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Eight years back in Canada, and most of the reverse culture shock has faded. So have the memories — or at least the complicated ones. What remains is mostly romanticized: fruit stands on every corner, the food, more food, the general modernity of life in Taiwan and China.But twenty years shapes you in ways that don't fade as quickly. Lately I've been thinking about work — specifically about how I assumed leaving would help me escape a toxic relationship with it. Everyone worked there. School ...