In Ireland it is also bad luck to write your name in red. From my area anyway and also the whistling at night (my Nigerian friend also says they don't whistle at night in Nigeria.)
@amomentarybrake10 күн бұрын
how's scooter parking on taipei?
@jeffreyrichardson28 күн бұрын
abbeys held colors jody anne welch doug brothers wet coffins others
@jeffreyrichardson28 күн бұрын
asian island two kristens sisters one point two matt brothers cold brew
@joshsidhu1645Ай бұрын
Very informative video, thank you 👍
@TheKaiTetley2 ай бұрын
Love your video. Thank you
@TheKaiTetley2 ай бұрын
Thank you. Will be travelling to Taipei with family next year. Your video is very much appreciated
@jeanclairenepomuceno87972 ай бұрын
Nice
@bill老外3 ай бұрын
Taxis also have scams where the handle falls off, them say you broke the taxi, so owe them money. Happened on old taxi's.
@positivejunctions93623 ай бұрын
I lived and worked as an ESL in Taiwan for seventeen years. I even married a beautiful Taiwanese woman. Everything you mentioned in the video was absolutely correct. I had a few rough spots learning to become a local and better teacher. I now carry so many wonderful memories of my family, students, of teaching and creating memories with expat friends. Thanks for the video, and the reminder.
@davidalexanderarnavat3 ай бұрын
Are you done with KZbin? If not, it would be nice to see an update video. Hope all is well.
@viscourtroy3 ай бұрын
"NO!" my answer is 'NO!!' BUT Taiwan is success!
@user-tc8pc4xl3e3 ай бұрын
bruh its chinese culture not taiwanese
@davidsu10045 ай бұрын
danke Guten Morgen
@davidsu10045 ай бұрын
,回家睡覺,打嘴砲,無聊。
@davidsu10045 ай бұрын
英國,美國,給台灣人免簽證。
@vanesamontacuto89165 ай бұрын
This video shows how degraded we are in the West and most of the world. Who would think of going down a downtown street or to work or to a formal party with flip flops? I see it more and more often in my country and I don't like it. When I was a girl, that wasn't customary and I still don't do it.
@vanesamontacuto89165 ай бұрын
I uses to talk bout death and politics with my Taiwanese friends! Not taboo for them!
One thing I don’t like Taiwan is that it is not very clean there …..
@KoolFoolDebonflair8 ай бұрын
Now here is some seriously important information, thank you! Hoping it's still true six years later.
@chi-hsianghsu87238 ай бұрын
好久沒有看到更新了, 一切還好嗎?
@Name-jw4sj4 ай бұрын
He lives in South Africa now.
@ZackBoyboy38 ай бұрын
Taiwanese feel good 自我感觉良好,优越 is out of this world rude. It is perfectly normal for locals in Taiwan to teach us how to lead our lives in Taiwan , we are tolerant enough but it's not enough for them. When we reject their “ADVICE” they will become Black face or even lecture us back. FOR OUR BODY 1. Female stranger approach us and say “No matter how small the rain is, you must open umbrella”. She went on talk about acid rain. WOW! like Taiwan is the only place to have acid rain!! 2. Multiple Vendors and even strangers tell us “Dont pour sauces on your rice,it's not good for bodies “. we tell them we want sauces on our rice. All Singapore and Malaysia vegetable rice is full of sauce. Until we got fed up and we shot back “Singapore average lifespan is 84, Taiwan is only 80.8, please take care of your dialysis rate being NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD” 3. Taiwan strangers report us to police for bringing kid out topless to train immunity to cold and say it's kid abuse. Our kid did not even cry and is so comfortable and fell asleep. WHERE IS THE KID ABUSE????? Restoring yin yang balance is even more important than dinner, this is seen everyday at dinner time 6-7pm in Taiwan, traditional Chinese medicine clinics are even more full house than restaurants!! PLEASE DONT EVER TEACH ME TO BE LIKE YOU ALL , ETERNAL JACKETS, ETERNAL MASKS , ETERNAL TCM CLINICS VISITS AND EVEN AFTER ALL THESE, STILL ETERNAL WESTERN MEDICINE CLINICS (耳鼻喉 is ear nose and throat clinics ) VISITS!!!!! 4. “YOU SHOULD NOT BE BLOWING WIND AFTER GIVING BIRTH” THE NURSE SAID , SHE TURNED OFF THE FAN BEFORE ASKING MY WIFE! DO YOU ALL KNOW HOW F HOT IS TAIWAN INDOORS?? 