walking around with a camera
"images from taiwan and beyond"
by Mike Renner
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Fear not, a peace accord isn’t near - Both sides of the Taiwan Strait face too many constraints to be able to rush into a peace accord, even if they wanted to With his re-election on Jan. 14 to...
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Cha Xi dans une maison chinoise avec cour - Kenting, au sud de l'île, est plus qu'une simple station balnéaire. On y trouve toutes sortes d'hôtels et de chambres d'hôtes. Ainsi, le Kenting Youth Ac...
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Teach in Taiwan or Teach in China? - Probably the second most common question I get emailed from readers of this site is this: “I’m from the US/Canada, I’ve just graduated and I want to teach ...2 hours ago
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Model Heaven @ Wonderland Restaurant Taichung - Wonderland Restaurant is a smallish eatery near Taichung’s Art Museum that offers great food for good prices, presented by a very warm and welcoming staf...2 hours ago
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Our dogs on TV 我們家的狗狗上電視了！ - Well look who's on TV this time! And not just Mom, either! Dad, Bello, Oreo and Uncle King, too! Where am I? Behind the camera that took these two photos. ...
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Cross-strait winds of change blow cold - Cross-strait winds of change blow cold For Asia Times Online www.atimes.com TAIPEI – International media have been abuzz with reports that Taiwan’s presid...5 hours ago
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CZECH ~ Czech Painting Cover - Czech painting cover, posted on January 20, 2012 from Vodochody to Taipei with arrival postmarked on January 31, 2012.
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Make Your Own Unique Cork Board Out of Wine Corks - If you are a big wine-drinker, start saving the corks from the bottles, that's what I did in order to make a stylish cork board of my very own. If you...
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Wulai Township’s Old Street - In every touristy town of Taiwan you’re inevitably bound to find an Old Street. These Old Streets are typically like daytime night markets with a series of...7 hours ago
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More Certified Teachers Needed in Taiwan - We are looking for teachers with the following qualifications for Taiwan’s public & private schools. QUALIFICATIONS: Native English Speaker Graduate of any...8 hours ago
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Open Mic at Titty Tea - Better late than never. Here are some photos from this past summer's Open Mic night at Titty Tea..... Before Open Mic at Titty Tea, we went to have dinne...10 hours ago
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Training Again - Most of us have been there. For whatever reason we need to take time off the bike. I have had an overuse injury combined with getting used to being a new ...
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Reading the OED - Reading the OED by Ammon Shea Published in 2008 Published by Perigee ISBN: 978-0-399-53505-5 When he set out to read the entire Oxford English Dictionary in...
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Beer Sheva Bedouin Trade Market : Hidden Israel - [image: Be-er Sheva old town - Negev (30).JPG]Though Israel is a tiny country and I have lived there for a good part of my life, there are still some parts...15 hours ago
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‘Old friends’ pledge seamless changing of the guard at MOE - The China Post February 2, 2012 By Enru Lin Incoming Minister of Education (教育部長) Chiang Wei-ling (蔣偉寧) promised a seamless transition from the current Min...16 hours ago
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‘Old friends’ pledge seamless changing of the guard at MOE - The China Post February 2, 2012 By Enru Lin Incoming Minister of Education (教育部長) Chiang Wei-ling (蔣偉寧) promised a seamless transition from the current Min...16 hours ago
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Tierschützer in Taiwan: Xiaojies in Kampfstimmung - Tierschutz in Taiwan liegt durchaus noch im Argen. Die chinesische traditionelle Medizin hat wohl geraspelte Sonstwas-Tierteile im Angebot (ich hatte mal g...
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Animated Chinese Stories for Children - This morning, I recommended some sites on my blog to adult learners as an addition to the traditional textbooks. I am pretty sure I missed this site, whic...17 hours ago
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DPP to press for probes into vote-buying allegations - By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday said it would step up pressure on the judiciary to investigate several ...17 hours ago
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[ Paris ] Restaurant without Stars - [ 巴黎 沒有星星的廚房 ] When one's in Paris, one has to try some authentic French cuisine. We didn't go for the Michelins this time, and opted for the smaller Pari...19 hours ago
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Just how complex are Chinese characters? - This “character” is often seen during Chinese New Year, but it’s more than meets the eye. This is not a single character, but a composite of four: 招 ...1 day ago
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Hikes Update for the New Year - Another week left in India, but I’ve been thinking about iking plans for the new year in Taiwan during long bus rides the last couple of days and thought ...1 day ago
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Pinyin font: MarkerScript - If you need a font for Pinyin graffiti, one possible choice is MarkerScript, which is donationware. The dots over the i’s can resemble tone marks even when...1 day ago
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Vietnamese Beer - Vietnamese Beer, originally uploaded by Patrick Cowsill. I have 333 or Saigon Beer in the background and Bia Ha Noi in the foreground. The latter is from n...1 day ago
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Apropos of Nothing - My opinion on Newt Gingrich is as follows: Fortunately I am not the only person who thinks this: a quick trawl of Google turns up people who said i...
