Culture-Places
Photos, stories, and articles from cultural events, and places in Taiwan
Expat Culture in Taiwan: Everyone is setting up a marketing company
There are a number of stages you go through in Taiwan. This one was called: Taiwanese don’t write perfect English so i am going to set up a marketing company. “Just look at this, buddy,” said Josh holding up the brochure for his student’s hose-pipe company, and blocking access to my food which was sizzling [...]
Taiwan culture: Have an internet connection, can start a business
Taiwan has something like the highest percentage of small businesses per capita of any where in the world. They also didn’t worry too much about renting a spanking new office; if you can plug a fax machine in you can start a company. When I first arrived I taught business English and it was a [...]
Taiwan Best Trip Competition
The Taiwan Tourism Bureau launched the ‘Taiwan Best Trip’ competition and invited experienced travelers worldwide to share their creative itineraries for a four-day trip in Taiwan. Emma and I were part of the 50 teams that were chosen and we represented Australia. Our trip primary focused on Taiwan’s diverse range of music and dance culture. [...]
Taiwan culture shock: It is hard being the superior sex
As foreigners in Taiwan we had the opportunity to play above our league. It may seem straightforward, but Taiwanese girls are different (see Culture Shock: Women) and there is alot of adjusting to do. It is difficult for all of us but for Eric particularly so. Eric looked around at the people sat around him [...]
Ghost Day 9-5-09
Today is the 15th day of the seventh Lunar month, otherwise known as Ghost Day, a day people gather to burn incense and hell money, and lay out lavish amounts of food to feed hungry ghosts. During the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open up to allow ghosts of the deceased to roam [...]
Taiwan culture shock: Don’t expect PC
At the time i really committed to learning Chinese. I was going to two classes a day. This was the afternoon one. “Good afternoon everyone,” the teacher would say in English every class and i would start to grit my teeth. “She is quite hot! Maybe, I’ll do you a favor and ask her out,” [...]
Avoiding False Date Rape Charges In Taiwan
I decided to skip my order of business and go to a really important issue for foreign guys in Taiwan. The following is not meant to be a replacement for legal council. A friend of mine down south got into some big shit that almost cost him his freedom. To make a long story short, [...]