26 CELSIUS AND MY WIFE IS LYING ON MANY PLASTIC SHEETS ON THE HOSPITAL BED, SHE IS SWEATING LIKE MAD!! MY WIFE TURNED IT BACK ON , THE NURSE’S FACE BECAME BLACK. F TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE VALUES!!! It is ok for you to tell us YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY BUT DONT EVER FORCE US TO DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN!!!!! FOR THEIR BODIES. 1. AGAINST WIND Their overdefensive values affect us. There was a bakery in wende, Taipei. The boss took out a huge commercial fan for customers to use but nobody uses. I only wait for my wife to buy bread and that day was in November 2021 where the temperature was only 20 CELSIUS. I was lectured by strangers that wind is bad for bodies and the next day the fan vanished FOREVER I MIND MY OWN BUSINESS YET IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH AND THEY DEPRIVE ME THE RIGHT TO EVEN USE THE FAN FOR 2 MINUTES!!!!! A) WE ALL KNOW TAIWANESE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE ELEMENTS, AND I ALREADY USE MY WHOLE BODY TO BLOCK THE FAN, BY BEING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FAN, YET IT IS NOT ENOUGH B) HOW LONG DOES A PERSON CHOOSE BREAD ? TWENTY MINUTES????? WE DID NOT EVEN EAT BREAD THERE!!! C) OWN TAIWANESE BAKERY BOSS PUTS THE FAN THERE FOR CUSTOMERS TO USE, IT WASNT ME WHO ASK THE BOSS TO PUT THE FAN THERE 2. AGAINST MORNING SUNLIGHT There was also an incident in gangqian Carrefour. AGAIN, WHO SAYS, WE MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS IS ENOUGH, THEY WILL COME AND MIND OUR BUSINESS!!!! We were having a meal there at 830am. Half hour later a middle aged woman came sat besides us and pulled down all the blinds. We want our blinds pulled up. My wife stopped her from pulling down OUR BLINDS only which she should have the courtesy to ask first since she sat down much later than us. She shouted saying she will complain to Carrefour top management. BUT THE FUNNIEST THING IS CARREFOUR TOP MANAGEMENT WANTS THE BLINDS UP. EVERYDAY THE STAFF WILL PULL UP THE BLINDS WHICH THE CUSTOMERS PULLED DOWN. 3. My wife doesn't want to go for ultrasound scans in Taiwan , IT IS FREE IN TAIWAN BECAUSE OF MEDICAL INSURANCE AND IT HAS FIVE TIMES CAN CLAIM LEAVE ,DONT NEED TO GO TO OFFICE TO WORK FOR FIVE DAYS, why she doesn't want to take?? SIMPLY BECAUSE OF GYNAECOLOGISTS AND NURSES LECTURING US TO AVOID THIS N THAT DUE TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE VALUES. we are not uneducated people. We are HONOURS GRADUATES FROM NUS MATHS AND ECONOMICS. WE SAY WE APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS BUT WE DONT BELIEVE IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE VALUES!!! and immediately THEIR FACES BECOME AS BLACK AS MY SHIT AFTER TAKING CHARCOAL TABLETS!!!! 4. Neighbours knocked on our door on Chinese new year First day and tell us to stop cooking because we are doing Chinese dishes of SALT BAKED CHICKEN,盐焗鸡,, need huge fire to fry salt. AMAZING!! I was doing a CHINESE dish on a CHINESE new year and YET I WAS COMPLAINED BY CHINESE TAIWANESE !!!!!! TAIWANESE LOVE TO WEAR MASKS , EVEN THAT LESS THAN ONE MINUTE OF WAITING IN THE CORRIDOR FOR THE LIFT, YOU MUST KNOW TAIWAN APARTMENTS ARE NOT LIKE HONGKONG 50 FLOORS OR LIKE SINGAPORE 20 FLOORS , THEIRS IS BELOW TEN FLOORS OR TEN FLOORS , HOW LONG DOES A LIFT GO UP AND DOWN TEN FLOORS???? EVEN THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME WAITING FOR LIFTS AND WEARING MASKS, THEY STILL CAN GET VERY FURIOUS AT OUR CHINESE NEW YEAR FOOD COOKING AT MEAL TIMES 5+PM!!!! DONT FORCE YOUR F LIFETIME HIDING FROM EVERYTHING ONTO US!!! 1. YOU WANT TO HIDE FROM COLD 25 CELSIUS, THATS YOUR BUSINESS 2. YOU WANT TO HIDE FROM TWO SECONDS ONE RAINDROP, THATS YOUR BUSINESS 3. YOU WANT TO WEAR MASKS FOREVER, THATS YOUR BUSINESS 4. YOU WANT TO HIDE FROM MORNING SUNLIGHT THATS YOUR BUSINESS 5. YOU WANT TO HIDE FROM CREAM, SUGAR ALL YOUR LIFE, THATS YOUR BUSINESS BUT DONT EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER ENFORCE YOUR VALUES ONTO OTHERS!!!! DONT EVER APPROACH STRANGERS (THESE ARE ALL THE SHIT WE ENCOUNTERED AS A FAMILY IN TAIWAN FOR 9 F YEARS) “ YOU SHOULD NOT POUR SAUCES ON RICE OR FRIES” “YOU SHOULD OPEN UMBRELLA NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE RAIN IS” “YOU SHOULD NOT EAT CAKES OR DRINK SWEET DRINKS” “YOU SHOULD NOT BE BLOWING WIND (EVEN MY 85 YEARS OLD CHINESE EDUCATED MOTHER FEELS SUPER ABSURD, SHE RETALIATES BACK, I PURPOSELY WANT TO BLOW WIND”) “YOU SHOULD NOT BE SUNTANNING YOUR INFANT AT 28 Celsius” “YOU SHOULD NOT SKIP ULTRASOUND SCANS , NO TAIWANESE IS LIKE YOU SKIPPING ULTRASOUND SCANS “ “YOU SHOULD NOT BE BLOWING WIND AFTER GIVING BIRTH” THE NURSE SAID , SHE TURNED OFF THE FAN BEFORE ASKING MY WIFE! DO YOU ALL KNOW HOW F HOT IS TAIWAN INDOORS?? 26 CELSIUS AND MY WIFE IS LYING ON MANY PLASTIC SHEETS ON THE HOSPITAL BED, SHE IS SWEATING LIKE MAD!! MY WIFE TURNED IT BACK ON , THE NURSE’S FACE BECAME BLACK. F TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE VALUES!!!
