It was about 30 years ago, but my parents ran a grocery store for about 2 years… well, I should say ‘ran it into the ground’. They made a lot of mistakes with the financing of the store, and allowed people who should have known better to make the decisions. However, it was exciting at…
Taiwan has an interesting tradition: I’m not sure why but when someone dies, especially an older person, the funeral arrangements are very public, especially the actual funeral procession. And no one seems to mind the funeral costs either! It’s a huge affair with visitors from every neighborhood, every cousin, and even well known local celebrities…
, originally uploaded by digital_trance. It certainly is making me hungry! Don’t know where you can buy this kind of pizza in Taiwan but it looks great!
Our school recently tried to hire teachers for the summer, and we were met by a woeful array of candidates: the lady who smoked and was late, the ex-pilot who didn’t know what to do in the class, the top university candidate who assumed he was automatically qualified, the lady who wanted everything upfront without…
If you’re travelling at all this summer, you may want to be equipped for emergency medical assistance, esp. for travellers in dangerous areas of the world, of which there are many. But travel can be a dangerous activity: you have to deal with climate, disease, strange food, strange languages, and then there’s travel-related accidents all…
The exam preparation industry is huge business: You can take courses in almost every conceivable major testing system there is to get the place you want in University: Whether it’s undergrad (SATs), postgrad (for example, gmat prep), foreign study (IELTS/TOEFL), or doctoral work. Whatever you need, these days you’ll find someone who’s helping you to…
Do you get a sore bum from sitting too long in front of your PC? Needing hemorrhoids treatment? I’d recommend an IPAD just to get you out of doors! You can take it anywhere you like: it’s a wonderful device. I even got to try it out for a couple of minutes, and somehow it…
Seven Floors of Bamboo Scaffolding, originally uploaded by Augapfel. Bamboo is a wonderfully strong material: in fact, the first impression I had of the properties of Bamboo was in my first visit to Hong Kong in 1992 when I saw it being used as a construction support on buildings there. I was amazed that Bamboo…
We have a hole in our bathtub and it’s getting bigger. We also have tilework that has been shaken loose by different earthquakes and rapid differences in temperatures in the local climate. It is looking like that we will have to restore our bathroom before we even think about renting out our apartment. This is…