Aug
11
What do you wear to work?
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For those of you don’t know, I work (read: co-own) in a language school in Taiwan, and have done on and off for many years. Overall, the job is quite fine, but some bosses have weird ideas about what teachers should look like when they are working here.
In some schools, the formal ones, teachers are [...]
Jul
16
Keeping Cool in a HOT Taiwan!
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This is a wonderful Taiwanese Ice-cream that is decidedly delicious and cool on a VERY hot summer afternoon or evening.
If you go to Shihlin Night Market, you’ll find this version of creamed ice with five or six flavors, including Peanut, Strawberry, and a range of flavors suitable for Taiwanese tastes.
There are different kinds of ‘ice’ [...]
Jul
12
What brands of appliances do YOU buy?
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Here’s an interesting list of Taiwan based tech products… It’s about A/Cs but I found the list fairly reliable in other products, too.
1. Toshiba
2. Hitachi
3. Panasonic / National
4. Sanyo
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5. Teco
6. White Westinghouse
7. Tatung
8. Sampo
9. Kolin
10. LG
11. Samsung
I’ve bought lots of products in categories #1~4, and found them of reasonable to good quality, fairly durable and [...]
Jun
29
Where can we get nicer lighting fittings? Strip lighting doesn’t suit
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Lighting, ah, lighting! We’ve been rearranging our lighting at school. In my other blog, I went into the details about how easy it was to save money on lighting … by selecting lighting carefully… It would be great if we could find suppliers like Hinkley lighting for our school because our lighting situation isn’t attractive. [...]
Jun
20
Of Golf, St. Andrews and Jack Nicklaus: Why did I never learn to play golf?
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As I already said, I studied at St. Andrews for five glorious years. That was quite sometime ago, I came across this video on YouTube… Jack Nicklaus playing the 18th at the Old Course in St. Andrews before he retired. I can remember the course being covered in snow one winter in 1985 or 1986.
and
Unfortunately, [...]
Jun
19
I’ve done some recent posts on Wine. I thought I’d like to share this video on buying good wine. I hope it’s helpful.
Thanks to MustLoveWine.TV.
Jun
19
Wine buying in Taiwan: Affordable, Lots of Reds, and Good Selections
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When I first came to Taiwan quite a few years ago, there were quite a few things that were hard to come by:
1. decent ground coffee and cappuccino
2. inexpensive wines
3. English language TV
Since those early days in 1992, things have changed a lot. I can now saunter down to the local supermarket, and pick up [...]