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'China Heavyweight' documentary packs a heavy punch by Christopher Kamrani FROM The Park Record - "In 1959, the sport was banned in China after a boxer was killed in the ring. It was also considered, 'too capitalist, too Western, too violent.' "1 day ago
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Eleven months until Christmas! - Oh boy! It's February already! Let's see, what've I been up to.. Answer: not much! Last week was our Chinese New Year vacation, and due to my lateness in tr...1 day ago
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The Comeback - I spent about 5 days in Shiacarl Guesthouse aka ITH in English during this Chinese New Year. The weather was great. Though it rained for a couple of days i...1 day ago
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Do ‘too many tweets make a twat’?: MPs’ use of electronic hand-held devices in the Chamber - Posted in British politics David Cameron, speaking on breakfast radio in 2009, famously claimed, ‘too many tweets might make a twat’. So has he been pro...1 day ago
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Striking Jitsugetsu! 日月潭大轟炸! Conclusion - Based on the codes written on the photographs taken during the bombing raid, I was able to identify the USAAF units taking part in the Jitsugetsu strike:根據...1 day ago
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Wow, what a great comp! Christian Ney smashes all Llano records to oblivion! - HWBOT.ORG’s competition called GIGABYTE X'MAS & New Year Contest just finished with Christian Ney from Switzerland absolutely smashing all scores in styl...
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Seoul Lantern Festival 2011 - At the Seoul Lantern Festival this past winter, Chyeonggyecheon Stream was lit up with over 30,000 colorful lanterns. Over two million people attended th...
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February 2012 Desktop Calendar - Another month has rolled around and it’s once again time for a new desktop calendar. This month’s comes from Nepal and what was somewhat of an aborted morn...1 day ago
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Vote-rigging by the KMT in the 2012 elections? - Echo Taiwan posted an article about possible vote rigging by the KMT during the 2012 presidential election. This is resonant to the problem I mentioned in ...1 day ago
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The Day Pack - I'm on the hunt for a smaller messenger for my daily travellers. I no longer carry a laptop so a large size messenger...2 days ago
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Taiwanese Steve Jobs - Action Pad commercial - *Chinese Steve Jobs impersonation* The video below is featuring a commercial, which is running on Taiwanese TV almost nonstop these days. It's main charact...
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Not the best of times - My daughter tucks into a hot dog at Narita International Airport 成田国際空港 as we kill time waiting for our flight to Seattle. Back to the grind. Our once-a-...
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Pili Puppets 霹靂 - You can not flip through the channels here and not see Pili Puppets 霹靂 on somewhere. From my first moments here, Z and I were pretty mesmerized (well at ...
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The Ten Hour Lunch Date - Last Monday marked the beginning of Chinese New Year, and even though 7-11 was closed for three entire days, we survived. We spent most of the actual New Y...
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Taipei takeout coffee comparison - Here's another reason why Taipei is such a great place to live. Good take out coffee almost everywhere. Check out this recent Next Magazine article. [ima...2 days ago
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Baba: a supporting actor? - Taiwan is rigidly conservative. Elders get respect when they deserve none. Guys propose dates to women, not the other way. Rain makes you sick, all three ...2 days ago
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Backpacking sketchbook 6: South - finally! - What a relief to get going. We flew to Pakse, jumped on a songthaew and got out of Pakse as soon as possible. Thank God we weren't stuck there! Our journey...2 days ago
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wasp v. tarantula - burl got a cool lizard pin from the dentist. *"what sound does a lizard make?" * first on googler: lizard sounds - chameleons, an iguana and a variety of...
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求得龍年運簽之感 - 日出東方福雲散，乾坤清氣盡光明。 二十四時都清洁，求財作事皆有成。 常言道「太歲當頭座，無福必有禍」。今年為龍年，恰是本命年，故於春游台南時，在古廟北極殿向上帝爺玄天上帝求一隻運簽。幸運地得到上帝爺眷顧，給了隻上簽。或許也該是時候到了，蹇運走盡，上帝爺不過就事論事，據實以告。又或者是平時之努力與行為處事為上帝爺...2 days ago
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Dreams of a Travel Writer on Self Imposed Deadline - 3am and I am not asleep in a rather nice king-sized hotel bed in Hollywood, California. I turn on the TV, and a cartoon comes on. A familiar voice comes f...2 days ago
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Koxinga Shrine 鄭成功祖廟, Tainan - *A beautiful shrine dedicated to a Chinese warlord* The *Koxinga Shrine* or 鄭成功祖廟 is a shrine in central Tainan dedicated to *Cheng Cheng-kung* (鄭成功) also...3 days ago
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Taiwan’s likely new interior minister: Not your typical politician - With the government (Executive Yuan) facing a major reshuffle, Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源) looks set to be Taiwan's next interior minister. That sounds like good n...3 days ago
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Miaoli County’s Nanzhuang Xiang (南庄鄉) - Nanzhuang, a township in Miaoli that simply translates its full name of 南庄鄉 to “south township,” is a tourist hot-spot on the weekends. Towns like these ar...3 days ago
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While cold and wet in Taiwan,.....Bali was different! - While it was cold and wet in Taiwan for the majority of the week........... Big Gazza scored some pumping sessions in Bali over the break. Serangan had go...
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When mediocrity is okay (Schnipper's Quality Kitchen) - It finally happened. My coworkers found my blog. Not just my coworkers... managers, my manager's manager, my manager's manager's manager. Imagine how confu...4 days ago
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Chinese New Year and stuff - Last week was Chinese New Year and we were invited to spend the New Year's Eve with Andre and his family. The kids were super excited as they love spendin...
