Which are the top universities in Asia? how do those compare to other universities around the world? it depends on who you ask. Having been educated in the very western-oriented university in Israel - the Hebrew University - I’ve been given the feeling that universities in Asia aren’t that good of an option. If you [...]
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A few weeks ago I went to visit Taichung, and saw a few cool spots. Visiting [...]
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Taiwan
Touring Taichung : Big Laughing Buddha, Art Street and Jing Ming Apartment Hunting in Tainan revisited Taiwan’s English Blogosphere - Introducing Expat Bloggers to local Taiwanese Best Taiwan blog awards – Voting now open on TaiwanderfulChina
The Chinese Israel bashing in response to China bashing on Israeli media Rare stamp : China’s “The entire nation is red” but Taiwan is white Israel at the Beijing Olympics : What do the Chinese think of Jews? Our medallists : Taiwan’s Chen Wei-ling and Israel’s Shahar Zubari
21 Aug, 2006 in
Movie reviews, United Kingdom
I just came back from a fantastic weekend up at Edinburgh-Scotland, spending 3 days touring around Edinburgh and getting some of the great Fringe Festival atmosphere.
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The Fringe Festival
The Edinburgh Fringe (or just The Fringe) is the world’s largest arts festival. It takes place in Scotland's capital during three weeks every August.
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The Fringe mostly attracts events [...]
Lately, I've been getting more emails from my the blog's readers than I ever did before. I like meeting new people and getting feedback - good and bad - about what I write. Of all the mails I got recently, the one I got yesterday really surprised me :
"Hey,
I hope you're having a good time [...]
15 Aug, 2006 in
Taiwan, United Kingdom
On my second night at the UK, I was invited by "Suitcasing Daniel" for a small get-together with some of his friends.
Daniel , who I wrote about a few times before, is an expat currently working in Taiwan after he was traveling in various places around the world and Asia. Daniel used to write a [...]
14 Aug, 2006 in
Chinese Studies, Chinese culture
The Chinese Garden, a community for Chinese-related students, has moved to a new home with a completely new redesign.
About the Chinese Garden :
It had all begun in one of the classes held by Lin, the university's Chinese teacher. It had been autumn 2001 in the first-year Chinese course, comprised of students who came to the [...]
12 Aug, 2006 in
Israel, United Kingdom
Seems like everytime I plan on taking a flight to/through London, something bad happens. Last time it was the September 11th 2001, and this time it's the British terror attack threat.
I've just been through the security check at the Israeli airport where they separated those going to the UK from the rest of the sane [...]