An Expatriate in Taiwan

Tag: Life in Taiwan

  • Random kindness

    I’ve always been amazed by the random kindness of Taiwanese people. This is something that I did not often come across elsewhere… or, at least, I do not have distinct memories of it (this may be due to not noticing such things in my youth). The other day I was out hiking in the mountains, […]

  • Erroneous Taiwan Stereotypes

    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 […]

  • Getting married in Taiwan

    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 married I’m […]

  • Speaking in numbers

    Laowai Chinese recently made a post about numbers in everyday Chinese language in mainland China. I thought I would take the concept and apply it to Taiwan. Most of these are used when instant messaging friends or sending text messages. A few of them, like 4, 6, and 8 are pretty well integrated to everyday […]

  • Online banking woes…

    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 […]

  • Close enough

    Number of times per week, on average, someone from back home asks me “So… how is Thailand?”: 542 Number of people from back home who remember that I actually live in Taiwan: 1 (thanks, Mom!)

  • Weirdest. Commercial. Ever.

    So Miss Expatriate and I were settling down and watching some tv the other night. Flipping through the channels, around 11 pm or so, we suddenly came upon a commercial. The product? Medicine to help men get erections. Now, this is nothing new. Every country probably has these. In Taiwan, however, they are all aimed […]

  • Beautiful day for a bike ride

    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 […]

  • Vote for Michael Turton as the best Taiwan politics blogger

    Michael Turton, author of the View from Taiwan blog, does a wonderful job keeping me and everyone else on the island informed about Taiwan politics and many other important matters. Now it’s time to show our appreciation by voting for him as the best Taiwanese Politics and Economics blog in the Hi-On Website Competition. The […]

  • Macgyver Outdoor Store

    Miss Expatriate and I went to Taichung yesterday to do some shopping and have dinner. While walking on the street, we happened upon this gem of a store: The Macgyver Outdoor Store. It doesn’t really have anything to do with Macgyver, other than putting “Macgyver” in the title might possibly attract westerners who grew up […]