Last night, I went to The Beer Factory for the first time. It’s near the intersection of Bādé lù and Jiànguó nánlù. The place was huge, there was good food, and lots of cheap beer. The only downside is that it was all Taiwan Beer. I guess it’s kind of hard [...]

Back when I lived in Guīshān, I used to go to McDonald’s fairly often. Barring convenience stores, it was the only place close enough and quick enough that I could get dinner between classes. Thankfully, in Táibĕi, there are many many more options. Right after moving back here, I made it a [...]

Cross posted from Toshuo Diet
After a late night of walking all over this wonderful city, beer can in hand and replacing my drink at a convenience store each time it ran out, I couldn’t stay asleep this morning. So, I got up at 9AM. Considering that I’m a self-avowed night owl, getting up at 9AM [...]

Since my trip to the mainland, I’ve been mulling over my impressions of Shanghai and Beijing, and how they compare to the closest thing to a big city Taiwan has- Taibei. Before my vacation, I had a really distorted view of what the mainland was like. Living in Taiwan, I haven’t really had [...]

Since my trip to the mainland, I’ve been mulling over my impressions of Shanghai and Beijing, and how they compare to the closest thing to a big city Taiwan has- Taibei. Before my vacation, I had a really distorted view of what the mainland was like. Living in Taiwan, I haven’t really had [...]

I went back to Táibĕi yesterday. As usual, I couldn’t resist hitting at least one night-market while I had the chance.

After that, I headed over to Xiao Yu’s place for Daniel’s birthday party. He turned 28, and it was a pretty fun group. The group was split pretty much in half [...]

Today was a day that only comes once every few years. I was so absent minded that I managed to make Martin seem like some sort of organization and efficiency guru. Considering the lady who runs the local zăo cān diàn by the MRT said, “啊, 馬丁! 那個很糊塗的那個老外.認識!” when I asked if she’d [...]

Last night, after work, I caught a bus back into Táibĕi and met up with a bunch of my old Mòdàwèi buddies for dinner. Martin, his girlfriend Rika, Ariel, and Mike W. were all there. Originally, we were going to eat at Alley Cats, but it was full. That kinda bummed me [...]

I’ve been posting a bit on a great new Taiwan podcasting blog, Wan An Taipei. First off, let me say it’s got the potential to be a great blog, and that JT’s English pronunciation is good enough that I couldn’t tell he was Taiwanese through the first half of his podcast that I listened too. [...]