Cherry Blossom 2023
One of the nicest traditions in Taiwan at Chinese New Year is the Giving and Receiving of Red Envelopes, these contain money for spending on gifts or whatever the recipient decides. Compared to traditional gift giving, it may seem a little crude, but after thousands of years of giving gifts, the Chinese have narrowed it…
Everyone has an iPhone… I don’t think so!, originally uploaded by obblogatory. With all the fuss about iphones and how many millions they are supposed to be selling, I recently sat at a table at a banquet here in Taipei and a group of us piled up our phones, just for fun. They were ALL…
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diary for the 14th february, 2002. I went to the Chinese doctor this monring for acupuncture treatment. I was looking around his office, it's kind of like stepping back in time to a pervious decade, almost like an island out of time. He's an interesting character, coming from shandong province, he speaks Chinese with a…