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Sabrina Turns Six - It is hard to believe, but Sabrina is six now. Not only that, but she is 121.5 cm (4 ft.) tall! How did any kid of mine grow so big? It’s a big age in Taiw...4 days ago
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Fangyuan Ice Lolly - During a recent visit back to Tainan for Chinese New Year, I was able to revisit one of my favourite shops from my student days: Fangyuan Ice Lolly. Even...4 days ago
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Stages - Just had an awesome break, I feel so good about how it went, how much fun I had with the kids, how much cleaning I did, etc. It was pretty awesome. Going t...4 days ago
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Chris!!! - Chris and I were planning on enjoying some Subway on our own, but after a great sale at the NorthFace shop we got home later than we planned, and at the sa...4 days ago
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Boredom Survived or Chinese New Year Break at Home - For a Taiwanese person Chinese New Year break (a week of vacation from work, school, etc.) is full of meals, mahjong, poker, sightseeing, etc., with extend...4 days ago
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Political Dictionary - “DPP – Democratic Progressive Party” [民主進步黨; Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng] – association of nativist extremists pushing for a “republic of taiwan” and Hoklo nationali...4 days ago
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元月三十日 開工日。 - 新年好！Xin Nian Hao! After spending one week visiting the east coast of Taiwan (花蓮 Hualien -> 台東 Taitung -> 綠島 Green Island), I am now back to the Networki...4 days ago
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Republic Lost - 狗急跳牆 *To be driven to extremes (lit. a cornered dog will leap over a wall)* At Gtown, I had the pleasure of being guided through the intricacies of Americ...
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SBL regular season to resume after break - [image: 3271648021] SBL regular season games will resume on February 3 after a three-week long break of the Lunar New Year and Taiwan’s presidential elec...
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Black and White - On Monday, we staggered out of the hostel with crazy food hangovers to enjoy even more of our favourite spots in Kaohsiung. The first stop of the day was L...
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Dad's herbs - My parents live in an apartment in Kaohsiung City. This, however, does not hinder my dad from planting some herbs, both for fun and for food, on the top ...
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Staycation! - Crowning achievements of the week: making multiple breakfasts, going on long walks in the French Concession, spending an evening at the Jazz Bar at the Pea...5 days ago
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Tips for the Wet and Cold Months in North Taiwan - Word to the wise. If you've been trying to keep up the same Western habits for winter that you had in your home country, you've been doing it all wrong! W...
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Happy New Year – 2012 Year of the Dragon - Read this the way it was written at TheBellSite .com Read this the way it was written at TheBellSite .com While we were out of the country for a meeting m...6 days ago
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Tsai Eng-meng: Portrait Of An Uncle Com - A Washington Post image of Tsai Eng-meng, billionaire chairman of the Taiwanese food/media company, The Want Want conglomerate. It seems that with the recent...6 days ago
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Fulong Beach - Taiwan’s golden sand beach, Fulong is a beauty to behold. It was also the first beach I set foot on when I arrived in Taiwan nearly three years ago. I fel...1 week ago
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MJ116 New MV: Just Believe - OMG! I have just finished watching the absolute best music video ever done by a Taiwanese music group. If you know me already, you know this is a very bold...1 week ago
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Family Picture - Three of us had sat in a plane over the Pacific ocean to have Christmas together--but we kept the family picture low key. A neighbor knocked on the door a...
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chinese new year is a selfish holiday - is chinese culture all about money? seems so. look at how we say happy new year (gong shi fa tchai). the word "happy" isn't even in there, but "prosperity"...1 week ago
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Transformative Yoga Retreat: Kenting Feb. 11-12 - *Wild East staff* The ‘Transformative Yoga Retreat’ will take place on the beautiful south coast of Kenting, Taiwan, with Hatha/ Kundalini/Ashtanga certi...1 week ago
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Groundbreaking Taiwanese movie director falls short in bid for Academy Award nomination - On Tuesday, January 24, 2012, the final Academy Award (屆奧斯卡) nominees were released out of Hollywood. Notably missing from the final five nominees for the ...1 week ago
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2012 Nantou Sand Sculpture Festival - This year’s Nantou Sand Sculpture Festival [南投市貓羅溪畔沙雕藝術節] runs through February 12. We went yesterday afternoon when the sun came out for the first time du...1 week ago
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Breathing Easier on Taiwan - I don't spend much time here discussing contemporary issues in Taiwan. My stand has always been simply that the people of Taiwan should be allowed to purs...1 week ago
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Kaoshiung, Kending, Taipei, Ilan, Taroko, Xin nian kuai le!!! - So right after finishing the final presentations on Friday. Finally all of them yeah. And I just got A levels. with around 82-90 points, a whole week of m...
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Happy Year of the Dragon... er... George! - [image: Year of the George] Happy Year of the Dragon George! I can't tell if George approves. [image: Taroko George Sitting Like a Human 2]1 week ago
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Happy New Year! - Whoa. Way too much food today.... Happy new year, ya'll!! And if you still need food, here's an Android app with locations for over 200 night markets... ...
