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It’s early December, which means Taiwan is frozen over. All the Taiwanese people have donned their thick winter jackets to protect themselves from the cold. There is already ice on the ground and forecasts call for more snow. No, actually, I’m just kidding. One of my absolutely favorite things about Taiwan is the weather. When Continue reading Harsh winter Been a while. I’ve been busy. However, I did find time to turn Miss Expatriate into Mrs. Expatriate and thought I would write about the process of doing so here. Like most things involving government in Taiwan, getting married is a very simple process that is muddled in bureaucracy. The process of getting Continue reading Getting married in Taiwan Even after having lived in Taiwan for quite a while, I’m still surprised every now and again at the sad state of things. How can a country that is, quite possibly, the world leader in manufacturing computing technology, be so behind when it comes to computers? Every foreigner knows how horribly antiquated and un-foreigner-friendly Taiwanese Continue reading Online banking woes… Miss Expatriate and I decided to spend the day in Taichung and had quite a bit of fun. For once, we actually did something and I got the photos organized and am blogging about it (I’m usually too busy to put the photos up until months later when it’s too late). We started off with lunch. Continue reading A day in Taichung I check in on the Forumosa Forums every now and then. If you can manage to get past all the threads where people just bitch about everything that’s wrong with Taiwan and how it should be fixed, there are some interesting threads there. One of the threads I’ve been reading lately is the “Ways to force Continue reading I think I’m speaking Chinese Number of times per week, on average, someone from back home asks me “So… how is Thailand?”: 542 Did you know that people count money differently in different parts of the world? I had never really realized this until I came to Taiwan. I’ve always counted American style, as that was what I learned growing up and is the most comfortable to me, but in Asia they do it differently. Continue reading Counting money in Taiwan I was having a rather good workout on Saturday; that is, until I twisted my knee and felt a very sharp pain. I sat down for a few minutes, then got up by grabbing a window frame and pulling myself up. I limped over to a bench and sat for a while. I was Continue reading Going to the hospital in Taiwan It was a beautiful day outside, so I thought I’d take my new bike, a Giant Iguana, out for a short ride. Miss Expatriate was tired and didn’t want to go out in the heat, so I had the opportunity to set my own pace, stop for pictures, etc. It was quite hot, but I Continue reading Beautiful day for a bike ride I was reading through the news, as I do every morning, and came across an interesting blog entry on the use of cell phones, which I’ve decided to cover here. Here’s a linky so you can read through it yourself: Top 10 Cell Phone Etiquette Rules People Break. Let me state right off the bat that Continue reading Cell Phones in Taiwan | |||||
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