Author: Melissa
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MUST HEAR: Still the New Wave Flow, 1976
”I am the same and will stay the same / Still the new wave comes, awkward and sings” TAIWAN MUST HEAR INDIE: Still the New Wave Flow, 1976 Studio version: 1976 is a band formed in 1996 by members mostly born in 1976. I think this is a band with most distinctive sound most descriptive of…
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The Purpose of my Chinese book on Western paganism (Part I)
For 3 years, I have been wandering cluelessly in and out of such thing as paganism. The urged picked up again this spring (when I found out about PantheaCon a day before). Soon I realized I should write about this as a Chinese book. Why’s that? First, I am only talking about western paganism. That…
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Three Spiritual instructors of mankind: mastery of self, mastery of world, and mastery of the unknown. Dave Corrin
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Writing about San Francisco in Chinese
There are surprisingly few, few, few Taiwanese in San Francisco. A friend new to Bay Area asked: “Traditional Chinese is everywhere in SF. Who is it for?” Sadly we replied, it’s for the Cantonese. There are many Cantonese and Chinese living in San Francisco, but most Taiwanese move to the South Bay if they plan…
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Taking ‘tween worlds between worlds
I formed Periphery Please in facebook page and blog with the motto: “My happiness thrives at the periphery. I long for you to see me, but… never mind!” It’s my column/magazine for progressive concepts, and introducing western paganism of the western culture to Chinese community. (It used to be broader, including subcultures, fashion, books and media that…
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