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Vacation! Heartily Needed for Rejuvenation! - Chinese New Year approaches. We RailOrderBrides have an exciting vacation planned to Japan. We will be moderately out of contact for a week and a half. I p...1 week ago
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Updating part trois - I'm attempting to make some changes to this blogs...so, we'll see if we can't transform it into something slightly more interesting. By we, I mean, me. In...1 week ago
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Englishman writes blog about self - The Journal of a Recovering Taiwanaholic may give some insights for those among us who have been here too long and are ready to return "home".1 week ago
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how do you measure HAPPINESS? - Happiness means sooo many different things for so many of us..... some with goods we acquire; some with the culinary treats we consume; some the experie...
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CFP: Academic Writing Theory and Practice in an International Context - In the autumn of 2012, The Centre for Academic Writing at Coventry University will launch the first taught postgraduate programme in Academic Writing in ...1 week ago
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Tainan Tree house - When someone says you're going to a treehouse, you would probably not think of a tree with its roots taking over a house. That's what the Tainan Treehouse i...
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ESL Educators Guide: Teaching & ESL - This month's ESL Educators Blog Carnival is an open discussion for our participants. I'm opening this page up to my readers as well, so if you've got an in...1 week ago
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Where to get your car fixed? - F.I.Y. (For Your Reference) If you live in Hsin-Chu city and don't know where to find a good mechanic to get your car fixed, here is good news for you. I ...1 week ago
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jazzysophist: Los Angeles artist David Choe was one of the many... - jazzysophist: Los Angeles artist *David Choe* was one of the many who shared the viral video of that kid *getting his ass kicked* in a back alley, noting...1 week ago
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The Relationship Between Prayer And Action - One of the core values of the Christian organization I work for which has based me here in Taiwan is that “PRAYER IS THE PRIMARY WORK OF THE PEOPLE OF GO...1 week ago
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尾牙又來到了 - *時間好快 一轉眼 又一年了 * *今年中獎名額增多了 並還有額外的2名的加碼名額* *很多同事都中大獎 * *所以一連多天都有好料的能吃* *雖然沒中特別獎但還是很開心* *恭喜中大獎的同事們ㄚ* *一年來大家辛苦了* *哈哈 意外的插曲 少打一個字 差這麼多* ...1 week ago
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Chicken in Bok and Beer 福氣韓國炸雞 - Profile Chicken in Bok and Beer offers Korean style fried chicken in the Shi Da area in Taipei. Chicken in Bok is a familiar comfort food found in bars acros...
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There Sure are a lot of White People Here - I’ll be taking a few weeks off while I visit my family and friends in the United States. Have a good Chinese New Year everybody. Feel free to follow my t...1 week ago
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Rex, Matt, Tyler - I know it’s been a while, but I had a moment and saw this in the comments section of the site. This post just kills me: We are three friends from Chicago, ...1 week ago
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Dancer - Click on photo to go to my new blog for a post about some trials and tribulations of photographing these dancers for a Taiwan Review photo essay.
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Species Profile: Seer fish, Spanish Mackerels and King Mackerel - Looking for some hot inshore action in Taiwan? Consult a seer. Within the family of mackerels, bonitos and tunas known as Scombridae, the genus *Scombero...2 weeks ago
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2012 Presidential Election - As I would assume most people reading this blog already know, Taiwan’s presidential election was held on Saturday. It has been impossible not to notice ele...2 weeks ago
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A Semester of Russian and a Glass of Bulgarian Whiskey - When my company manager informed me that there was going to be a special employee luncheon to celebrate Chinese New Year, I looked forward to it as an oppo...2 weeks ago
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TaipeiEYE – Picking Up the Jade Bracelet - The man at center stage was wearing a very colorful and elaborate costume. He stood there for a moment and then slowly raised one leg and pointed his foot ...2 weeks ago
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Haiti - two years on - Also see another version of my slideshow in The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2012/jan/12/haiti-two-years-on-audio-slidesho...
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Sandiaoling Waterfalls 三貂嶺瀑布群 - The weather in northern Taiwan is notoriously bad in the winter and this year has been no exception. So f you’re going to hike in the rain, there won’t be...2 weeks ago
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Taiwan next? Parliament first! - Democratic elections aims to making democracy 'work' in that they provide a mechanism through which each citizen can contribute on an equal basis to collec...2 weeks ago
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Broccoli Parmesan and Feta Soup - I served this Broccoli Parmesan and Feta Soup at our Christmas Eve dinner last year and it was an absolute winner. I wish I could take credit for this more...
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Melville on Shakespeare - It is those deep far-away things in him; those occasional flashings-forth of the intuitive Truth in him; those short, quick probings at the very axis of re...2 weeks ago
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Urban Kaleidescopes - After work tonight I started fiddling around with Photoshop. It was immediately calming. I started to play around with layers and to arrange mirror image...2 weeks ago
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Raid Light Lantau 50 Trail Run Event 2012-03-24 - The Raidlight Lantau50 is a trail running event on South Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Participants have the opportunity to tackle this challenge solo or as a te...3 weeks ago
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John Visits Taiwan, Part One - Photos by MJ Klein, including FOOD PHOTOS! Recently my brother John visited Taiwan, but we weren’t able to blog on his visit in real time due to a couple o...3 weeks ago
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Review: Switch Sunglasses Boreal Model - Switch sunglasses allow you to change lenses depending on light conditions, allowing you to make good use of your glasses, and save money by replacing only...3 weeks ago
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kicking off 2012 - Happy new year! Thanks to everyone who voted for me in the 2011 Taiwan Best Blog Awards. I won in the Travel category! I love that people who love food ...
