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Betelnut Equation

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A younger friend told me he learnt more about dealing with Taiwanese from the stories of the Taiwan old hands than any guidebook. That proved as inspiration for this blog - Insights, reflections and observations on life for a foreigner in Taiwan through a number of short stories, articles and tales, almost all based on real events.

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  • Religion in Taiwan: Exhuming your long dead grandfather

    Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 20:45

    When we first arrive it is really hard to believe how a nation of technology lovers and capitalists are also so religious.Well, not so much religious as superstitious. In the west we are brought up to believe in one God, and all religious practicies ...

  • Non-PC: Angelina Jolie

    Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 21:06 in not pc

    One of the wonderful things about Taiwanese women is they just don't understand that a woman can't be beautiful, sexy and intelligent at the same time.I have heard it is getting better in the west (don't quote me, though), but my generation women wer...

  • Stereotypes: It is so nice even a foreigner would live there

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 23:22 in Stereotypes

    Years ago when i was looking to buy an apartment, i would go with the wife to visit all these slightly out of town new complexes.The moment they saw me it was: "Ok, I take you to see the swimming pool and the gym. I know that you foreigners care most...

  • Expat Culture in Taiwan: White women and the smile dance

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 21:42 in expat culture in taiwan

    After many years in Taiwan you began to observe your fellow westerner in the way of the Discovery Channel.On this occasion, it was a slow night in Carnegies and I had started to look around to see if their was anything sociologically interesting.It w...

  • Cute Language Uses: An unfortunate use of \'a\' instead of \'the\'

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 21:11

    In the old days, when there were only a few places we foreigners went, apart from the girls who wanted to date foreigners, you would get a fair few gay men come to the bar. It wasn't that they were particularly looking to pick us up, it was more a ca...

  • Expat Culture in Taiwan: Pierre and the restaurant I

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 02:02 in expat culture in taiwan

    Pierre did actually open his French restaurant; lower priced French food aimed at the TGI market had always been a good idea, the only thing we had been worried about was whether he would pull it off. He did. It was a big pity. It was already thre...

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5 stars Santosh Nikam

Fantastic blog.................i really enjoyed while reading your article.. .... Keep it up

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