Jerry x Germany x Taiwan

On mother’s day, Taipei seems to me like an empty town again as mostly people are coming back home to spend time with their dear moms. I was going to stay in my tiny room and watch bunch of movies then call it a day, but Amy randomly threw this idea of going mountain climbing at Xizhi while we were having dinner with Terumi and others from Mengyen family. We came to a consensus very quickly, we were praying the weather would be good. Not to our disappointment, the sunlight came creeping in my room, I had a feeling that today will be very exciting. Amy invited her cousin, Orika, to join the trip. So here we go! 2 locals plus 2 Japanese, I knew this could be a lot of fun! We planned to take bus F911 to TianShiu Temple but we missed it, and it would take another 90 min. until the next came, that’s why we grabbed taxi instead. It was raining when we reached there, luckily it didn’t last long. There were not many tourists, I guess people prefer to go somewhere less energy-consuming on th...

This is not my first time attending YDI’s events, and each time there’s always some takeaways from the topic. We are divided into three groups, mine is to discuss the youth’s role in narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich. This isn’t a new topic and is way too often being neglected. Besides Taiwanese participants (mainly students), there are also many foreign delegates, countries spanning from Latin America, Canada, Australia, to Japan, Korea and Malaysia. Before the event kicks off, we are already getting to know each other. Since there are nearly 150 participants, it’s impossible to make acquaintance with everyone. However, what I did not know before coming here is, there’s also Taiwanese delegation, 12 students who have previously applied and made their way to become each country delegation’s guides. With that being said, they are not here just for the 2-days seminar, in fact, I am very surprised to see Amy ( 小美 ) and Grace ( 劉姮秀 ) playing the guide’s role. Prof. 黃奎博 ...