The Taipei Kid

The Players
Player A: Early 30s, dumbass gym rat in a towel who thinks whitey can’t understand Chinese and would barely move an inch so I could get into my locker

Player B: Oviously in a higher league than Player A and his friends, acting slightly uncomfortable.

A: I’ve got this friend that really wants to meet you. […]

A Louis Vuitton store in Taichung was robbed the other night. No big deal, but I just like the comic art work that the Apple Daily provided. It looks like Speed Racer gone bad. I have to hand it to one of the robbers for daring to clean out the store, *a store with big windows*, while wearing […]

Call me crazy, but President Chen Shui-bian’s son-in-law and alleged insider trading, and rapper Foxy Brown seem to have some sort of weird connection. First of all, Chao Chien-ming has been busted for chewing gum in court, just like Foxy Brown. Foxy also missed a court date because of oral surgery, and Chao just happens […]

Local appliance maker Teco sure has an interesting microwave out these days. This is one appliance that deserves to become a bestselling cult item just because of its name. It’s called the “Flirt” and the microprint underneath it actually reads, “The Art of Pleasure”. You can purchase this gem of an appliance at Carrefour, which […]

I love it when people here think that foreigners can’t understand Chinese, like tonight at the weird coffee shop where this guy was going on about 69ing his girlfriend while having coffee with his friend. The weird coffee shop is at the intersection of Wenhua/Shuangshi (Culture/Double Ten) Roads in Panchiao, by the Peking Duck store […]

I am a sea mail fanatic, and try to avoid air mailing packages as much as I can. Air mail is sooooo overrated for packages. Don’t listen to the post office’s lies about packages taking eight weeks, the rats will eat the packages, blah, blah, blah. They make such a big point of warning you […]