2001年來到台灣在榮民總醫院跟天母消防隊實習，基本上那是場「火熱」的洗禮。我爸爸媽媽阿嬤都跟我們講台語，所以我來的時候只會3句非常非常基本的中文。 我所認知的台灣都是從小聽爸媽講的故事，我自以為對台灣很了解，但一到這裡被文化差異徹底衝擊洗禮之後，才知道完全不是想像中那回事。
2001: When I worked as an EMT at Tianmu Fire Station and intern at Veterans General Hospital in Taipei. It was my baptism by fire (sometimes, literally). I arrived in Taiwan knowing only three basic words in Mandarin, I thought I knew Taiwanese culture based off of the stories my parents would tell me, but I was in for a culture shock.
非常感謝這些超讚的朋友，陪伴我成長、讓我避免菜鳥會犯的低級錯誤、教我髒話，哈哈！ 我很懷念那段台灣初體驗的日子。
Thankfully, I had these wonderful people to show me the ropes (heh heh) and rescue me from making many rookie mistakes. (And also, for teaching me tons of bad words in Taiwanese.) I’ll never forget this experience!
如果你們還有其他的跟我合照的照片，一定要記得po給我，tag我， 然後跟大家分享這張照片背後的故事！我真的好喜歡大家最近跟我分享的照片！If you have more pictures you took with me, please post them, tag me and share the story behind the picture! I love all of the photos y’all have sent so far!!!
