The Taipei Kid

It is nice to see that the beautiful and talented (and former Taipei resident) Laurie Underwood has now become a successful book author. Her book, “China CEO: Voices of Experience from 20 International Business Leaders“, coauthored with Juan Fernandez, has earned five stars on Amazon and is racing up the top of the business book […]

“ASS”, “BRA”, “BAD”, “BJ”, “BS”, “BUM”, “DOG”, “DIE”, “PIG”, “G8″, “GAY”, and “LP”. What do those words have in common? They are all naughty words that a Taipei councilman is trying to get the Transportation Ministry to ban on license plates. They forgot about “FAG”, “NUT” and “ICK”.

Like, oh my gawd, I don’t know why everyone’s getting all worked up over the name of the new bank created with the merger of International Commercial Bank of China and Chiao Tung Bank. I think it is such a totally awesome new name. Like the other day I was at the mall, and I […]

I read with delight this letter to the editor from the founder of Joy regarding the story “English teachers warn of bad treatment in China“. The founder of Joy writes, “We feel that this mistake could have been avoided had the writer decided to dig deeper and not succumb to sensationalistic reporting.” Well, killjoy, the […]

Really busy these days, but four quick things:
1. Why is a government official drawing on a pregnant woman’s (not his wife) stomach?
2. Don’t cha wish Malaysia’s government weren’t such big prudes? See, I don’t care…
3. This sign is just so wrong.
4. This ad (by the Mainland Affairs Council) is a also stand out. Let’s forget […]

Went to the new Thai restaurant at the Sheraton last night. They can’t fool me. That “new” Thai restaurant is actually their old “Fusion” restaurant dressed up to look Thai-ish. Did Fusion even last a year? That’s kind of what they did at the Westin–the Irish pub bombed, so they turned it into a Latin […]