Month: September 2007
Mid Autumn Festival – the Moon Festival BBQ
Nobody has so far been able to explain to me how it was that the Mid-Autumn Festival turned into the…
Seeking information : Cost of studying in Tainan @ Taiwan scholarship
I'm currently starting my first week of school in NCKU at Tainan on the southern part of Taiwan, supported by the…
Touring Tainan County : Monkey Mountain
About an hour drive from Tainan to the east is a Tainan County's Monkey Mountain. The mountain forest jungle…
More of Anping : Eternal Golden Castle and Anping Tree House
A few days ago I went back with a friend to continue my tour of Tainan's older area - Anping. First…
Touring Tainan County : Cigu Salt Mountain
Snow? in Taiwan? Santa Clause? Mid-summer? well, kind of... welcome to Salt Mountain in Tainan County, a somewhat strange and…
Russel Peters on Asians, Chinese and Chinese language
Damn, Russel Peters is hilarious. After finding out about Russel Peters, I couldn't stop watching his show and rolling on…
Touring Kaohsiung and Cijin Island
Last week, some of my Chinese school friends and I spent a day out in Kaohsiung. My teacher grew up in…
How to open a conversation in Taiwan – The Taiwanese opening bias dilemma
After all this time, my Chinese is still pretty basic. If someone talks really slow and using everyday words with…
Looking for an apartment in Tainan
Finally, today, after a month in Tainan, I signed my contract for an apartment. Let me see... I must have…
Taiwan’s convenience stores promotion gifts : Hello Kitty or a God?
It's a tough decision - what would you rather have - a Hello Kitty mini-doll or a special God doll to…
