“Heavy Motorcycles on the National Superhighways!” Are you kidding?
Do you support or reject this policy? In a nutshell: “The institute found that heavy motorcycle riders lacked an awareness of safe following distances to the vehicles in front of them and safe separation distance when trying to overtake other vehicles, the ministry said.” The article further cites a large percentage of poll respondents (60%)…
Private care vs. national care vs. no care
One of the benefits of living in a country with a national health care system is that you don’t have to worry about such things as which hospital to go to, what is covered by the system, what payments you have to make, whether you can afford treatement or not, which hospital you go to,…
Suicide 2.0 in Korea: A National Tragedy
Having lost a sister to suicide, this is a subject that intrigues me. So when I read this odd story on the International Herald Tribune, about how suicide and web2.0 are being linked together in Korea, I took note. This story covers the phenomenon from the rise of the Beef Riots earlier this year, to…
new semester: National Taipei Univ.
Today was the first day of the new semester for me, at National Taipei Univ. the students look like rabbits caught in the headlights of oncoming traffic, they really do. I wonder how many of them have had foreign teachers before, I would bet none of them actually have had that. They’re nice students, but…