I was sitting at a table for two on a first date. We’d just ordered dinner and the conversation had turned into the usual exploratory chit-chat. Our drinks arrived, momentarily interrupting the conversation and it was at this point she whipped out her digital camera. ‘Do you always carry a camera around in your handbag?’ [...]

Underneath all the bitching and complaining you hear from Taiwan’s white-collar workers (primarily teachers), there lies a far more severe environment of silent suffering. Imported into Taiwan like cattle, blue-collar foreign labor from South East Asia far outnumbers their white-collar counterparts. Unforunately though, with little social standing due to their darker skin color and an [...]

I could not just stand by and watch my country, Taiwan, get bullied internationally. I want people to know that there is a country called Taiwan and what an amazing place it is. I believe that Taiwan deserves more recognition (on) the international stage (so) I decided to use this unique and interesting method to showcase [...]

Toufen Township sits in central Taiwan’s Miaoli County and is home to just under 100,000 people. For the most part Toufen is a sleepy town and doesn’t really lay claim to any tourist attractions in central Taiwan. Well… not unless you count what is easily the biggest brothel area I’ve seen anywhere in Taiwan.

Ah Asian Penis Syndrome… is there any limit to the amount of hilarity the stereotype of Asian men and tiny penises can provide us? Whereas usually this syndrome involves the rest of the world laughing at Asians, turns out here in Taiwan the locals have discovered the joys of ridiculing other men over their penis [...]

A few months ago I had a conversation with the girlfriend that went something like this… ‘hey, you busy?’ ‘Writing… what’s up?’ ‘This weekend my friend is having an engagement party, wanna go?’ ‘Sure sounds good. What time?’ ‘Around 10′ish’. ‘That’s a bit late to start the party isn’t it?’ ’10am in the morning’. ‘…’ ‘that [...]

I don’t know if it requires big balls, a large dose of stupidity, reaching that age where you’ve got nothing really better to do… or a combination of all three, but there’s something to be said for people like the driver of the Chinese propaganda car of Xinyi. On more than one occasion now, I’ve [...]

Earlier this week I came across ‘Occupy Taipei’ in the local news. As a solidarity protest alongside occupying Wall Street in the US, Occupy Taipei sought to peacefully protest against the rich/poor divide in Taiwan. Of course this is a generalisation, as there were a number of other reasons protestors attended too. Things such as [...]

After waking up at 4:25am and experience the complete and utter frustration of trying to be a part of Taiwan’s Double Day celebrations (and watch the military parade and aircraft convoy), I came away quite annoyed and was ready to pack it in call the rest of the day a loss. Coming home following the [...]

Having missed Taiwan’s 10/10 Day last year (known as ‘Double Ten Day’), months ago I decided to cover it locally and write a big giant blog post about it with tons of photos and pictures. For me, 10/10 day started yesterday evening when I set my alarm clock for 4:25am and tried to sleep. The [...]