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New Meta Tag Function - Hello All,Just a quick note to let you know that I have added "Meta Tags" for keywords and description to all fotozon home pages. Click here to edit your ho...3 weeks ago
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Chen Coming to America - Reports have it that lefty Wei-Yin Chen has agreed to a 3 year deal (11 million +) with the Baltimore Orioles. The deal is pending Chen passing his physi...
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Previously Unposted Photos & Travel Commentary - This week feels sad to me. I don't know why. I wish my future was brighter, and I wish I could make the most of my skills, previous opportunities, my curr...
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Leave your guns at home, kids. - This past holiday season, my Christmas Wish was for every gun to turn into a Kiss Gun. Last week was a perfect example of people who would have benefited f...
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Know your gods: Shennong - Shennong (神農) is worshiped in many temples, but in few is he the principal deity. Myth has it that he was one of China’s earliest emperors, living from 27...
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Pink heater - These days are freezing! Living in a subtropical country, we have winters without snow but our winter is so humid thus awfully cold. Aside from warm comfor...
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The valley - clouds and mists in the mountains - The valley - clouds and mists in the mountains Originally uploaded by mookio 阿默3 weeks ago
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Bali 2011 - Our trip to Bali was everything I wanted it to be....relaxing. Well, it probably wouldn't have been considered relaxing by most people's definition but fo...
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Happy 2012 - It seems a bit funny that I am late in writing this post as one of my new year's resolutions from last year was to make peace with being late. It's actuall...4 weeks ago
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Change in the time of sunrise throughout the year - I heard someone announce the other day that now that we are past the date of the winter solstice, the length of the days will increase by one minute every ...
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Chinese New Year Tree - Happy 2012! Our Christmas tree has been de-decorated for some time, but was sadly languishing in the corner of our living room, looking somewhat bare and e...4 weeks ago
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Happy Year of the Dragon!! 新年快樂!! - I'll be taking a break from this blog until February. Here's wishing you a happy 2012, and a happy Year of the Dragon! I'll be in Taoyuan, Yunlin, or Tai...
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TSMC SIP - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Summer Internship Program Official Site Organizer: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited Official P...4 weeks ago
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Study: Naphtha cracker is driving away dolphins - An article in the Taipei Times titled Naphtha cracker is driving away dolphins: Study on 27 December 2011 reveals nothing we don't already know. The articl...4 weeks ago
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2011 Round-up - Hope you all enjoying the holiday season - and that you will have time in 2012 to explore Taiwan more. An end-of-year round-up: Firstly, most trails/roads...4 weeks ago
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Jerome Keating's complementary books, educating foreigners and locals on Taiwan - *A Taiwan Tetralogy* Most works on Taiwan try to fit the many aspects of its diverse past under one roof, too often ending up belittling one, championing...
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In summation: my trip - One of the main things I got out of my recent trip was a reassessment of my relation to the US. Perhaps over the extended period of time I’ve spent in Taiw...5 weeks ago
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100 years of revolution - This post has been cross posted at Zhuangzi in the Modern World as “On Revolution.” “Revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a scien...5 weeks ago
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Sun Moon Lake - On our trip to Sun Moon Lake with my friends, can't help to just relax and enjoy nature's refreshing beauty.
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NSFW – Hot Girls on a Bicycle - The video below is a bike rental ad, if you can get past the lack of bikes. 4 girls have a make-out session with one lucky bicycle in Russia. It was made b...5 weeks ago
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! a little late :) - So I should have posted pictures a while ago of my apartment once all my furniture got here in September, but I let the busyness of the school year keep me f...
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Christmas in Taiwan - May I start by wishing everyone here and back home, a very Merry Christmas! This Christmas has been very different to what I am used to. At home, there wou...
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Moral Hazard - Writing in the WSJ about a program to provide food security to India’s poor, Rupa Subramanya reveals her ideological bias in towards the end of the article...5 weeks ago
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Where did last year go? - Wow, I just looked at this blog and realized I haven’t written anything since that bad experience at the hotel. A Year ago! The good news is I don't get pa...5 weeks ago
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Calling an angel... - I had the pleasure of living in Montreal for one year, way back in 1996. Ok, well, to be honest, my husband and I couldn't endure the bitter cold days of a...
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FOR SALE: Boxed Christmas & New Year's Cards (NT$385ea) - I posted our extra Christmas cards on Tealit and again, the photos aren't loading. So... I have three extra boxes of Christmas cards and a few boxes of c...
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Little Europe - Over the years, the hot neighborhood for expats to hang out in has shifted from the center of Taichung to the Canal District and now into the neighboring a...1 month ago
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Movin' on up - If you've been checking this blog periodically over the past several weeks, you no doubt have noticed a lack of activity. The reason is quite simple: for a...1 month ago
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November's Report - Here is the report for November, hope you like the Read Wow! November has been a jam packed month, with many rescues and quite a few adoptions as well as wo...
