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Entries from October 2007

Death Wish

October 28th, 2007 · 10 Comments

It seems I’ve received a failing blog review and death wish (”Time to Slash the Kid”) from TrippinTV, a site I must say I never heard of until now. The site seems to be a video-version of Forumosa. The Taipei Kid was called “crap” and full of “retarded” articles.
From the review:
The Taipei Kid is one […]

Tags: Real Childhood Memories

List of Thoughts on First Visit to Shanghai in Over 20 Years

October 21st, 2007 · 3 Comments

1. Wow it has changed a lot.
2. It is nice being able to speak Chinese around town and do things without having to go through the whole “Wow, you’re Chinese is really good, how long have you been in Taiwan?” ritual eight times a day.
3. The touts in the tourist areas are really annoying–near […]

Tags: False Childhood Memories

Express DinTaiFung Review

October 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

I finally had it. I finally had DinTaiFung. I was in the area (the area being Yangkang) during the rare moment when there was only like a two-minute wait. I know that everyone else and their mother has been there, but I wanted to go when the time was right, when it was my moment.
It […]

Tags: The City

Travel Agents that Go Postal

October 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I saw a huge catfight at the travel agency the other day. Two travel agents–one younger, one older. The older one was perturbed at being bombarded with questions from the younger one. The younger one went postal. It got so bad these guys had to come break it up. Some really unprofessional stuff. Lots of […]

Tags: The City

They Ruin Everything

October 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It turns out that the obnoxious group of foreigners that we saw slobbering on and groping innocent female patrons at that bar on Friday (you know, the one you can dance on) and nearly starting quite a few fights and generally making everyone feel sick, were visiting guests, that’s right, visiting guests of that […]

Tags: The City