If you’re living in Taiwan and work in anything related to IT then you’ve probably heard about ITRI: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) – a national research organization that serves to strengthen the technological competitiveness of Taiwan. Since our inception,
Tainan County’s Guanziling – Fire in Water, Stone Baked Chicken and Hot Springs
The other weekend I was feeling a bit bored, so I decided it was time to chillout in a hotspring. The closest hot springs to Tainan City are at the northern tip of Tainan County, very close to the border
East Tainan Sunset Skies
The weather this weekend was absolutely gorgeous with such clear air that you can see all the way through to the central mountains on the east and the ocean to the south-west. I went up to one of the roofs
Chilling out around Anping
Chinese class, every day at freaking 8am in the morning, was making me so tired recently, that the only thing I want to do when there’s no class afterwards is go get some sleep. So, instead of napping at home,
From Tainan to East Coast : Scenic road 20, Bao Lai and Mei-Shan Kou
A few weeks ago, just before the semester started, I went on a short trip towards Taiwan’s east coast. Following many recommendations I’ve read, I wanted to do that the hard and beautiful way – through the scenic road number
Taiwan’s street food : the “food trucks”
Feeling hungry late at night? happens to me alot, but luckily – there’s a lot of street food in Taiwan. Anybody for some 小吃? The ones I really like are the “food trucks”. At the street corner surrounding NCKU and
“Made in Tainan” Live Music Festival at Anping
“Made in Tainan” took place last Saturday at the Anping harbor area in western Tainan. Tainan Bulletin had the following : 14:00~14:50 Sun Of Morning 15:00~15:50 Bugs Of Phonon 16:00~16:50 The Sawbucks 17:00~17:50 Divebomb 18:00~18:50 Mr.Dirty 19:00~19:50 130 Dollars 20:00~20:50
Tainan’s Anping on a rainy day : Fifty Cent Deck, Eternal Golden Castle, Old Merchant’s House, Tree House
A friend came by from northern Taiwan to visit my little Tainan pond on the worst possible weather. For a while forecast was predicting a comfortable hot sunny day, but then it suddenly turned and rain started pouring like I’ve
Tainan’s 2008 Dragon Boat Festival
Tainan’s 2008 Dragon Boat Festival was held yesterday at the Anping Tainan Canal with both the NCKU IIMBA students and NCKU Chinese Language Center participating. The Duanwu Festival is a Chinese traditional and statutory holiday. It is a public holiday
Touring Tainan made easy : The Tainan tourist guiding boards
Till recently those signs were rare being just in the tourist spots in Tainan like next to the Chikan Towers, but it seems that in the past few weeks Tainan city tourism bureau has been putting them all over town,