@ZackBoyboy38 ай бұрын
Oh where is safer to eat the chicken rice with the least bacteria !!! IN OUR OWN SINGAPORE !!!!! WE NEED YOU A FOREIGNER IN SINGAPORE TO TELL US WHERE TO EAT OUR CHICKEN RICE WITH THE LEAST BACTERIA !!! SUPER AUDACITY !!! GO BACK TO ROC PLEASE !! Even now we are in western country, we don't go around teaching people how not to wear jackets. We have trained our bodies to be immune to cold even at 0 Celsius , we don't wear jackets but we DONT teach people to FOLLOW US It's precisely we have been approached by random TAIWANESE strangers in Taiwan COUNTLESS TIMES and even being reported to police in Taiwan for nine years that Taiwanese FEEL THEIR VALUES AND LIFESTYLES ARE MOST SUPERIOR AND WANT US TO LIVE LIKE THEM !! Our baby has no Chinese name. Taiwan immigration dare ask me why your baby has no Chinese name I answer back why should my baby have a Chinese name
@ZackBoyboy38 ай бұрын
FORMAL SETTINGS ???? HAHAHAHAHHAA what a joke I was only in LONGSHAN TEMPLE barber 100 NTD and I was lectured by a barber not to wear flipflops in Taiwan !!!!!!!! We are also Chinese AND yet we cannot tolerate their brazenness
@ZackBoyboy38 ай бұрын
We are Singaporean Chinese . I was even Chinese essay champion. You are only looking at Taiwan from a WESTERNER view. The Taiwanese themselves are inflexible. Look at them overseas. There was even an ex TAIWANESE who came to Singapore to teach us where to eat chicken rice in our own Singapore!! She studies and works in Singapore and used her savings to do bacteria tests on our 100 chicken rice stalls chicken meat. Why she doesn't go to Thailand to do tests on their raw beef meal??? It is our way of eating chicken rice , for Christ sake. If she has massive diarrhea because of her ultra avoidance from young of only eating fully cooked food, then please don't eat or go back to Taiwan. There was also a TVBS TAIWAN REPORTER JOHNSON WANG Wrote 台湾人,我们吃的真的是美食吗? He wrote many TAIWANESE go overseas and complain to tour guides about how strong taste the food is. Too oily , too salty , too sweet. HELLO YOU TAIWANESE ARE OVERSEAS , RESPECT LOCAL CUSTOMS AND VALUES. Please stop saying it's only foreigners fault. It takes two sides to party. We are full Chinese , even know Chinese dialect HOKKIEN, yet we cannot communicate with them because they have traditional Chinese and Japanese over AVOIDANCE mentality. At first we came here TAIWAN in 2014, we thought we mind our own business it's ok. WE WERE WRONG. They love to mind our business!! Strangers will approach us to lecture us not to pour sauces on our fries and rice, cannot eat too much rice, must eat like their gold standard of baby rice bowl, must open umbrella even when it's one drop of rain. we were having instant noodles meal in CARREFOUR in one morning, a Taiwan local woman came and sit beside us half hour later than we sit. Without asking us, she pulled down our blinds AND HER BLINDS. our wife pulled our blinds back up. She shouted at us and said she will complain to Carrefour top management when the Carrefour management also wants the blinds to be up. There are many many more cases. I can easily exceed the space here. THERE ARE MANY MANY TIMES TAIWANESE ENCROACH ON OUR PRIVATE SPACE. We don't go around teaching TAIWANESE how to lead their lives but they go around teaching us how to lead our lives , even when Taiwanese are tourists or foreigners overseas. There were two times, the final two times before we went to western countries.we only bring our baby out to suntan at 28 Celsius and train our baby the Baltic Scandinavian way of building immunity to cold at 20 celsius. Many times our child is topless. But two times