My first big move was from Taiwan to Baltimore for college. Having grown up between Kaohsiung and Tainan throughout the first 18 years of my life, I missed the bike rides along Pier-2, the douhua bowls from Anping, the pebble trails at Meishu Park, the chicken noodle soup at Din Tai Fung, the monkeys on Monkey Mountain and all the familiarities of home. At any and every inconvenience I experienced during my day, I always had the comfort of going home to tell my mom. Whenever I needed a bellyful