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Today was one of those days that my “McDonald’s urge” hit me and thus I found myself buying a number 4 meal, and, for lack of a China Post, sitting alone looking at a cutout of Ronald. It then dawned on me the scary possibility that Ronald represents my (our) place in Taiwanese society.
Think about [...]

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.

I started a new website called The Real Passport and hope you guys will give it a try. Basically you submit an article or Youtube video to it and then others can rate it up or down if they like it or not. There are plenty of categories to choose from. If [...]

I just caught this on the news, and was amazed. Foreigner Felix Baumgartner successfully base jumped off of Taipei 101, which I believe is still the tallest building in the world, and didn’t get busted. They also made a really nice film of it, with several cameras recording the action. In [...]

Going through alleys in Taiwan is akin to Forest Gump’s “Life is like a box of chocolates” line. You never know what you are gonna get. I was killing some time the other day waiting for a friend and ended up gallivanting around in the underbelly of a neighborhood I go through nearly [...]

The guys from Jump Taipei, a parkour group in Taipei, have gotten me interested in what parkour is all about. It looks like a mix of martial arts, gymnastics, and balls all in the context of any setting. There is no course in parkour. The world is your course. Just go [...]