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Joni Mitchell has an amazing voice and she is a gifted musician as well. The thing I love about her the most is how she takes risks and continually experiments challenging herself and developing her art. Amelia is a song that she did with Jaco Pastorious one of the greatest musicians and...
Flower head-ever get all preened and looking great but get the sense you're still missing something? Swinging-sometimes it's nice to get lost in the shadows or drift between shadow and light. Cow vs. Cat-who's side are you on? Don't believe Gaylord Focker-you can't milk cats... Overworked-here's a bonus for when you are working hard (for your ears). Roxy Music was...
Admittedly Talking Heads is one of my favorite bands of all time. I'm very happy that I got to see them twice and during the Fear of Music period. Mind is from that album....
Circle game-it goes round and round and round and round and round and round... Strand-independence and speaking out are good for everybody from time to time... Shoe sky-for when it's not raining cats and dogs... Scatter-everyone needs beautiful purple petals scattered across their plain of vision from time to time to renew the soul. Heard a great interview...
Someone told me today that the US people among other world citizens have been very generous in their giving to the people of Haiti. This is very encouraging because corporations and governments are usually much more complex and political with their giving. My hope is that most of these funds...
The Intangible Cultural Heritage exhibition is a Cross-Straits(of Taiwan) venture with museum quality pieces from both southern Fujian, China and Taiwan. I was really impressed by the beauty and quality of most of the exhibits on display. Many(in fact most) of the exhibits permitted photographs to be taken. The quality of...
the 10 billion years before the sun blew up...
How to get ahead in a corporation...
Specifically an Asian one...Step #1 : Suggest more paperwork for inane things, maybe catalogue what color socks people wear on a certain day. Hire someone and pay them a really crappy wage to do this. Or get some other overburdened worker to do the work after work, or on holidays....
I do not exist, I am merely a self-actualized page on the internet... a collection of random photos, a selection of funny quotes, I am the results of a million quiz answers. I am ever interesting and always likeable, quotable and unquestioning.. My life is interesting, it mimics a blockbuster...
Regards, to the sheer amount of people who enjoy watching me fail....
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World economic crisis= an excuse for the rich to act like bigger assholes than they already do....
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Toyota says Prius is an easy fix
Troubled carmaker Toyota has announced the problem attributed to brakes on its Prius model has now been fixed....
McDonald's sets record in Russia
US-based McDonald's has marked 20 years of business in Russia....
Reese Witherspoon dating agent?
London, Feb 5 : Actress Reese Witherspoon is now rumored to be dating a Hollywood talent agent - just days after she was falsely linked to Scottish actor Gerard Butler....
PCB chief Butt denies sleeping during Pak NA sports committee meeting
Karachi, Feb.5 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has rebuffed media reports which quoted Sindh Sports minister Dr Mohammad Ali Shah, as saying that he took a nap during the National ...
Indo-Pak conflicting security concerns in Afghanistan'dilemma' for US: Holbrooke
Washington, Feb.5 : US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said that the conflicting security concerns of countries like India and Pakistan...
US not to play 'intermediary' in Indo-Pak talks: Holbrooke
Washington, Feb.5 : The United States has once again rejected the notion regarding it playing a role of an 'intermediary' between India and Pakistan to help both nuclear...
Taiwan Matters!
Last night, Taiwan's MAC Deputy Minister Liu Te-shun (劉德勳) argued that China would not be able to tolerate an ECFA with Taiwan when any pro-Taiwan independence party was in power. In Liu's own words, "The ECFA is a political and economic asset that the KMT has fought to...
ECFA is being signed under a one-China framework
In case you still had any doubts...It should be obvious to anyone not in a persistent vegetative state (and even that might not be enough of an obstacle to miss this) that the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) being "negotiated" between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in Taiwan and the...
Taiwan News is reporting that the GIO is piling the pressure on the PTS Chairman Cheng Tung-liao who filed a lawsuit against the Government for illegally planting 8 new board members, most of whom were chosen for their support for the Government or President:The GIO accused Cheng of illegally...
Mike Turton recently featured a letter sent by Kristalina I. Georgieva Vice President and Corporate Secretary of The World Bank Group which all but annexed Taiwan to China. Here is my email to Ms Georgieva, which I forwarded to FTV and Liberty Times:Dear Kristalina,In reference to your circular email in...
Sweeping those dirty counties clean!All three of yesterday's by-elections to choose new legislators in Taoyuan (桃園), Taichung (台中), and Taitung (台東) Counties -- all Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) strongholds -- were won by pro-Taiwan opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates, and won by surprising margins.While the Taitung by-election was held...
