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Taiwan Toilet Wedding

It’s no joke. They started their marriages in the can. Guess there is no where to go but up from their.

Taiwan 228 Massacre 60 Years On: 1947-2007

This is a very touching video about the Taiwan 2-28 massacre and one mans story. It is a memorial to the man Kang A-Yue, who passed away in June of 2007. The video is in Chinese, but has English subtitles.
From onepoundYAY
In remembrance of Mr. Kang A-Yue (康阿裕) and his elder [...]

Sex With An Airline Stewardess

Many a young man have dreams of sleeping with the ladies of the skies, airline stewardesses. Outside of KLM, which seems to go for the “butch aunty” sort of stewardess, the other airlines I have seen pick attractive, multilingual, and tall (so they can reach the overhead bins) girls.
Now, in what [...]

Another example of a scooter accident in Taiwan

Taiwan psycho was filming from his dashboard cam in his car and caught a scooter - car accident one day. After watching the film, I am still left wondering what the lady in the scooter was doing so far over, in fact in the oncoming lane of traffic…

Dan “Gonzo” Machanik Live Stand Up

Dan “Gonzo” Machanik, Taiwan’s most popular Western Comedian brings his most recent stand up show to the Taipei Comedy Club Sat. June 21st at 10pm. Dan holds the audience attendance record for English language shows at the club and his gigs are consistently sold out and very popular with Taiwan’s “hard partying” crowd. These shows [...]

Taiwan Scams: ATM Machine

This is a video showing people scamming others out of cash at an ATM. The video is in Chinese, but it is easy to get the point of it. There are 2 people, and one of them distracts the person using the ATM after the cash comes out but before the card [...]

Yet Another Elaborate Temple Celebration in Taiwan

Yet Another Elaborate Temple Celebration in Taiwan

By Chienni McCullough
One thing I’ve learned since moving to Taiwan is to never leave home without a camera. You never know what you are going to see. This truly hit home yesterday when my husband and I decided to take our daughter for a leisurely walk along the riverfront in our neighborhood in [...]

Drunk Taiwanese Man

I think I am starting a bit of a theme here with another post of drunk people in Taiwan. This one is of some foreigners and Taiwanese man that is hammered, and the Taiwanese man doesn’t want the foreigner to leave. I’ve been in similar situations before with drunken Taiwanese acting like fools, [...]

Taiwanese Teacher Fighting a Student

Here is a short video made by a student’s cellphone of a teacher getting pissed off and kicking/taking a student down to the ground.

Here is a translation of what is said by the video maker, translated by the video maker:
Teacher:Everybody say it’s two test papers.
student:I don’t know.
Teacher:Why everybody know and you don’t know?
student:I didn’t heard.
Teacher:Why [...]

Stupid Foreigner Tricks: The Fire Blower

Some drunk foreigners get together at a pub in Kaohsiung and decide blowing fire off of one of their heads would be a good idea.

Taiwanese end of the year party (wei ya)

The end of the year party is a very big deal for business in Taiwan. I personally haven’t been to one, but I have observed the police are out in full force looking for drunk drivers a lot during this part of the holiday season.
I found a short video showing what can [...]

Performing Arts

In Taiwan, performing arts begin early. Students as young as 3 - 4 years old are trained to act in skits for graduation events for their parent. I have been a part of this first hand, and know how frustrating it is to get a room full of 5 year olds to behave, [...]

Taiwan Kite Flying

In Anping Tainan, the winds near the beach can often be nice for kite flying. I was out one day and made a short video of a man doing some extreme kiting. He was being dragged a bit at points, and was maneuvering his kite around the sky like it was a soaring [...]

Urban Nomad Film Festival 2008

This years Urban Nomad Film Festival is shaping up to be the best one yet. It is going to stretch from April 24th to May 2nd. Her eis some information from their website:
Urban Nomad Film Fest was founded in Taipei in 2002 by two expatriate journalists in Taiwan, David Frazier and Sean Scanlan, [...]

Scott Cook / A Taiwan Sunset

Scott cook rolled through Tainan last night, a quick stop during his one month stay in Taiwan. I showed up right at the end of his last song, so I couldn’t record anything, that is, until I put him on the spot later and he played a few more songs for those of [...]