Comments for 台博客 Taiwan!

Comment on Lantern Festivals by Sylvia Slaughter

Sylvia Slaughter — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:22:11 +0000

It varies. In Taipei its been 14C one day and 22C the next. I’d say on average maybe 16C. We went to the south to the beaches and it was 27C on the weekend though! 🙂

Comment on Lantern Festivals by Dorota Zarzycka

Dorota Zarzycka — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:42:36 +0000

And what is the temperature there?

Comment on I Just Paid $17,367 at 7-Eleven by Jeff Madill

Jeff Madill — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:04:09 +0000

in Dar es Salaam my electricity was pay-as-you-go. Which lead to several inconvenient drunk nights.

Comment on I Just Paid $17,367 at 7-Eleven by Sylvia Slaughter

Sylvia Slaughter — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:02:21 +0000

what i don’t get is why we need to pay our electricity bill, water bill etc, all in cash!?

Comment on Finally, I felt that one! by Jim Abra

Jim Abra — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:21:36 +0000

Wow, sounds like a lovely place…

We have a 5.1 and it’s front page news. There, it’s front page news if there isn’t one.

Comment on pampered pooch by Andy

Andy — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 09:30:32 +0000

The dog sign in stores usually means you can carry them in bags but they can’t roam on their own, but usually there is also an allowance if they are seeing eye dogs. People use the bags so that they can still freely enter shops. You should try the mall over on Ba-De Road 台北市八德路 which supplies carts for your pets to be pushed around in and has a pet care center and salon for your pooch to hang out while you take in some shopping and a movie.

Comment on Never a Dull Moment: No Water at Home! by Jeff Madill

Jeff Madill — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:47:11 +0000

Did any of your offices in Cambridge have a pater-noster?

Comment on Never a Dull Moment: No Water at Home! by Jason Slaughter

Jason Slaughter — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 04:49:02 +0000

Eh, the water was out for a few hours in our building alone; I think that’s acceptable, and better than Dar!

If you think this is bad, you should see how bad it is at my office in Cambridge! The water literally goes out at least once a month, along with power failures, backed-up toilets, and one of the three lifts is almost always out of commission. Of course, that’s in a developing country: Britain. I’m sure the UK will be up to the standards of developed nations like Taiwan within the next few decades. By then they might even figure out how to make hot and cold water come from the same tap at the same time! 🙂

Comment on Never a Dull Moment: No Water at Home! by Jeff Madill

Jeff Madill — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:37:01 +0000

I expect this in Africa…. but Taiwan?

Comment on Never a Dull Moment: No Water at Home! by Craig Ranta

Craig Ranta — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:41:03 +0000

Is this the new Chinese water torture for Westerners?