26 Dec, 2009 in Rankings, Taiwan by Fili An
Top bloggers 2009 : Best Taiwan blogs

There are some really great English language Taiwan blogs out there, and almost every week I discover another one that’s worth keeping track of. With 2010 almost in, I thought I’ll do a special 2009 summary tribute of the top of Taiwan’s expat blogosphere.
 
Note : I urge my fellow Taiwan bloggers to do the same. [...]

19 Nov, 2009 in General by Fili An
Between Cultures – Social Network Map HK, China, Taiwan & Israel

Social network maps do a great job of giving you information you usually don’t come across which summarizes big stories into easily interpretable graphs. Having being part of Facebook for quite some time now, I think it’s been long enough for me to find and connect to the majority of those who I know or [...]

3 Nov, 2009 in Taiwan Blogosphere by Fili An
Taiwan Blogging Awards 2009 @Taiwanderful

Taiwanderful is again running the Taiwan Best Blog Awards in 2009 following the inaugural competition last year.
(Taiwanderful’s Taiwan Blog Awards 2009 announcement)

It’s been a few years since Taiwanderful came into existence with David’s kind help. Although I’m now located in HK I guess I will always Taiwan is my second home. I keep [...]

9 Aug, 2009 in Tainan by Fili An
Taiwanese night-market - food section

Living in a Taiwanese town and wondering what’s to do? Let me help you out a bit.
It sounds like a somewhat naive question, but I get that alot, even in relatively bustling lively Taiwanese towns. I got that in Tainan atleast a dozen times this past year, mostly from students. As I know a thing [...]

14 Jul, 2009 in Cosplay, Tainan by Fili An
Cosplay Resturant Tainan - Dear Alice Wonderland (22).JPG

Tired of standard dining? Taiwan offers a wide variety of themed restaurants for you to choose from. I previously wrote about Taiwan’s toilet restaurants, and there are also Hello Kitty places (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), but this next one I think is slightly more interesting, especially to the male audiences.
While driving in Tainan’s [...]

12 Jul, 2009 in Tainan by Fili An
Tainan Anping Harbor International Boat Festival 2009 (27).JPG

Last week Tainan City hosted the "International Boat Festival 2009". Tainan City and International in the same title sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Tainan’s trying. They put up an English website, prepared English flyers and all, but it’s not quite there yet. It would still take a while for Tainan to be [...]

26 May, 2009 in Taiwan by Fili An
"The Best Trip in the World" Taiwan Contest : Explorers Wanted

Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau has recently announced "The Best Trip in the World" contest hoping for reaction similar to Australia’s “Best Job in the World". Seeing the still weak international interest in Kaohsiung’s World Games 2009 I have some doubts on how popular this would be, but any big project to attract more visitors to [...]

28 Apr, 2009 in Guangzhou by Fili An
Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall Guangzhou-4.JPG

I was a bit surprised the first time I realized that Sun Yat Sen (孫中山, Sun Zhong Shan) is considered to be the founding father of the modern Chinese nation by both China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. From biographies I read about Mao and Chiang Kai Shek, I was led to believe that while Sun [...]