Postcard Collector Is Real Card Daniel, an American expat in the Asian island nation of Taiwan, is a real card: His hobby is collecting postcards — from all over the world. A world traveller since his college days in Boston USA, Card has been doing this since 1985 and says he has amassed a huge […]
Virtual Graduation Speech to the Class of 2099 (on Global Warming)
Good afternoon, Class of 2099, I can’t be here in person to address you, since I passed into oblivion long ago. But as a member of the graduating class of 1971 at this esteemed university on a hill, I wanted to leave you with a brief message — from the past to the future — […]
Grandma Can’t Sleep: A Taiwanese Folk Song Composed by a Big Nose
"Amah Koon Beki" or [ 阿媽．ç¡æœªåŽ» ] is a newly-composed Taiwanese folk song about a grandma who cannot sleep at night, because she is worried about what kind of present to buy for her grandchild for the Lunar New Year party the next day. She is poor and does not have a lot of money. […]
Casper the Ghost on the Face of a Fried Egg?
Casper the Ghost on the Face of a Fried Egg? You be the judge! http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/photo/2009/01/16/2008033894 LINK TO PHOTO Yes, a dude in Taiwan found a Casper the Ghost face, sort of, on a fried egg and he almost ate the ghostly but friendly (and smiling) apparition at a local breakfast shop, but just before he […]