Taiwan's "Erosion of Justice" saga continues
A course in dissemblingBeginning in November 2008, when former President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) was first jailed after a long trial by media, a series of open letters on the erosion of justice in Taiwan under the administration of current President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) began. Fourteen months later, the deceptive replies...
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EA plans Facebook version of `Madden'
Canada's privacy commissioner is once again probing Facebook over the online social network's privacy policies. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada said Wednesday it is investigating a complaint from ......
QBs Brunell, Painter on Super Bowl standby
As the backup to Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts rookie Curtis Painter finds himself behind the NFL's most durable quarterback, and he'll likely watch the entire Super Bowl from the sideline. On t......
Billups scores 39 as Nuggets bury Lakers 126-113
Chauncey Billups set a new career-high with 39 points after hitting a career-best nine three-pointers in 13 attempts, as the sharp-shooting Denver Nuggets crushed the Los Angeles Lakers, 126-113, at S......
A 7-year-old Saints fan is the NFL's 'Super Kid'
Wesley Warren wrote her way to the Super Bowl. Wesley, a 7-year-old from Metarie, La., was selected as the NFL's Super Kid for Sunday's title game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans S......
USF making strides in rugged Big East
Be humble, stay hungry. The gauntlet that is the Big East schedule makes it difficult for surprising South Florida to take any other approach to a stunning, middle-of-the-season turnaround. The Bull......
Hope fading for struggling Hawkeyes
Aaron Fuller had 13 points and Jarryd Cole added 11 points and 10 rebounds, leading Iowa to a 58-43 victory over Indiana Sunday night. Brennan Cougill finished with 10 points and Eric May scored nine......
Taiwan Photographers
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Carrie Kellenberger is a freelance editorial, commercial, and travel photographer living in Taiwan. She has been living and traveling in Asia since 2003. Carrie’s work has appeared in several online and print publications such as Travel and Leisure Asia, Hip Compass Escapes travel magazine, Unearthing Asia, and JPG magazine. Carrie publishes...
Photo by Alton’s Images. The Look is a post from: Taiwan Photographers Share and Enjoy: The Look is a post from: Taiwan Photographers ...
The Daily Bubble Tea
Earlier this week my school took a field trip to Miaoli for some DIY chocolate at Schokolake [巧克力雲莊]. This was one of three stops during our school’s Miaoli trip and I’m pretty sure our students had the most fun here. The area outside the chocolate factory is quite lovely with...
Weekly Links – February 4, 2010
Rich Matheson on the origins of the Bajiajiang. Jim visits Shanchiao Elementary School in Miaoli. Shuflies reports on the best macaroons in Taipei. Carrie interviews Matt Gibson, the publisher of Xpat Magazine. David attends the Amis community end of year celebration in Sanying. Two for Tainan: The Tainan City Guide with information on the Golden...
Images from Bopiliao Old Street
Although now a back alley, this Qing Dynasty street used to be an important passage between Monga [present-day Wanhua] and Guting Districts prior to losing its status to Guangzhou Street as the major link between the two districts. There are conflicting stories as to how Bopiliao [剝皮寮] got its name: Some...
Daily Photo – Staring outside, waiting for Avatar
Looking out at Taichung City from Shinkong Mitsukoshi Department Store. ...
Cycling – South to Beigang and North to Lugang
I got done all my pre-Chinese New Year cleaning early on Saturday to leave Sunday open for cycling. I woke up well before my alarm yesterday in anticipation for my first century ride. I originally planned a shorter route that would have put me at nearly exactly 100 miles /...
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Global Voices Online
Malik Rashid at BRAC Blog describes how BRAC, the Bangladeshi NGO, is teaching children in the town of Haripur in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan....
Taiwan: Blogger meets with former President
Blogger Ben Goren describes his meeting with Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), the former President of Taiwan, in the Tucheng Detention Centre. Chen has been in detention for over a year while on trial for corruption related charges....
Digital library of Lao manuscripts
Digital library of Lao manuscripts features 86,000 texts from 800 monasteries in Laos. The web project aims to preserve historic Lao literary texts....
Laos: Declining number of elephants
A group warns that domesticated elephants in Laos may disappear in 50 years....
The 450 Year Road in Laos is now 80 percent complete. The road is built to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Vientiane as capital of the country....
Haiti: Russian Interpol Officer Blogs About Disaster
A Russian Interpol officer in Haiti shares his accounts of the disaster and its aftermath on his blog....
The View from Taiwan
Rounding up ECFA (=Exploiting China to Forego Annihilation)
Today, in our electricity bill, the government was kind enough to include this pamphlet exhorting us to support ECFA. Note the use of the HSR to invoke visions of modernity and progress. Sorry, DPPers, but you can't complain -- remember when you hung those UN for Taiwan banners on government...
