Archive for the ‘ fun fact ’ Category

Ghost Stories

Asians are very superstitious when it comes to spirits and souls and ghosts. Just based on movies alone, one can see how much they believe in ghosts here and how often they see them in their daily lives. There are even TV shows consisting of people giving personal accounts of their encounters with ghosts, much [ READ MORE ]

Cell Phones, Smell Phones

Fun Fact: A lot of people in Taiwan here own multiple phones. (I am now one of them.) They carry one from every phone service carrier so they can talk for free in-network with friends who are in the same network. It doesn’t cost very much per carrier every month, and it all adds up [ READ MORE ]

Sausages

Fun Fact: Two signs that there is a club/place of alcohol present are if there are taxis parked out in front and a sausage street vendor present. Chinese sausages are the food choice at 3am in the morning when people stumble out drunk[ READ MORE ]

Rain Rain Go Away

After a week of b-e-a-utiful weather, the rain clouds came rolling in today, on the day we decided to go to the beach. So instead, we slept in, went in search of breakfast around noon, and went to the LIBRARY. After ten months of being in Taipei, I’ve finally ventured into the Taipei Public Library [ READ MORE ]

The Better To See You With

Fun Fact: The bigger your irises are, the prettier you will look. (Anime influence, I think.) According to many people here, strangers and friends, I have been blessed with big irises. However, for those unfortunate ones whose eyes didn’t get it from the genes, they can go buy these![ READ MORE ]