Comedy / The Wild East magazine My friend and I wanted to get high, but didn’t know any dealers. So we walked into a Tokyo Drugstore – that’s a promising name, for starters – to see what kind of over-the-counter goodies we could score without a prescription. I knew the
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The day I stole a scooter in Kaohsiung
The Wild East / Comedy “I think you must trust people here a lot!” Wubai said, motioning to the rented scooter I’d parked in front of the 7-11 while we went inside for a bite to eat. The keys were dangling from the ignition. “Yes, I do,” I
Read moreExpat Chat: On being a Western wife, part 2 of 2
What it’s like being a Taiwan xifu – daughter-in-law…? Curious about other foreign women’s experience of marrying Taiwanese, I interviewed Serina from Australia, who shares her many cultural experiences as a Taiwan daughter-in-law on her blog, http://www.taiwanxifu.com/. Read Part 1 here Serina wrote : “I met and married my husband
Read moreFEPOW Day event Aug. 11
Dear Friends, Just a reminder about our annual FEPOW Day event which is being held this coming Saturday, August 11th at the Spot Theatre at # 18 Chungshan North Road Sec. 2 (near the corner of Nanking) at 6:00pm. The Chungshan MRT Station is just around the corner from the
Read moreExpat Chat: On being a Western Wife: Part 1 of 2
When I told people that I’d married a “PingDong Man”, a huge smile would break out on their face and almost invariably they’d exclaim, ‘Ah, Taiwan xifu!” What’s a Taiwan xifu? I wondered. It means “Taiwan daughter-in-law”. But it has another, very positive connotation — of total acceptance in this
Read moreConstruction of seaside hotel killing off Taitung coral reef
Trista di Genova, The Wild East Protesters camped out on the beach in southeast Taiwan last weekend, to call attention to the ecological destruction of Meili Wan (‘Beautiful Bay’) during the course of a hotel’s construction there. Activist and famed Taiwan photographer, Eco Lin, described in an interview with The
Read moreAdultery still a punishable crime in Taiwan
By Trista di Genova and Wu Bai, The Wild East Taiwan’s law against adultery (xing-fa 刑法), also known as “Criminal Law Number 239” in the legal code, may seem a strange and archaic animal to some. To this day adultery is a criminal offense that is punishable by up to
Read moreBerkeley/MIT/Cornell Summer Happy Hour in Taipei Aug. 9
Summer is here and that means it’s time for the Berkeley Club of Taiwan Summer Happy Hour! Co-hosting with us this year are our friends from MIT and Cornell Clubs of Taiwan. That’s right folks, it’s a happy hour triple threat! Don’t miss this great event. Sign-up early at http://www.accupass.com/go/happyhour
Read moreAmazing lineup of comics @ Taipei Comedy Club
TAIPEI COMEDY CLUB’s English Language Comedy night is on Saturday, July 14th at 9pm. No.20, Ln. 553, Sec. 4, ZhongXiao E. Rd., Taipei City (MRT Taipei City Hall Station EXIT 1) 台北市忠孝東路4段553巷20號(市政府捷運站) Come watch some people find their seats, piss themselves with laughter, and struggle to find their way in
Read moreThe ‘Eight-ishth’ LuvStock this weekend!
LUVstock 201 is gonna knock your socks off July, Friday The 13th, 14 & 15, 2012. The LuvStock DJ list: BAND SCHEDULE LUVbands: Native Space, The Admissionaries, X.O.X.O., The Shiznits, San Jiao Mao -三腳貓, Monkey Banana, Billy and The Filters, Young David, Kid Millionaire, Peaks, BHD, Hi-Life Wedding, Windy City
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