This is so nice. Someone dies in an Internet cafe, and people can’t be bothered to look up from their screens. We would have put the photo in this post, but we don’t like putting photos of dead people, especially ones that deserve a bit more of respect than this.
Posted by Administrator on 10.17.2008 at 10:16 pm// Tagged: The City, The Island
Just for fun, I took my first-ever new housing development tour today at this place in Banqiao. The complex was called “Royal” something or other, and it turned out to be royally expensive–about NTD 21 million for a three-bedroom unit (about USD 700,000). For USD 700,000 you do get a free gift, however–a scooter parking [...]
Posted by Administrator on 04.27.2008 at 9:35 pm// Tagged: The City
Two women got in a catfight at California Gym after one, um, passed gas in the jacuzzi. Full story (in Chinese) here.
Posted by Administrator on 04.14.2008 at 12:13 pm// Tagged: The City
This morning while walking my dog we were nearly hit by this giant SUV as it turned the corner. It stopped right in front of us and then just stayed there. The driver seemed to be fixated on his side mirror as I waited for my dog to finish her business and I cleaned it [...]
Posted by Administrator on 12.08.2007 at 12:07 am// Tagged: The City
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 [...]
Posted by Administrator on 10.16.2007 at 11:21 pm// Tagged: The City
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 [...]
Posted by Administrator on 10.11.2007 at 12:02 am// Tagged: The City
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 [...]
Posted by Administrator on 10.08.2007 at 11:22 pm// Tagged: The City
Wow…we were really surprised to see that a certain business chamber had purchased a supplement in that English paper, especially since the one who calls the shots has in the past lashed out against the quality of said paper. Then why give them your money?
Posted by Administrator on 09.20.2007 at 12:10 am// Tagged: Real Childhood Memories, The City, The Island
The people at Thank God Its Frozen, were being, um, interesting today. For starters they refused to substitute their disgusting lunch deal soup with a small salad unless I paid NTD 70. “But we’ve always done that,” we said. “But we have a new rule now,” they said. OK, a NEW RULE. OK, so forget [...]
Posted by Administrator on 07.11.2007 at 9:32 pm// Tagged: The City
The weather was so lovely yesterday afternoon–it was a perfect day to be stalked at the Taipei Train Station. I stopped by the train station after attending a correspondents’ club event nearby to check out the high-speed rail schedule before heading home. My stalker, a nasty looking, early 40s weirdo toting a giant fake Burberry tote bag, followed [...]
Posted by Administrator on 05.02.2007 at 1:06 pm// Tagged: The City