Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Going to the bathroom

    If you decide to move to or visit Taiwan, at some point you’ll have to use a restroom. It’s unavoidable. It may be a private bathroom at your friend’s house or in your hotel room or it may be a public restroom at, say, a freeway rest area. Either way, you must be prepared. You’re […]

  • Ingenious Tea!

    This will be the first of hopefully many posts with an “Engrish” tag. For those of you who don’t know, Engrish is generally humorous English sayings or very bad English translations in English countries. I’m going to start my own collection here. I noticed this gem while shopping at an RT Mart today. What’s really […]

  • Moon Cake

    If you were in Taiwan this past weekend, you would have had the opportunity to experience the Moon Festival. It comes but once a year and is generally regarded as one of the more important/celebrated holidays here in Taiwan. The Moon Festival (Better known as the Mid-Autumn Festival) is the time of year (According to […]

  • Traffic

    Let’s go ahead and get it out of the way: Taiwanese are horrible drivers. There, I said it. I’ve gotten it off my chest. Normally, I try not to speak in stereotypes and generalities, but in this case – at least from my experience here – it really is true. The problem stems from 2 […]

  • People are strange…

    It’s not easy being an ambassador. No, I’m not affiliated with the United Nations. No, I’m not a recognized delegate of any nation, group, sect, or what have you. I mean to imply that I don’t come across very many Americans (or other Caucasians) in Taiwan, so going out in public often results in many […]

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