strangers report us to police for kid abuse when our kid was sleeping peacefully. The police walked away after one minute. We were so angry we went to the police station UNINVITED to scold all the policemen there we don't want our kid to wear jackets and masks and open umbrella forever. Take note ALL RELATIONSHIPS TAKE TWO SIDES TO PARTY AND NOT ONLY ONE SIDE ALWAYS GIVING IN . JUST LIKE FOREIGN FOOD COMES TO TAIWAN HAS TO BE TONED DOWN TO SUIT THE TAIWANESE OVER AVOIDANCE TASTE BUDS. BUT ANYTHING MORE THAN 50% TONE DOWN MEANS THERE IS NO MUTUAL RECIPROCITY. The TAIWANESE are just obnoxious , even their own Taiwanese also say they have this 自我感觉良好 ownself feel good air of superiority. We have good friends in Taiwan, but only those with a more global view. The majority of TAIWANESE are just arrogant and insular, because they feel their ultra avoidance LIFESTYLE is the best and everyone should follow them
@cafezo879349 ай бұрын
Im torn because i dont like the people of taiwan JUST BECAUSE of how the politics they ruined everything with politics the vibe is so bad but i cant deny theres a lot taiwan has to offer tech or electronics is just one ofvmany. You gotta live it to understand it
@yang91049 ай бұрын
因為台灣隨性,很好混吃混喝生活及蹭健保
@theinternational39710 ай бұрын
Talking politics is fine. Go to a wedding in a roadside tent in southern Taiwan. You’ll quickly notice flip-flops are perfectly ok to wear at weddings.
@f23hen11 ай бұрын
Republic of China
@watasiloo Жыл бұрын
Most young people in Taiwan have attended children's English classes and have been learning English since elementary school. Basic conversation is no problem for them, but the lack of an environment where they can use English makes them awkward when speaking English. However, middle-aged and elderly people in Taiwan who have not received higher education do have more difficulties in using English. It is recommended that when you meet middle-aged and elderly people with low education, you should try to ask young people to help translate, or you can also use a translator.
@silverchairsg Жыл бұрын
When I went to Taiwan, I saw lots of Japanese and South Korean tourists. I've always wondered how they managed to get around, assuming they probably don't know much Mandarin. I guess they use English and Google Translate.
@iamnathank Жыл бұрын
Sounds about right :)
@SINNER666-v3d Жыл бұрын
BOLLOCKS !!!
@aaronjensen8455 Жыл бұрын
Definitely know the labor laws in Taiwan before you come. I worked for a small chain school in Taipei and they cheated me several times, they were also cheating on their taxes. It might "just be part of their culture," but it still sucks, especially when the female managers are smiling and being friendly to you while lying to your face.Taiwanese are scammers, be prepared and know the laws.
@alanhanamura8671 Жыл бұрын
This vegetarian restaurant in Taiwan is amazing. The selection looks unlimited and I'm sure the individual dishes are delicious! I will definitely look for this restaurant when I visit there.
@quackcement Жыл бұрын
I didnt find the Taiwanies that helpful if they are too afriad to speak english. Didnt matter though i used google translate. Only spoke to people when i needed somthing. You can get by as long as you have internet
@michaelreed4744 Жыл бұрын
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@andrewhuang6561 Жыл бұрын
I was from Taiwan, living in Flushing New York long long time. I envy you. To me Taiwan is a paradise especially when you’re a vegetarian.(US is a desert). Hope you the best and enjoy what you have.
@ambarvalia9757 Жыл бұрын
we dont greet people like english speaking people would say and ask hi how are you. thats just not what we normally do. unless we really know each other, like acquaintances or friends , or else we wont really literally sincerely ask people's condition. out of shyness? i'd say cultural difference.
@張永正-z2v Жыл бұрын
很正向的歪國人!
@charlesdenman9052 Жыл бұрын
The only con is Taiwan is too close to China. I have lived there.
@htaikkhamom9325 Жыл бұрын
lol dreadlocks? What's the/your problem with dreadlocks?
@eldenvergara4097 Жыл бұрын
we called it tiesa
@4L3X4ND3R19K Жыл бұрын
Escalators in UK same rule taking off shoes when going inside house is a must in my house too wherever I buy one