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One interesting neighbor and my willingness to over-examine her behavior…
It happened again the other day, that neighbor’s interesting behavior, and I haven’t quite figured it out.
I was on my way out at about 9am. I needed to get to the bank as early as possible so I was moving faster than usual as I wheeled [...]

As you may or may not know, I am a big fan of Michael Turton’s blog The View From Taiwan. He was nominated for a blogging award for best Taiwan politics blogger on a Chinese language website, and you can go there and easily vote for him. No need to sign in or anything, [...]

Sometimes pictures speak more clearly than words. Anyway, here is a glimpse of a Taiwan life through a 2 week window on my daily life here.
*** On a side note, The images on this page are cropped and may appear to be a bit off… Just click the photo and it will [...]

“What?!”
This is the seemingly universal reaction to my marital status. It may be in Mandarin, Taiwanese, or English, but still consistently the same. The few times it’s differed have been due to language confusion.
A recurring (and possibly annoying, to some of you) theme you’ll probably read in my blog is my views about marriage. Marriage in [...]

Hello everyone, I’m pleased to introduce to you the latest writer for the site, Formosan Emmy. I’m personally excited to hear what she is going to be writing about in Taiwan. Here is a short bio written by her:

Upon arrival in Taiwan three and a half years ago my life began a [...]

Where I came from, summer time is the season for barbeques. And the holiday that is devoted to grilling food is the all-American, patriotic, Independence Day. Nothing to me is more American than searing meat over hot coals on the 4th of July. Here in Taiwan, BBQ season comes much later. [...]

Saturday, October 4th Next to Kaohsiung Train Station
Other bloggers and webmasters, please feel free to use this information and any other information from the baracktoberfest website to help promote this event if you can.
Information form the Baracktoberfest website:
Musicians: We have one band, three solo acts, and a DJ lined up - looking for [...]

I got an email recently from Fili saying he is hosting the Best Taiwan Blog Awards this year over at Taiwanderful. I love the idea as it is a chance to bring the blogging community together as well as give readers a chance to show their support for the blogs they frequent.

Voting will begin [...]

Last Saturday, August 30th, 2008 was a nice gathering of some of Tainan’s bands. I played for a band called The Sawbucks (AKA Half Mile radius) and Fili from Filination was kind enough to take a few videos of this. I made a mistake while compiling it, so you need only watch the [...]

I was talking to a friend the other night and received a bit of interesting information regarding the creation of Tainan Island. Most people don’t know about this, but it is a fascinating development. In Anping, Tainan they have been doing extensive work on the beach, something I assumed was to beautify and [...]

‘The only good girls are Taipei girls……..’
told to me by someone when i first came here
If you live in Taipei, consider yourself fortunate. There are TONS of quality ladies there- OUTSTANDING ladies that you will feel fortunate to have known, no matter what happens between the two of you.There are many who are ready [...]

Everyone that has been to Taiwan knows that most people live off of instant noodles and tea. Here is a video of a man on a scooter eating his instant noodles and drinking some tea.

This is a show that I have seen on TV before while scanning the channels for anything remotely intelligible or interesting. I usually flip it as soon as the girls start babbling in their high pitched baby voices. Anyway, I think the name of the show is I love the Mafia, as the [...]