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Meditation in Motion: Ying/Yang - Intention is settled and at peace. Mind is calm relative to the body. Inner core is calm relative to outer extremities. Body is calm relative to the immedia...1 month ago
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Flour type chart (a.k.a. baking the engineering way) - If you enjoy any form of "international baking" you may have been confused about the various types of flour listed in recipes and available in super mark...1 month ago
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Would you dare? Haha engrish (Taken with instagram) - Would you dare? Haha engrish (Taken with instagram)1 month ago
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Meyer Christmas Newsletter 2011 - Hello friends and family! Thanks for saving us time, paper, and postage by coming to our blog to catch up with all things Aaron and Rika in 2011. If you d...
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Destry Rides Again - *Destry Rides Again. Dir. George Marshall. Perf. James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger. Universal: 1939.* This is definitely in...1 month ago
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Cue the Satire-Epiphany: Forbes Pulls an NY Times, Publishes Idiocy - Really, journalists? You're making me reconsider the merits of censorship. Someone has to filter this nonsense. The latest idiocy from a major newspaper or ...1 month ago
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Christmas cookies at Family Mart - Yum! Snickerdoodles and Ginger Spice cookies at Family Mart. So if you don't feel like baking your own Christmas cookies, buy them here.
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EWCP Christmas 2011 - Christmas Day, 19:00 - 23:00 Location: Daan MRT area (7 min walk from station) ...1 month ago
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American Freedom Fighter visits imprisoned Taiwanese democracy leader - *Missionary pays secret visit to Chen Shui-bian in Taipei jail today, gives him his memoirs of KMT's "White Terror '' days* *(Got this story in my e-mail....1 month ago
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Christmas Outreaches!! - Always a good time of year to hold some special events to tell folks here what Christmas is all about. Page invited some kids over to bake some Christma...
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School Music Group - 基隆市100學年度學生音樂比賽瑪陵國小，這是我們20年來再次的參加團體的性的音樂競賽，對一個指有46人的小學校來說，參加一個有節奏有旋律的音樂表演是非常的困難的。這次競賽我們跟信義國小並列優等雖然沒有拿到代表權到全國比賽，但是這樣的成績讓我們有更進步的空間，也代表我們努力的成果。要感謝蔡、巫兩位老師兩年來的...1 month ago
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PESSOAS E LUGARES in Barcelos, Portugal - If you happen to be in Portugal at these coordinates- 41°32′N 8°37′W. And need to get an Art fix. You can see an installation by me in this group show orga...1 month ago
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Taiwan’s best blogs in 2011 - Taiwanderful recently announced the 2011 Taiwan Best Blog Awards. To enter your blog you need to make sure you are registered at Taiwanderful before 10 Dec...1 month ago
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Diving in Red Sea - November 2011 trip to Eygpt and Red Sea. Diving sites are in and around Soma Bay, between Hurghada and Safaga.2 months ago
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An NCCU Video - Came across this cute video developed by a German exchange student at NCCU and filmed by Student Ambassador, Hilary Lee: Filed under: Uncategorized2 months ago
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Cultural misappropriation - I really enjoyed this post by Jade on Wai-Taiwan: “Someone Else’s Stew.” It’s a nice piece about the cultural appropriation that all visitors take part in ...2 months ago
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Adventure: 31 of the Best Birthday Quotes - For my 31st birthday, I decided to assemble (with the help of great quotes.com) 31 of the Best Birthday Quotes: a little humor, a little wisdom... just a l...
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全線預備！ Ready down the line! - Part 2 - *Continued from Part 1.* "Morale sound off!" (「精神答數!」), the officer of the day yelled. We chanted out the cadence based on Chiang Kai-shek's list of qualit...2 months ago
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S is for Sunset - Missing those days when I don't work at night, just staring from my window and enjoying the Sunset. ABC Wednesday
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The Mansion Project - I recently did a project at the abandoned mansion in Wuri, Taiwan. I had a lot of fun, so I hope to get more projects like this in my portfolio soon.2 months ago
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Taipei Gay Pride Festival 2011 - Taiwan has one of the largest gay communities in the whole of Asia, and in turn hosts one of the largest pride festivals on the continent. Taiwan was in f...2 months ago
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Nov 14, Travel From Taipei to Taichung by Bus, Train, Car, HSR - Traveling from Taipei to Taichung is cheap, safe, and fast. By train, it costs NT380 and takes 2 hours. By bus, expect to pay NT200.2 months ago
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Busted - Well today was a new adventure in the life of an international "criminal" expat. Ok so I have not been perfect: Indonesia asked me to support the Policeman...2 months ago
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All Hallows Eve 2011 - [image: All_Hallows_Eve_Refuge-10][image: All_Hallows_Eve_Refuge-11][image: All_Hallows_Eve_Refuge-12][image: All_Hallows_Eve_Refuge-13][image: All_Hallows...2 months ago
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Chinese Drums & Lion Dance (舞獅) - Last Saturday we were at the official opening ceremony of the 2011/2012 Birdwatching season at the Guandu Nature Park (關渡自然公園). As is normal at auspicious ev...
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Dropbox: Sign Up and Save the World! - Dropbox (www.dropbox.com) is a great way to store your files online where you can get at them from any computer with internet access. It is really easy t...2 months ago
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Night in an aquarium - The National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium is the biggest aquarium in Taiwan and it’s located in Checheng, Pingtung County just about 20 km from ...
