Archive for January, 2010
Maya Pizza Tien Mu Review
I am always looking for good pizza in Taiwan, and I’m usually disappointed when I find it - It’s usually bad or expensive (Pizza Hut happens to win both of those awards). Thanks to Hungry in Taipei‘s Pizza Page, I have a few more places to try. However, last week I stumbled on Maya Pizza [...]
American Beef
In the last month there has been daily discussion in Taiwan about the recent decision to import US beef. They already import US beef, but previously Taiwan did not allow “high risk” beef to be imported from the USA. High Risk includes ground beef and beef offal (I have no idea what this means, but [...]
A Modern POV (Point of View)
Some people like to forward emails, I like to put TED videos on my blog. Over the last couple of years, TED videos have consistently knocked my socks off and have made me reconsider all kinds of things about the world today – I love them. This is a video that made me think about [...]
The Truth – A tale of 3 Characters
Chinese characters have been evolving for thousands of years, and even today there are some big differences in how they are used around the world. Taiwan and Hong Kong both use traditional characters, while Singapore and China are using the simplified versions. Japan adopted the traditional characters a long time back and is now using [...]