For the last couple of weeks I've been in Thailand and Laos, enjoying sunshine and friendly people. I know it isn't about Taiwan, but I loved Laos, so I'm going to show you a few pictures from the week I spent there with Michael Cannon, Michael Klein, and Hui-chen, Michael...
I'm taking two weeks off from serious blogging while I do some traveling. Might post a pic or two now and then. Good luck to you all!_______________________[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and...
I posted some TVBS polls on the Feb By-elections a couple of posts below and a friend suggested I take a look at TVBS polls (poll center) from the Dec 5 county/city elections to get a sense of how accurate the TVBS polls are. Each number means the percent by...
PRC in Taiwan: New Restrictions on Defense Lawyers Demanded by MOJ
Read the whole thing, but Jerome Cohen has done the island another service in publicizing the proposed Ministry of Justice curbs on defense lawyers. It compares Taiwan to the PRC, savage in its civility. Read closely and carefully.....By contrast, the Taiwan government’s new interest in curbing vigorous defense lawyers does...
An awful day as the Supreme Court decides to turn US politics over to corporations, delivering a devastating blow to US democracy. There's not much that you can say about the obvious insanity of such a decision. So how about some light news? This story out of Costa Rica:The Chinese...
WORLD News
European Central Bank warns eurozone as markets plunge
The European Central Bank on Thursday welcomed a Greek plan to tackle its debt crisis but warned all eurozone countries to get their finances in...
The Bank of England on Thursday froze its radical policy of pumping massive amounts of new money into the economy but did not rule out...
Missionary leader to blame for kidnap case: lawyer
Ten Baptist missionaries are facing kidnapping charges in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country, and the lawyer for all the...
Obama orders cabinet group to spearhead export drive
Facing pressure to boost jobs to help an economic revival, President Barack Obama unveiled a broad initiative Thursday to pry open foreign markets for U.S....
Hornets' Paul is out four to six weeks
New Orleans point guard Chris Paul had arthroscopic surgery on his knee and will miss four to six weeks of the National Basketball Association season. Paul...
British Airways said yesterday that net losses in the nine months to December nearly doubled to 245 million pounds, hit by weak demand, adding it...
David on Formosa
Sanying Community celebrates another year
On Saturday the Amis community of Sanying (三鶯部落) in Sanxia held its end of year celebration. The event attracted a crowd of about 500 people which was more than last year’s event. The community had also undergone a lot rebuilding after its demolition in February 2008. The afternoon began with dancing...
Books and e-readers at the Taipei Book Exhibition
The Taipei International Book Exhibition opened yesterday. I visited the exhibition today at the Taipei World Trade Centre to see what was new this year. This year’s special guest exhibitor is France. Francophones will be sure to enjoy the large range of French literature on display. There is also a...
Books and films a window into Atayal culture
I saw the short film Msgamil: Once Upon a Time (泰雅千年) while visiting Smangus in August last year. I then saw Through Thousands Years* (走過千年) at the Ethnographic Film Festival. Msgamil is a short film produced by Chen Wen-bin (陳文彬) about the historical migration of the Atayal. Through Thousands Years,...
Freestyle motocross at Freedom Square
Freedom Square hosted an exhibition of freestyle motocross riding yesterday afternoon. It was part of the Red Bull X-Fighters exhibition tour. The riders pulled off extreme mid-air maneuvers in the space between the National Theatre and the National Concert Hall. Despite having only a short run up to the launching ramp...
Taiwan still free but problems with judicial rights: Freedom House report
Taiwan has maintained its status as free in Freedom House’s 2010 report released yesterday. Taiwan received the same score as last year but its score for civil liberties decreased from 1 to 2 while its score for political rights increased from 2 to 1. Taiwan’s score put it equal with...
Rising sea levels threaten Taipei
I sent a letter about climate change to the Taipei Times on 7 January, but as of today it hasn’t been published (Update: published on 17 January). The Taipei Times published this letter on climate change today (which contains some ridiculous claims) and also Johnny Neihu took an amusing look...
Fili's World | A different look at Asia, China & Taiwan
Although a while back, Stitch’s visit to Lamma Island shall not be forgotten. It’s been quite a few weeks since two lovely gals and myself accompanied Stitch for his visit to Hong Kong’s Lamma Island. It’s my second visit to Lamma, and it is a...
A Year in Hong Kong – 3 Years in Asia
Today, a year ago, I moved from Taiwan to Hong Kong to begin a new academic adventure with Hong Kong’s University of Science and Technology. Looking back on this year, it’s hard to believe how quickly it all passed. All together, with 2 years accumulated in Taiwan, this also marks...
