. Rd., Sec. 6, Tianmu, Taipei, Taiwan Tel: 02-2836-8134 fax: 02-2835-2530 e-mail: [email protected] 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 graphic assignments. Your talent will find a home with us! Copyright 2019. All rights reserved. Material in this publication may not be reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner. COT is printed on FSC certified 100% post-consumer recycled fiber. The paper is certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council which promotes environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests. https://ic.fsc.org/ www.communitycenter.org.tw AUGUST 2019 3 Aug 2019_p3-end.indd 3 2019/7/30 午11:00 TIGER TOTS PRESCHOOL A LOVING PLACE FOR LEARNING Crown’s service offerings include: Everyone needs • International & Domestic Shipments • Transit Protection to know why... • Pet & Car Transfers • Immigration & Legalization We’ll help your whole family • Home Search • School Search prepare for the big adventure. • Settling-in Services PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN (LOCATED INSIDE TAS) Tel: +886 2 2719 2618 [email protected] TIGGER'S(PRE-2S), 2S AND 3S PLAYGROUPS (TIAN YU CAMPUS) North American Curriculum Gardening Qualified Instructors Fun and Educational Daily Activities Low Student/Teacher Ratios Field Trips Go knowing Gymnastics and Music Class Fun After School Enrichment Classes www.crownrelo.com/taiwan Engaging Outdoor Playgrounds Mandarin Playgroups We’d love to introduce you to our diverse and incredibly special community of learners! Please call to arrange a visitation. CR ad Euroview AprMay.indd 1 22/3/2016 3:40:25 PM TYPA MAIN OFFICE: (02)2873-1815 www.typa.org.tw 4 AUGUST 2019 www.communitycenter.org.tw Aug 2019_p3-end.indd 4 2019/7/28 下午1:49 COVER IMAGE: This month's cover is an abstract close- FROM Please send email submissions, comments, and feedback to up image of one part of a bamboo bench, [email protected]. taken at Pasongan Lookout, Taitung THE County by Kenneth Dickson For more information, please go to our EDITORS website at www.communitycenter.org.tw It’s that time of the year, when summer is on the wane and our COT Team thoughts are definitely wishing for the cooler temperatures of autumn. Here at the Center, we have been busily organizing and preparing for what will be an action-packed fall filled with new classes, Mandarin language learning opportunities with Gloria Gwo, trips, cooking sessions, DIY activities, the popular Suzan Babcock Richard Saunders Naomi Kaly KC Editor Co-editor Advertising Manager Graphic Designer ‘Welcome Back’ morning coffee get-together, hikes and our coteditor@ [email protected] naomi@communitycenter. graphicdesigntaipei. communitycenter.org.tw org.tw weebly.com annual fundraiser and auction dinner. Be sure to save Friday night, October 25th and join us for a fun-filled Halloween evening at the Grand Hyatt Taipei. Book early, by September 20th and get an Feature Writers early-bird special price. Autumn in Taiwan is a perfect time to go exploring, especially to areas that are not on the normal ‘tourist routes’. Richard Saunders, a familiar Taiwan adventure guru, has much experience in exploring Taiwan’s less trodden paths. This month, he Kenneth Dickson Ryan Hevern Michael Mullahy Tom Rook recommends a visit to the Northernmost Frontier at the northern tip of the tiny Xiyin Island and neighboring Dongyin Island found within the beautiful Matsu island chain. Be prepared for a laid- back and exceptional breath-taking experience with Nature, without the pressures of a big city. Richard Saunders Judy Tsui Ryan Hevern explains in his article, Upcycling Lessons with TAO, how he and other members of the TAO team conducted upcycling Writing and Photography Contributors activities for children at the Tinkerseeds Children’s Workshop. Carrie Allen Tom Rook They taught the children how to upcycle plastic bottles into flower Sue Babcock Richard Saunders vases and showed them the process for planting seeds within Kenneth Dickson Rosemary Susa Patrice Delmotte Pai Su-yu their plastic vases. Emilio Del Pozo TAO Tom Rook’s recent visit to Yilan (see What’s in Yilan City?) Ryan Hevern Grace Ting uncovered a host of small sites that reflect Taiwan’s history; the Michael Mullahy Judy Tsuei wooden houses and tranquil gardens of the Literary Museum and the Yilan Administration Museum are a few of the many. Pick COT up at: Please make a point of dropping by the Center. Help yourself Uptown: to a fresh cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the warm atmosphere of Community Services Center, No. 25, Lane 290, Sec. 6, the Center. 