So where are you headed? To work or to the Tropics?
With most of the western world embraced in winter snowstorms, it hardly seems the right time to be thinking about vacation plans, but how about a trip to cancun all…
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News Update: Junk Food Tax, Wimax, and Richter Scales
I noted this news story in my Google Taiwan News Feed (click here for my special Taiwan News Feed!) !. FET soft launches WiMAX network in Taichung Taiwanese mobile operator…
News Updates for Local ‘Foreigners’
I think the correct term must be local expats, or whatever term we like to use to describe ourselves! A couple of months ago I subscribed to a newsletter, called…
Doing a travel site: Outlining Stage
It seems that I will be running a travel website soon. I finally registered a great local domain ending in .com and am working on the content for a Travel…
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the region’s tallest building – Times Online
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Mean boxes, mean cutters, mean packing tape!
It’s been about three or four weeks since we last ordered a4 paper at school, so I guess it’s time to put in that order. We usually order over the…
Scenes from Taipei: October 25th, 2009
Image via Wikipedia I thought I’d include some news from Taipei on what is a rainy weekend. There are a couple of great articles on Taipei Life, that would be…
Thoughtless Taxi Drivers: Driving in Taipei
Some of you may wonder where we live. We don’t live in the Badlands, but some of the drivers in this area seem to consider it the Wild West, including…
Smoking and asthma: Would you buy an air purifier?
As if the air in Taipei wasn’t dirty enough from all the motorcycles, we have neighbors who smoke. The old gentleman who lived in #14-5 had serious heart problems and…