Weird Day: Point wise dollar foolish
I spent a lot of effort trying to use up my points from FamilyMart before they expire. I had thousands. Didn’t know they expire so fast. I managed to whittle away 33K to 16K by buying milk & ice cream. I didn’t realize that WeiChuan milk would make good yogurt, otherwise I’d have saved a…
Starbucks Coffee is currently sucking…
Vouchers…? Says it all. Keep increasing the price, but give away more vouchers! The high volume stores are worse, their machines aren’t dialled in properly or cleaned frequently enough. Staff don’t know a coffee from a coke, and probably don’t care as they all drink latte. Well, we all know what latte means: MILK!!! But…
Salt n’ sauce
In Edinburgh, it’s sauce, laddie. Salt n’ sauce! You can take away the vinegar… but dinnae tak awa’ ma sauce! University Cafe @ Glasgow https://bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-51193539 If ever there’s a divide it’s between Scotland & England… but there’s another divide you’ve probably never heard of…
This feels like a mistaken decision! But … rock and hard place!
From the Editor @ Centered on Taiwan. I have opinions about this but not based on facts, based on only impressions. As a contributing writer to the magazine, it was a great pleasure to work with the editors, staff and publishing team on this magazine. Undoubtedly, the magazine has developed a great body of work…
Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced pedestrian style coffee supplier in Taipei?
Honestly, there is a simple trick to determine who cares about their coffee beans. Do they state roasting date or sell by date? Do they state use by in the next month, year or century? Most coffee experts recommend using the beans within a few weeks of roasting, not the multiple months that Charbucks and…
Sprawled on the floor
I lived here a while. This is quite rare, esp. a woman, in a store but more common around some areas of Taipei. While some posters highlight medical issues, they may be right. But I suspect that it is alcohol addiction that may be the issue at heart. Addiction takes away ones dignity, ones self-respect,…
So now I’m getting spam again… but this time
This is cursive letter sent from (by?) a French guy living in Xintien, apparently affiliated with the Jehovah’s Witnesses. We used to get their junk mail decades ago. They are an exclusionary, cultish, esoteric, end-of-the-world believing, heterodoxical (or heretical) quasi-christian sect with mixed up ideas about life, liberty, religion, society & health. Of course, they…
The sad irony of yet another church…
The sad irony of yet another church claiming to be the one true church… is always lost on its adherents. I’m glad they found their ‘salvation’, but please keep away from me! Taiwan has so many weird cults… I think I should have started my own church: “Coffee, Cake & Christmas.” The only tenet: you…