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How do I find a Taiwanese Aborigine? - A search for someone who belongs to that 2% of the population Taiwan talks and writes quite a lot about.
Multiethnic Taiwan? That slogan seems to be rather odd for Westerners like me who from kindergarten on are used to socializing with immigrants from all over the globe. [...]

This Taipei 101 2010 New Year’s Eve fireworks video was submitted by our new friends Bacon and Alisha.
We spent New Years at the Taipei Country Club with a great view of the fireworks on Taipei 101. The party was a lot of fun and we all enjoyed ourselves.
The song is a mix I [...]

Today When I Arrive at Dream Mall, the place is pack with people and medias. Of course I have back stage pass with the full Area Access anywhere I want. There are 3 Types of the pass around the Concert: Half Area Pass- which you only allow to be anywhere at the front of the [...]

Very Unlucky Houses’: Hong Kong invests, Taipei avoids
Hong Kong’s hongza: Investing in property where terrible things have happened
Recently someone jumped to his death from a high-rise in Hong Kong’s expensive Mid-levels (半山區) residential area. The person fell into the flower pots of the first floor apartment’s private terrace. The first [...]

REGGAE VIBES with Black Reign Intl sound
Taiwan’s premier Reggae party rolls up to 89k.
We’re going to pass the dutchie all the way to the left hand side and all the way back to the right. We’re going to lively up yourselves and shake this concrete jungle because I, man,… I’m a believer. There [...]

The International Airport my cousin found really funny
When traveling to unknown lands, the first impression counts - my cousin’s first twenty minutes on Taiwanese soil
by Jens Kastner
My cousin came. I concede that this might not be of interest to others, but for me it did have some significance.
For three years I have been living in [...]

The Taiwanese are not independent is a recurring expat discussion in Taiwan - along with, and because of it, the frustration why we are not catapulted to instant success.
It comes from their family relationships. You will here a 40-year old man say he has to ask his parents if he can go on holiday and [...]

The 7/11 was a major expat hangout in Taiwan.
Before i came to Taiwan I had actually had a reasonably well-paid job; time was precious so, after work, i hit the pub before getting the last train. In Taiwan convenience stores every hundred yards stocked full of beer that could be bought at anytime of night; [...]

Today I give a grand opening Brickyard a nice visit, and the place is at Kaohsiung County in Taiwan. The Brickyard has 2 owners, Ryan and Grant and they
both are very nice people to get along with. The place has a very nice theme to it, I mean it does look like a [...]

Yesterday I went on an expedition to the typhoon Morakot ravaged area. The name of this place is Siao Lin village in the Kaohsiung suburb side of the city. The whole village population of 4 thousand was washed away by the mountain mud slide during typhoon Morakot on August 8, 2009. The area isnow restricted by [...]

This week I travel to Fo Guang Shan Monastery, and this temple is one of the biggest temple in Taiwan. This monastery has been in Taiwan since May 16, 1967. The place is more than 30 hectares in Ta Shu Township, Kaohsiung County. Taiwan is the first establishment of Fo Guang Shan Monastery, and right now [...]

This is another of the assumptions we make: Taiwan is going to give you a leap up into a great job back home, valuable work experience you failed to get back home. For those who come to Taiwan because they failed to get on that graduate training scheme, it is an easy hope to hang [...]

This year’s Peace Fest was set in the village of Sanzhan in beautiful Taroko National Park. Now in its 5th consecutive year, Peace Fest 2009 was the best yet for many reasons. First, the location was unbeatable. With lush green mountains draped with wispy clouds and an azure stream as backdrop, the [...]

Instructor : Thierry Cuvillier
Link : http://www.myspace.com/thierry9
1- Lessons @ XIMEN DIN
wednesday : 10am to 12pm
Friday : 10am to 12pm
sunday : 5pm to 7pm
Group class : 2500 NT$/Month [12 classes ]
2F., No.2, Ln. 133, Chengdu Rd., Wanhua Dist., Taipei City 108, Taiwan [...]

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 away [...]