Feng Chia LC Talent Show Taichung, Taiwan

February 14, 2009 Posted by Chris

Every year the Feng Chia (逢甲) Language Center in Taiwan has a talent show and many of the international students show off whatever it is that they can do. Some people did a skit, others sang a song (in their own language or in Chinese), some people did a cultural dance or just modern hip-hop [...]

Posted: February 14, 2009 under Personal 2 Comments

The Taiwan Lunch Box In Taichung

February 10, 2009 Posted by Chris

In Taiwan a very popular way of getting lunch is by going to any of several local restaurants and getting take out. A popular Taiwanese restaurant adopted the idea of the Japanese Bento-box which quickly thereafter spread across all of Taiwan. In Taiwan this type of take out is called a ‘Lunch Box’. Anywhere in [...]

Posted: February 10, 2009 under Lost In Translation 3 Comments

Vacation Travel In YiLan (宜蘭市) Part 2

February 8, 2009 Posted by Chris

The time for vacation came quickly and the first stop for my vacation in taiwan (during Chinese New Year) was YiLan (Chinese: 宜蘭市).YiLan is a small city in the northeast of Taiwan. It is not too far from Taipei but has very little public transportation. Most people live in the outskirts of the city and [...]

Posted: February 8, 2009 under Personal No Comments