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How to do an East Coast Ride (for beginners and visitors to Taiwan) - The community over on Forumosa has helped a visiting cyclist from Japan put together a three-day ride on the East Coast, which is where Rank recommends that ...3 months ago
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咖哩先生眼裡的------我的老婆 - 我的老婆 現在我只有一位能天天面對面看得到的家人, 那就是我老婆.她的名字叫'尤鈺茹.' 我們家裡面還有第三者,但是我們要等2月才可以看到她. 因此我現在只要介紹我的老婆. 我老婆怎麼形容呢? 如果限制我選兩個字我會說'特別.' 我來給你們介紹一下她的外表, 個性, 跟興趣. ...3 months ago
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Oct 31, Traditional Chinese Clothing in Taipei - I am looking for traditional taiwanese dresses, where can I buy them in Taipei, thank you (Marie) Answer Marie, these are the qipao workshops I have3 months ago
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Tired, but still Inspired! - Today was one of those days where one feels a little overwhelmed by life: - 3 meetings - errands down the street - laundry piled up on the couch to...3 months ago
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How to be in one place at one time - They make speak quickly, but they don't bite! I was recently asked, "Annie, is it possible for these foreign students, who do not speak a word of the local...
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New address: www.bikingintaiwan.com - I will now start to post to bikingintaiwan.com. The site is up and running, but the design is non-existent. I've changed to WordPress and need to learn how t...3 months ago
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the everyday stuff - Cultural differences come in all shapes and sizes. And, one of my favorite cultural differences is keys (I've blogged about them before). They are so dif...
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Stupid Foreigner: Hate yourself too much to enjoy your luck - The two guys in question were called David and Swen – although we guessed there were plenty like them. David and Swen were friends of John’s who he alwa...3 months ago
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Taiwan Drivers are not terrible: Discuss. - So... lots of foreigners say that drivers in Taiwan are crazy. And, OK, they are. But I would also argue that they're extremely skillful. To wit: the scoot...3 months ago
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2011 Lunar B-Day - It's that day of the year again. I wonder why we celebrate this day by having a cake with a question mark lit on top, pretending we've lost our ability to co...
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The Expat is now on Twitter! - Hi everyone, Been a while since I’ve updated, I know. However, I have some news: I’m no on Twitter. You can see my feed on the right side over there. —->...3 months ago
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Ladies or gents? - Here's a confusing one: Is this the *men's* or *women's* restroom? The Chinese says "*Men, do not enter*" (more literally: "Men: halt!") But ...
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Too Bad He Is Gone - Not very well since I got a cold. But it is ok…I know I will be fine soon ( as usual. ) Sorry to know that Steve Jobs is gone. Although I did not buy any p...3 months ago
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Jun Tou Tea House - Magong, like much of Taiwan is littered with ‘tea-shops’. Little stalls that are literally everywhere, selling take-away tea and assorted drinks. Some are ...3 months ago
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Test - Let's see if this works. Finally managed to put back most of the disappeared pictures.
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xiao wulai waterfall - Beginning of this month we took Susan to see Xiao Wulai waterfall in Taoyuan county. Drive up there wasn’t pleasant. All the twisting,turning, going up and...4 months ago
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365 Project August Wrap Up - The end of holidays means a return to routine. The majority of the photos in this project have all been mined from the same area of Taipei, close to my hou...4 months ago
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Jinan Military Region Leadership Visit to the United States - A People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military delegation led by General FAN Changlong [范长龙], commander of the Jinan Military Area Command, began an official v...
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Wikileaks shows that U.S. Embassy lobbied against Philippines formula marketing law - Just read this post over at the Motherwear blog and had to re-blog it - really egregious industry promotion that harms public health: Wikileaks shows that ...4 months ago
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Treasure Hill Arts Village - You would never expect this quaint little neighbourhood to be tucked away behind the hustle and bustle of Gongguan. Treasure Hill was formerly a settlement...
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KenDing Weekend Trip | August 20 2011 - A group of us taxied down to Kending to eat some food, scoot around and take in the night life. Ka Wa Bung Ga! Raymond and Terry. Me scootin with ...
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Your best friend calls you and tells you he/she's really sick? How do you show you care? - [image: 4] TypePad Conversations » Answer this question!5 months ago
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Lyrics: Daisy (Danielle Dax) - This song seems to have been forgotten… Artist: Danielle Dax Song: Daisy Album: Blast The Human Flower Daisy, I know you didn’t mean it but you got her Oh ...5 months ago
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On the leaving - So, after 7 years, I’m leaving Taiwan. So this is the last blog entry from Taiwan. Not that I’ve actually published anything in several years, but what t...5 months ago
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OpenVAS 4.x/5.x from SVN source - Didn't see any around. so here are my notes. Build instructions for Debian and ubuntu. Assuming pcap, libc, gcc are already installed. build libraries firs...5 months ago
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Information for Foreigners - The National Immigration Agency of Taiwan has a 24-hour hotline available to foreigners who live in Taiwan. It is a free service with a choice of 3 languag...5 months ago
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Yongkang street - YongKang street is just a short street, with its total length not over one kilometer, although it have a high density of great food and culture. Start ...5 months ago
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Hsinchu on foot - If you’re planning a stay in Hsinchu, you can have all your transportation fees taken care of for the price of a train ticket (which is around $390 for the...5 months ago
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Month 1 complete - So, I've finished my first month of triathlon training. I have to say though I haven't stuck completely to the schedule (seen below). It'...
