You may have wondered why there has been no coffee newsletter in June. I was planning and had half-written a Father’s Day posting, but alas! Just days before, my own father passed away. So I have been travelling a long way, and keeping my mother company while we both said our goodbyes to an important…
Red underwear, originally uploaded by Jean-François Chénier. One of the weirdest traditions in Taiwan (I think it’s a fairly new one!) is the wearing of red underwear at Chinese New Year. In past years, red is a popular color at Chinese New Year anyway, and people (esp. children) are encouraged to wear red. However, in…
Exams are becoming increasingly common for our students: ESL exams, IQ tests, proficiency tests, knowledge tests, university entrance, … it seems that tests are becoming the determining factor of whether you KNOW something or not. So, there is a huge industry in test preparation providers, whether you are needing help with your sat prep or…
So my host wanted to: The move was pretty problem free for the most part. However, some of the posts on THIS website have screwed up Chinese characters. I’ve tried to implement some fixes… but I can’t fix it! You’ll see text like this: I can only speculate that the reason for this is that…
