The Taipei Kid

Being a busy student and all, I use my microwave oven a lot, especially for microwave apple crumble. I’m also always on the lookout for ways to clean things better and faster, since I don’t have a lot of time to keep things up. Anyway, forget about baking soda or store-bought microwave spray cleaners, because […]

A certain celebrity got busted for drugs recently, a certain celebrity I actually was forced to cross paths with years ago. This was way before his fame and party lifestyle. The landlord rented him a room down the hall, and then the next day his entire family–mom, dad, sister, brother–moved into the place, the whole […]

Leave it to our sweet, little (Taipei-based) Benq to create an ad campaign that capitalizes on the collapse of the World Trade Center. And just in time for the holiday season, too! We belive they really screwed up with this one, but we’ve never had many nice things to say about this company anyway. Good […]

…all I get is a bunch of wet toothpicks.
Edit: Click here for the trick.

 This isn’t a very good photo, but it looks like the Great Pumpkin is hiding out (in drag, no less) at a women’s clothing store near my apartment. Happy Halloween!

Whatever happened to the mangosteen? You used to be able to get these at the supermarket here and it seems they just disappeared–they haven’t sold them anywhere here in a while. Does anyone know?

I have been soooo busy with stuff, so I haven’t been posting much. However, as a stopgap, I am recycling one of the most loved photos I have put up here–the famous cheese platter at the luxurious Ta Shee Resort.

So this is how a white ROC passport holder is treated while crossing into China.

I checked out the Amigo mexican restaurant that was featured in the paper today. I am not sure if it is any way related to the same Mexican joint that used to be around there somewhere. Not bad for one of Taipei’s, what, three Mexican restaurants? Anyway, it is a good place to go if […]

She’s big, and she’s bad, she’s Big Bad Ela!