Last night, Sonia and I went to Holly’s birthday party. First we met up at TGIF for dinner. A couple of guys I knew from Modawei showed up. After dinner, we hit the KTV, where we were wowed by Holly’s singing skills. I particularly enjoyed the song 朋友, by 周華健 (Zhōu [...]

Ron Paul has finally climbed out of his previous obscurity. With more fourth quarter earnings than any other Republican candidate, a fierce independent campaign orchestrated by a former Google employee, and surprising support from a few rank and file GOPers, he’s a bona-fide top-tier candidate.
What’s more impressive to me, though, is that the other [...]

This web site may be near its end. My US bank was recently bought out by ING Direct, they closed the accounts of all their customers living abroad. That leaves me without a debit card. Unfortunately, even after living in Taiwan for five years, I still haven’t found a local bank willing to [...]

Keven Rudd sure doesn’t seem to be messing around. He’s been talking for a while about emphasizing three E’s while in office– Economy, Education and Environment. Only hours after getting into office, he has already ratified the Kyoto Protocol to limit greenhouse emissions. Since China and India wouldn’t have faced any limits, [...]

The remarkable thing about this clip isn’t that some guy on TV was so mind-bogglingly ignorant. It’s the advice given by the audience.