YouBikeGate 2019 – Foreigners Being Forgotten About in Policy-making
The Taipei City rental bike company, YouBike, recently made the decision to offer insurance for users. This insurance came at a price, and it wasn’t just monetary. Foreign nationals that weren’t already registered on YouBike were unable to register for the service, and foreigners that were already registered would not be given the insurance locals […]
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150+ Taiwanese Memes
Meme Stories #1 – Characters, APRCs, and Kids That Say 外國人
Writing Characters Can Be Torture I studied Mandarin for about four years in university, and I have to say, it was at times torturous. We studied with those Intergated Chinese books. Part of the homework was a character book that we had to fill in every week with the new characters we learned. Sounds okay […]
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Nihao’s It Going Podcast #4 Stress, Mental Health Talk and Banter
This week I took a bit of time to delve into something a bit more personal and maybe something a bit more relatable for a few of you. You wouldn’t ignore clear signs of physical injury, and we all shouldn’t ignore signs of mental distress. It doesn’t matter if you’re from your home country, in […]
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“Why are you so sweaty?” Why the Irishman is so sweaty in Taiwan
I recently hit my three-year mark in Taiwan back in September 2019. For anyone reading this that hasn’t met me, yes, I’ve only lived in Taiwan for three years. That’s still a tad shocking for people that hear me speak Mandarin and hear my thoughts on societal topics. I suppose I haven’t been around long […]
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Nihao’s It Going Podcast #3 Racism in Taiwan, getting a visa, and finding a job
Nihao’s It Going? This week’s episode I’ll briefly discuss racism in Taiwan, how I got my resident visa, and some tips on finding a job.I didn’t go into a huge amount of information on racism in Taiwan because I can only really discuss my own experience as a white guy. I would really like to […]
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Nihao’s It Going Podcast #2 How I learned Mandarin
It’s time to learn how this ginger 阿啄仔 learned Mandarin. Funny thing is, I never actually planned to learn Mandarin. In fact, I kind of started studying the language because I had nothing else to do when I started university. Now look at me. Making memes like a machine about the experience of a 阿啄仔 […]
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