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I'll Be Seeing You - Saying good-bye is something I should be getting better at, and I think I am. Instead of "Good-bye." I choose, "See you soon." Yesterday, I took the long ...
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Finally! - With the summer not bailing out on us and life being a bit less hectic, I was finally able to get the training close to what I was doing when we were in T...
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It’s been a while… - Yes, it has been a long time since I’ve blogged about anything. In the time since my last blog, I’ve taken Cruisy offline – yes, that’s the end of it. If y...5 months ago
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Ma Ying-jeou government under fire again - *As time moves forward, Ma's administration moves backward* A group of 39 observers of Taiwanese politics from around the world -- many of whom were part o...5 months ago
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FHF Borneo Posts - Borneo Dispatches - The Inaugural Issue Borneo Dispatches 002 - Kopstein's Bronzeback Eating Lizard Borneo Dispatches #3: A Day at Bako National Park Bo...6 months ago
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How to Use Blogsy - A very important thing to know about Blogsy is that there are two sides - 'Rich Side' and 'Write Side'. You are on the 'Rich Side' now. To get to the 'Wr...6 months ago
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Expansion of my "Actionated" view of the World - Sometime I think I get caught up in my own world so much that I forget what the average person in the world looks like, or acts like, or even what kind...
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Home for the summertime! - I arrived in Chicago Wednesday evening after a long day of traveling from Taipei. My seat on the airplane was the middle seat of the middle row. Not a comf...6 months ago
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Book Review: Hop on Pop - Whereas previously I had believed this book to be a work of fiction, I now have reason to believe it is rooted in the personal experience of the author. ...
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Bond. James Bond. - BY Mr. X - Our first week of summer! Great job students. One day you will set up a tent and remember everything you learned. The "air goes out the door"! Bond. Jam...6 months ago
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News Roundup: Taiwan High Speed Rail in Trouble - Energy * * Months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the debate surrounding nuclear energy in Taiwan continues unabated. In June, several Taiwa...
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Hopes: People in Legal Field Fight for Justice for General Public - To Ya-ying twenty years later, How are you? What kind of job are you doing right now? Are you sharing part of your income with public welfare organizations...6 months ago
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New Pastels - Title: High Desert Mountain MeadowMedium: Pastel on PaperSize: 9x12 inchesTitle: Summer PondMedium: Pastel on Pastel PaperSize: 9x12 inchesFor about the las...
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J.Y. Interpretation 687 - On May 27, 2011, the Justices of the Constitutional Court issued J.Y. Interpretation 687. It asks:對故意致公司逃漏稅捐之公司負責人一律處徒刑之規定，違憲？Holding:中華民國六十五年十月二十二日制定公布之稅捐稽...7 months ago
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Z68, Newer Better Faster - Not only does the Z68 platform combine the advantages both the P67 and H67 platform together into one, GIGABYTE has also included some unique Z68 only fe...
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Perennial Tea Ceremony - There are spring tea, summer tea, fall tea and winter tea. To promote the tea culture in Taiwan, “Perennial Tea Ceremony” (Perennial, literally means four ...7 months ago
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Born in the USA - A little happier than the picture headlining my previous post, no? And yes, that is a balloon on our mailbox–not to be confused with the Mickey Mouse ba...7 months ago
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KaoHsiung I - Lotus Pond Ok. So I haven't posted in forever and I really should have posted this way back in April, but here goes. It was a quick trip, and hopefully I...
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6/12 Family Day : Ice-skating and Barbecue!!! - It's been really hot lately so I think it would be best to go ice-skating on Sunday. We can meet at Taipei Arena at 11:30a.m. and skate from 12:00 - 2:00p...
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Pink Dolphins and Kuokuang Petrochemical in the New York Times - The internationally listed Dacheng wetlands which Kuokuang wanted to turn into a petrochemical complex.On June 5th an article titled "Activism Gets Rolling i...
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New Blog Time - http://skagwaydreamin.blogspot.com/ Follow me on a trip to Alaska. Or not, it's your life.7 months ago
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Assorted Links - What's more fun than telling long-distance friends how much nicer your weather is? Doing it graphically! My most recent bookmark: WeatherSpark. E.O. Wilson...8 months ago
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New Blog About Down Syndrome - I've just started a new blog called *"**The Deal With Downs**"*. I invite you to check it out and subscribe if you like. Thanks.8 months ago
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Having a party at my place on the 28th, - If you are in Taipei on the 28th, and you are a reader (evidently you are), please come join my for a drink. Send me an email to [neouto at gmail dot com] ...8 months ago
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2009-10-10 Wang Ye Boat Burning Ceremony (東港王船祭) Part II - Donglong Temple’s Wang-Ye Boat Burning Ceremony in 2009 was an eight-day event. It included different rituals. We attended the last two days of event and...
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All Girls Baptism - Three ladies from the community group and three of our university fellowship students were recently baptized! Please pray we as a body of believers can co...8 months ago
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Happy Father’s Day - I want to puke. I just about ate a week’s worth of calories. :( I love that we went to the five-star buffet in a five-star hotel downtown to celebrate, but...1 year ago
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