videos from Taiwan

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

I went to Sally’s birthday party at the Hangout bar in Tainan and they had a special treat. Girls dancing on the stage in lingerie. It is amazing what you can see sometimes in Taiwan if you just get out.

A new music pub has opened up in Tainan City. It is called The Checkered Record. It is literally an underground club, located on the Si Men Road and Minzu Road circle (the circle with the prostitutes on it). It is a very small place, and has a bit of charm to [...]

Election time is here once again in Taiwan and we are in the throws of the carnival like atmosphere that is Taiwanese politics. Political rallies can be heard far and wide (literally, as I am currently being blasted in my 10th floor apartment with information about upcoming rallies from trucks that cruise slowly down [...]

Here is another video that can be considered brutal and graphic. It is from a street camera and shows a car driving down the street and taking out a woman that is walking with her back to the car. Please don’t watch if you are upset by such things.
One thing that really bothers [...]

Went back to the lantern festival yesterday to catch the last day and one thing I did was record some aboriginal Taiwanese playing their new age song.

It’s been a busy month, and I’ve got photos from the Taiwan Lantern Festival - 台灣燈會 2008 in Tainan County （It was held at a place called Solar City in the Southern Taiwan Science Park). I have to say, it was a really cool event. There were so many lanterns and things to [...]

Here is a video I shot on Fili’s camera while at the Lu Er Men Matsu temple. It is of him eating his first (and last) betelnut. I thought since I took a similar video of my other friends you could check out both videos and get a feel for how people react [...]

The Dai Tian temple in Madou (麻豆代天府) is a very cool temple. What separates it from the many other temples in Taiwan are two things:
First, there is a large dome in the parking lot that houses a magnificent giant Buddha statue.

The other is the heaven and hell indoor walking tour that is [...]