Singaporean actress Gina Lim, who is based in Taiwan, has posted about feeling lonely after moving to a new city.
The 47-year-old married Taiwanese actor Chang Han, 51, in 2016 and they have an eight-year-old daughter. They moved from Taipei – where Lim spent 22 years – to Taitung in 2023 as their daughter is attending a school in the south-east coast of Taiwan.
“Life has become very different after we moved to Taitung,” Lim wrote in Chinese on social media on June 29. “There are no relatives or sources of support around me, and I have to do everything by myself.”
She added: “To be honest, I felt a little lonely and overwhelmed when Chang was filming in other places for a long time.”
Chang recently starred in Taiwanese TV series The Bliss (2025), First Light (2025) and The World Between Us: After The Flames (2025). He also acted in the Japanese drama series Tokyo Salad Bowl (2025).
“As my physical condition is not very stable, I sometimes felt really tired and wanted to take a break, but my mind did not feel at ease,” Lim wrote. The actress disclosed in December 2024 that she had stage one colorectal cancer and was on the way to recovery after surgery.
“At this moment, I am grateful to friends and parents of my daughter’s classmates,” she wrote. “You took my daughter out for play dates, so that she had company and happy memories, and I did not have to worry about her being bored at home.”
Lim said their offers of assistance allowed her to take a break and recharge herself.
“For you, it may be just a small favour, but it provided me with great support and comfort,” she wrote. “My time in Taitung has become warmer because of you.”
Lim’s post on Facebook received more than 1,700 “likes”. Taiwanese actress Ding Ning commented: “It is true that a neighbour nearby is better than a relative far away.”
Lim rose to prominence in Taiwan after starring in the hit school drama series Spicy Teacher (2000 to 2004). She told the Taiwanese media in 2023 that she and her husband moved to Taitung to give their daughter an education outside the mainstream schooling system. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
