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Walking across the road is one thing have to be aware. When you stop at the junction, even the green lights is on but you have to make sure the traffic coming from the left is clear because the traffic are still can pass thru and make a right turn to the road you want to cross. The car is lefthand drive. For those who living in asia country like me have to be more concern. Make sure you look to your left 1st before you cross the road and not look to your right. Leave a Comment
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 from my dorm by THLIN
It quiet often comes with huge rain and wind. And as far as I know, Taipei sometimes suffers from typhoon badly, it may caused flood in downtown. If the typhoon is strong enough, we take a day off, because it may be rather dangerous to walk in the street or even ride on a motorbike. Things may fall from your head. Leave a Comment
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 What 35"c in my room...Oh
la la by THLIN
The weather in Taipei can be very dramatic. It can change hugely within a few days. Sometimes it may be as hot as 35"c ++ in autumn; it can also be as cold as 9"c-- in spring. Never expect stable weather during the seasonal interchange. The best way is to pay attention to weather report.
This year is one of the most strange years ever. In March, it was EVEN colder than winter, Taipei snowed in suburban; this autumn, we have 35 degree so far. Well, things change, nothing can be predicted as before. Leave a Comment
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Ok, here's the prewarning. The arrival at 2145 hours resulted in reaching the hotel at only 2300 hours due to the LOOOOONG immigration q.
Do note nevertheless that the officers themselves were a friendly lot despite having throngs of visitors coming in at a go - a vast improvement in comparison to several other places Ive visited. Leave a Comment
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 Typhoon day by chewy3326
Typhoons can cause you to be stranded in your hotel for a day or two, but generally don't cause too much damage; after typhoons pass, the air quality will generally become better so you get better views of the region. Leave a Comment
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The old NT$50 coins (see description below) were no longer in circulation. I got an old coin as change, which I didn't know that it couldn't be use elsewhere until I tried to use it later. Now, I found out that it could be changed at the banks...but oh well, I treat it as a souvenir!
Taken from the Official Taiwan Tourism Site:
"Brass-colored NT$50 coins issued in 1992 and 1993, with a plum blossom and rays of light on the face and "Fifty Yuan" and "50" on the obverse, and with 50 plum blossoms on the edge." Leave a Comment
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Unfortunately getting food, or rather clean food can be hard. There are many street vendors and “charming” side street restaurants with cheap prices and tasty morsels, but there could be deadly consequences. I discovered in my research that Taiwan is a hot bed of Hepatitis A and B, typhoid, dysentery and host to many other delightful illnesses. All of these diseases (except Hepatitis B) can easily be passed from an infected person through contaminated food, especially when food is handled in an unsanitary way. Taiwan does this is spades! So, no street vendor foods and if the restaurant looked unclean I wouldn’t go in (I’d do the same in the states). No fruits. No cold vegetables, only steamed or thoroughly cooked. No cold meats and for that matter no cold meals or food that had been standing in the open air for a long period (like buffet style).
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 Crowded streets at night by chewy3326
Understand that in Taipei, pedestrians NEVER have the right of way, whether the light is green, red, or otherwise. Drivers will expect you to stop for them, not vice versa; also realize that yellow lines mean nothing and sometimes drivers will drive on either side of the road (a rare case, but it happens). Leave a Comment
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Yes, it is actually called stinky tofu, or so that is how it is written on the few English menus I saw. You might be wondering what kind of smell stinky tofu emits. Well I will tell you. As I was walking along I smelt dog s@%t. There are lots of dogs around in Taipei, some stray, others being sold at the night market . I saw a few dogs that were shaved and looked quite diseased. Not sure what that was all about. Anyway, I looked around on the ground but I didn’t see any crap so I kept walking. The smell got stronger, so I stopped and checked the bottom of my shoes, thinking I must have stepped in a big pile of steaming poop, but they were clean. I walked a little farther and I swear to god I thought I was going to throw up. The smell of dog s@%t was now over powering. I was practically gagging. At this point I was informed that it was the delightful smell of tofu. At first I didn’t believe it. There is plenty of tofu in Japan and I have smelt it a plethora of times. In fact, I have eaten tofu and it didn’t smell like that. But sure enough we passed a food stand and the smell dissipated. Now, the only thing worse than the smell of stinky tofu is the realization that people actually eat stinky tofu. Yuck!
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 by kiely
The world farthest distance is not from the earth to the sky . It is the emotional distance between us that keeps us so far away - I stand right in front of you but you're not aware of that at all- I love you - .
THOUGHT YOU MIGHT GET A LAUGH FROM THIS
We all know those cute little computer symbols called
'emoticons',where
:) means a smile and
:( is a frown. Sometimes these are represented by
:-) and
:-( respectively.
Well, how about some 'assicons'?
Here goes:
(_!_) a regular ass
(__!__) a fat ass
(!) a tight ass
(_*_) a sore ass
{_!_} a swishy ass
(_o_) an ass that's been around
(_x_) kiss my ass
(_X_) leave my ass alone
(_zzz_) a tired ass
(_o^^o_) a wise ass
(_E=mc2_) a smart ass
(_$_) Money coming out of his ass
(_?_) Dumb Ass
you have just been e-mooned!!
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'If someone does not smile at you be generous and offer your own smile.
Nobody needs a smile more than one that cannot smile to others.'
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*Work like you don't need the money.
*Dance like nobody's watching .
*Sing like nobody's listening .
*Love like you've never been hurt .
*Live like it's heaven on earth .
~^o^~
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