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 Programs Assistant Bunny Pacheco Coffee Mornings Coordinator John Imbrogulio The Community Services Center (CSC) is a non-profit foundation. CSC provides Communications Morgan Loosli outreach and early intervention through counseling, cross-cultural education and Events Coordinator Jane Ogge-Cowan life skills programs to meet the needs of the international community in Taipei. Mandarin Chinese Teacher Gloria Gwo CSC offers the opportunity to learn, volunteer, teach and meet others. Check out Samson Debele our website www.communitycenter.org.tw and drop by The Center to chat with us Systems Manager about our programs. You can also email us at [email protected]. Volunteers Miyuki Boice, John Imbrogulio, Leslie McFarlane, Director Adam McMillan John McQuade, Sofia Vintimila Office Manager Grace Ting Benefactors Bai Win Antiques European Chamber of Commerce Counselors I-wen Chan, Katherine Chang, Hui-shiang Chao, Grand Hyatt Taipei Jung Chin, Chiao-Feng Chung, Cerita Hsu, Carol Lee, Miranda Lin, Emilie Ma, Kuang-Shan Wan Premier Sponsors Concordia Consulting ICRT Consultants Wendy Evans and Michael Mullahy San Fu Global Counseling Admin. Joanne Chua www.communitycenter.org.tw AUGUST 2019 5 Aug 2019_p3-end.indd 5 2019/7/28 下午1:49 CSC 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 KRISTI THORNBURY'S PAINTINGS Kristi Thornbury has been a professional art teacher for fourteen years. Originally from New Brunswick, Canada, she taught Visual Arts in Toronto, Shanghai, then Taipei where she founded Yili Arts. Kristi draws inspiration from the natural environment and uses what she refers to as the five | senses observation practice to imprint to memory and later recall the 8/3 Saturday STUDIOS & WORKSHOPS “visual resonance” of a place. STJ acting workshop Kristi's watercolor painting of Taiwan depicts the lush greenery, crystal- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM blue water and marks the counties around the island. 8/7 Wednesday | For more information about Yili Arts and its Art Parties, visit www. VISUAL ARTS PRESENTATION facebook.com/yiliarts or email [email protected] Penny Su Photography: Beauty is your name 女人您的名字是美麗分享會 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 8/10 Saturday | WELLNESS Multimedia Event: Bloom Within 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM 8/9 Friday | VISUAL ARTS PRESENTATION RED ROOM & Camila Sáenz are looking for 5 powerful women 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 8/11 Sunday | MULTIMEDIA EVENT 攝影師聚會 Filmmaker Night 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM 8/17 Saturday | STUDIOS & TOM ROOK'S TAIWAN MAPS WORKSHOPS Tom Rook's detailed maps and drawings will be on display through STJ acting workshop September at the Center. Tom enjoys exploring and capturing Taiwan's 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM urban landscape in great detail, for the maps act as a personal journal, 8/17 Saturday | SPOKEN WORD offering a means for discovery about a place and a way of recording 緣寄詩酒 Stage Time & Wine 111 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM changes in cities. 8/18 Sunday | WELLNESS Raja Yoga Meditation - Improving Concentration 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 8/24 Saturday | Performance Arts 即興戲劇表演 Formosa Improv Group Performance 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM 8/30 Friday | MUSIC 紅酒爵士夜第二八場 Kind of Red XXIX 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM 8/31 Saturday | STUDIOS & WORKSHOPS STJ acting workshop FROM TAIPEI WITH LOVE 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Looking for perfect cards to send to your far-away friends? Come to Programs are subject to change.