A local temple god’s birthday!
Apparently there is a big celebration going on at the temple! A big banquet in honor of the God’s birthday! Wonder what the presents are!
I avoid building committees for many reasons
Mostly because it’s a waste of time. There are three kinds of members: those who are trying to become local politicians (young), those who have lots of apartments in the building (rich), and those with too much free time (retired). If you’re in none of these categories, don’t worry about it. The last thing you…
It’s calendar time!
Klaus Bardenhagen (@taiwanreporter.bsky.social) — Bluesky Why don’t you buy Klaus’ wonderful 2025 calendar! I usually buy it as a gift because I don’t have the patience to do my own one… and I don’t like the local ones much at all. Klaus’ is typically a decent calendar! Check it out @ 2025 台灣月曆 Taiwan Photo…
Clinique’s website tech isn’t great!
They obviously spend a lot of money on their website… but the local variant is weird. Random scrolling, frequent redrawing, sluggish… What is going on? Now this! Notice the error in the URL: it’s not “https://”!!! I don’t think I’ve met such a weird site … oh, wait! It must be the same engineering team…
Teacher Gao’s favorite Tuna Fish Brand
Our local PX mart used to stock it but they stopped. We don’t know why. In fact, you can’t find it in Carrefour either. Fortunately, it’s on sale on Shopee! So I was torn between ordering it: with oil or with brine! Which would you choose? For me, it depends. Sandwiches: Brine. Spaghetti or cooking:…
Should you freeze bread in Taiwan?
Now that is the main criticism of many vendors process… but given the humidity here… bread of any kind really suffers once exposed to local air. Sigh! A loaf at home would last a week without mold on it. Here 3~4 days, if you’re not careful. I freeze my loaves after the 2nd day.
What about those delivery costs?
Delivery is often the fly in the ointment, when purchasing. So I do buy a lot in terms of online stuff through Shopee and a couple of other vendors. I also use PCHome and OfficePro for deliveries. I kinda see the delivery cost as my time/transport costs SAVED. I just have to get to the…