Leaving a Tip in Taiwan?
Hey, was I supposed to leave a tip at Churchill’s yesterday? In Taiwan or Japan, I never do… but I kinda got the impression we were expected to.


Hey, was I supposed to leave a tip at Churchill’s yesterday? In Taiwan or Japan, I never do… but I kinda got the impression we were expected to.
Over Chinese New Year, a rare spectacle took place in Taiwan. Over 700 visitors on a cruise from Hong Kong visited Kaohsiung in mid-February. It seems that Taiwan’s receiving a lot more cruises from Hong Kong these days, as Hong Kong’s Star Cruises reopened in 2007. In fact, in 2007 there nearly half a million…
It’s time to move on from Cityville and focus on my ‘real’ city!
Ah! Now I know why a post – with info about Tiananmen and photos that were part of the historical record – I shared was flagged & removed. The post had already been disseminated widely, was widely regarded as accurate, and documentary in nature. I should try to find it again and reshare it. I…
It’s seems that US marketers have come up with another neologism, Cyber Monday, to get Americans spending online! It’s a curiously American phenomenon that just does not have any resonance outside the US. So, to my international readers, check out this Wikipedia article on CyberMonday, before you check out what Buy.com is trying to get…