http://www.wannabemyfriend.com Rants/raves + false childhood memories Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:17:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/10/17/video-games-first-people-last/ Just really quickly, and since our quotes to a reporter from a major news outlet never seemed to make it in his big story, we think there is WAYYYYYYYYYYYY too much emphasis on what the mainland tourists can buy and spend here, as opposed to the freedoms they can see ... http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/07/14/souvenirs/ Taking a break to take care of my old, sick dog. http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/06/01/slowing-down-on-posts-as-if-i-hadnt-already-slowed-down-already/ Poagao's recent post on his bad experience at Bank Sinopac, a bank I won't be going to anytime soon, reminded me of the temper tantrum I had at a certain American bank here when I was 18. This American bank and I seem to have had an up and down ... http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/05/16/banking/ It may not be the world's most beautiful airport, but Peach Orchard International Airport was ranked THIRD best worldwide in flight punctuality! http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/05/02/right-on-time/ 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 ... http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/04/27/apartment-tour/ Two women got in a catfight at California Gym after one, um, passed gas in the jacuzzi. Full story (in Chinese) here. http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/04/14/catfight-at-california-gym/ I keep hearing about this Leatherheads movie. I thought it was some sort of sequel to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but apparently it is about football. http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/04/06/leatherheads/ We got these neat facts (in italics) from one of the English papers. Can you guess which one it was? Did you know (newly elected Taiwan president) Ma Ying-jeou is "tall, handsome, athletic, a refined gentleman who is also a go-getter...is popular, not just among womenfolk but among the young hard-working ... http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/03/24/some-really-neat-facts/ A Harvard-educated lawyer and former Taipei mayor from the Nationalist Party, Mr. Ma The New York Times The US-educated lawyer BBC But Ma, a Harvard-educated lawyer United Press International Nationalist (KMT) candidate Ma Ying-jeou, a Harvard-educated lawyer ABC News Ma Ying-jeou, a Harvard-educated lawyer VOA Can you guess what it is? Happy Easter! http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2008/03/23/theres-something-the-news-agencies-cant-seem-the-get-right/