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Last weekend, Mrs. Expatriate and I decided to take a trip to the Gukeng Coffee Festival. It’s a small gathering of people selling coffee, food, handicrafts, and other such things. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and there were quite a few people out and about. If you get a chance, I recommend you go. Our Continue reading The Gukeng Coffee Festival Catherine over at shu flies had a great post a while back about one of her blogging pet peeves – people who generalize and stereotype about every Taiwanese person based on the actions of a few. This also happens to be one of my pet peeves and something that I, being a foreigner, have to Continue reading Erroneous Taiwan Stereotypes In Taiwan, it is common to eat sweet foods on and after your wedding day. It is thought that eating sweet food will help the newlywed couple have a baby boy. The reason is a Taiwanese proverb: 吃甜甜，生兒子。 (chī tiántián, shēng érzì) It doesn’t sound as good in Mandarin, but it rhymes in Taiwanese (jia didi, sei Continue reading Someone wants us to have kids Today is my older sister’s birthday. She’s come a long way… To honor this occasion, I thought I would give my Big Sister a uniquely Taiwanese Birthday Present. In my meager Taiwan existence, it has become extremely clear that there is one birthday custom which MUST be honored: a trip to the KTV for Continue reading Happy Bird’s Day I found something pretty interesting in a newspaper the other day. It’s a pink sheet with a picture of Buddha and several lottery numbers on it. Buddhist Lottery sheet Apparently it comes everyday in the paper (China Post, I think) and is placed there, either by Buddhist monks (unlikely) or probably by the lottery ticket companies Continue reading Buddhist Lottery | |||||
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