EDWARD GAUVIN

A chilly day in Taipei, though more perhaps indoors than out, in heaterless apartments whose tile and concrete hoard the cold and return it with sullen stony glower, pervading house and dweller with icy damp. Outside: mid-fifties and several shades darker than overcast, though mercifully dry. Today, the good people of Taipei hug themselves and hide their hands while hurrying home to shed their coats and, with grateful sigh, unwind scarves loop after woolen loop onto the wooden backs of chairs. I should be drinking tea somewhere, wearing a cable knit sweater several sizes large, replete with belly rumple—smug, behind my table with spread paper, as a landlord, and lifting my gaze only rarely to peer over my glasses, through the steam from my mug, at passersby.

§ 2 Responses to 寒流 (Hán Líu)"

• Michael Turton says:

  January 7, 2007 at 10:36 pm

  Bright sunny day here in Taichung, kids playing outside all day. The dreary winter is one big reason I don’t live in Taipei.I grew to hate the weather there, except for fall, which is glorious.

  Congratulations on the great reviews.

  Michael

• twinkiethekid says:

  January 9, 2007 at 12:51 am

  Thanks for stopping by! Not sure how this fledgling blog managed to snag the notice of someone who, if his site’s any indicator, appears to be Mr. Taiwan Central, at least for expats (no pun intended on living in Taichung). Seriously, check Mr. Turton’s blog, a compendium of all things expat from politics to mating insects (is there really that much difference?). I’ll be there for the next, oh, month. At least. In the archives. Yeah.