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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving came and went last week with nary a care in Taiwan. After all, most places have had their Christmas decorations up for 3 weeks already. While not by any means a Christian nation, Christmas does, at least, allow children to be entertained and gives everyone an excuse to go shopping.

Normally, Mrs. Expat and

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Engrish TV Show

Found this DVD while browsing in Taichung. It’s the Taiwanese version of the American show “Ugly Betty.”

The Chinese title is 醜女無敵 (chǒunǔwúdí), which literally means “ugly woman without equal,” denoting an exceptionally ugly woman. I presume their choice of invincible is due to a very poor dictionary. “Invincible Ugly Woman” (thanks Luuke!). Notice the

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A day in Taichung

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

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