Taipei Weekend

I spent last weekend in Taipei, eating nonstop and taking pics. Having not lived there for such a long time, I find that I've lost my Taiwanese accent and, having lived elsewhere for the last 30 odd years, people in Taiwan (my own homies!) think I'm from Hong Kong or Japan.

When I'm in Shanghai and people ask me where I'm from, I usually say that I'm from Taiwan -- this is accurate in the sense that I was born in Taiwan, but inaccurate in the sense that my family is not native Taiwanese （外 省人）(oy vey, the Taiwan cultural politics...) and that I still consider L.A. my home town. So, sometimes when I'm as confused as you are now, I tell people that I'm from outer space (太空人).