Perspectives on HK : Featuring Garret M Clarke
Garret Clarke, a talented young photographer I’ve had the pleasure of shortly studying with at Taiwan, has recently visited Hong Kong. I’ve been meaning to try and promote some of his work and the artistic side projects I saw him do across Taiwan’s Tainan, but it’s only after I came...
HK Serviced Apartments – Short-term Family/Luxury/Suites Accommodation
Looking for a serviced apartment short-term option in Hong Kong? I was too. My family was looking into the option of coming to visit Hong Kong for a week, and the university guest apartments were full, so I embarked on a journey of finding out what short-term apartment accommodation options...
English Style Afternoon Tea @ HK’s Peninsula Hotel
Care for some English style tea at British colonial Hong Kong? Head down over to The Peninsula hotel at Tsim Sha Tsui, one of the most well-known and established institutions in Hong Kong. Is it a gorgeous building. One of the Hong Kong harbour highlights. Here’s an abstract from Wikipedia about...
Tokyo trip summary & 6 days recommended itinerary
Tokyo’s a terrific city, well worth a few days of exploration. To sum up my trip to Japan, following is a summary of my visit to Japan’s Tokyo, suggesting a recommended itinerary for those interested. Tip – I wrote a post for some cheap budget hotel accommodation in Toyko...
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Photos by MJ Klein and Hui-chen We are pleased to bring you this series on our recent trip to Thailand and Laos! We parked our car in one of those parking lots near the airport, and took a shuttle bus to the airport terminal. Michael Cannon (L) and Michael Turton join Hui-chen and...
Photo by MJ Klein Hui-chen and I just returned from an 11 day trip to Thailand and Laos. It was a fantastic trip that we shared with bloggers Michael Turton and Michael Cannon. We’ll be bringing you many articles in this new series and hopefully give you an idea of what...
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Taiwan 101
Storms, viruses, and Taiwanese language
I've been back a few weeks now, and the weather is finally starting to get cooler. That means a bunch of low-pressure cold fronts (read: wind and rain) which, while giving a brief respite to the sweltering heat of the sun, also means that, well, it's getting cooler.I moved out...
I arrived last Monday, tired and trying hard to beat the jet-lag, to a still hot Taipei. In a way, the change was welcome, as Paris was already getting cold and windy when I left.Now I'm staying (temporarily) in a friend's place, trying to find a job and apartment. It's...
The end of summer... and the end of my first year in Taiwan
The walls are bare, and only a few cardboard boxes remain in the room I have rented for almost exactly one year. August 20, 2009 marked my one year anniversary in Taiwan. I'll be going back to Paris for a few weeks to recoup and meet up with family and...
I know this is a bit of a cop out, but I've been pretty busy lately and haven't written about the biggest story about Taiwan so far this year, namely Typhoon Morakot, which hit the island on August 8, or ten days ago.For me it was just another typhoon, with...
The super-futuristic library near my house
Near my house is a really beautiful, fully functional, modern library. The sleek gray building looks like it was designed by some hot-shot international architecture firm. When you walk through the gigantic glass gate surrounding the entrance, a moving LED screen alerts you of news about the library and events...
Taiwan, one of the last bastions of pro-Americana?
I was walking home from school today, listening to my iPod, when someone tapped me on my shoulder. I looked back to see a Taiwanese man with thick-rimmed glasses smiling back at me."Are you a student at Shida?" he asked in Chinese."Yes," I replied, somewhat cautiously. He didn't seem ill-willed,...
Bloggers In Taiwan
kidzone-tw"An information site designed to enrich the lives of children of English-speaking families in Taiwan. Making child-friendly events, spaces and activities more accessible for all."by Katrina Brown...
Featured Blog - "Peggy Teaches Chinese"
Peggy Teaches Chinese"PeggyTeachesChinese is an online community for people who are interested in learning Mandarin. It is created by Peggy Lee, a college student in Taiwan. It started as a YouTube channel and is gradually growing.We’ve provided an hub for our visitors to communicate with people with the same niche...
Featured Blog - "The Hungry Donkeys"
The Hungry Donkeys"Exploring and Exploiting the Best and Worst Food Experiences in Taiwan and Abroad"by Chuck Sands...
Featured Blog - "Memories of Past Tense"
Memories of Past Tenseby Diane Wu...
Featured Blog - "Life In Taiwan"
Life In Taiwanby Tony Coolidge...
Featured Blog - "Twoton's Pitcher Post"
Twoton's Pitcher Post"I'm a Taiwan lifer and live on the green slopes of western Yangmingshan, just outside the National Park boundary (Beixinzhuang, ten klicks inland from Sanzhi), and between the occasional bouts of work (video game localization, www.shentloc.com), I amuse myself with our two sons, four dogs, five cats and...