Tainan garbage trucks are now back into teaching English to the local Taiwanese. After suspending the program last year, someone in Tainan City decided that Tainan can’t do without those valuable English lessons. I was shocked as to the English lesson of last week : If you listen to it, you’ll probably be able to [...]
My mother was visiting Taiwan for 3 weeks and that was a good opportunity for me to revisit some of my favorite spots and rediscover new ones. Joining up with my Taiwanese friend we set out to explore Anping. Among the stops – Anping’s Eternal Golden Castle. Actually, I’ve been to Eternal Golden Castle twice [...]
The weather this weekend was absolutely gorgeous with such clear air that you can see all the way through to the central mountains on the east and the ocean to the south-west. I went up to one of the roofs in East Tainan to take a few photos. Although East-Tainan isn’t nice to look at, [...]
A question for you – what’s different with this Google map of Tainan? (captured from the Tainan Directory on a Google map on INCKU frontpage) Yep, it’s hard to believe but along side the Chinese street names are now Pinyin English street names. Yippi! At first, it took me a while to realize what was [...]
This is what 8000NT$ (+1800NT$ management) will get you in eastern Tainan (area of Linsen & Dongmen): 1 living room connected to a Japanese room with a functional balcony (aircon). 1 big ensuite master room (includes a bathroom + aircon). 1 smaller kids room (aircon). 1 study. 1 bathroom. 1 kitchen (with functional laundry balcony [...]
“Made in Tainan” took place last Saturday at the Anping harbor area in western Tainan. Tainan Bulletin had the following : 14:00~14:50 Sun Of Morning 15:00~15:50 Bugs Of Phonon 16:00~16:50 The Sawbucks 17:00~17:50 Divebomb 18:00~18:50 Mr.Dirty 19:00~19:50 130 Dollars 20:00~20:50 Full House 21:00~21:50 Uli And The Rulers Tickets:14:00~16:00 ONLY NT100 After 14:00 NT200, includes 1 [...]
… Cats mating, dogs barking, traffic, fighting couples, my horrible roommates, ect. Taipei is SO noisy. How do you get sleep???? I was told to get ear plugs. but they dont’ work so well. I still get kept awake. Also they cause ear pain. SO how do you deal with noise? Any bright ideas? (source [...]
This is a question I hear alot. It’s also usually followed by “Do you recommend NCKU?”. I get lots of emails and blog comments asking me about NCKU, universities in Taiwan, programs offered, rankings, and the Taiwanese education system. Though I don’t consider myself a big expert, I do have some experience with trying to [...]
