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Mike

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About Me

"Just kickin it in Taipei."

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My Blog

Shilin Night Market

Oneof the most common things I do in Taipei is to go to various "nightmarkets" Night markets in Taiwan are essential just areas of the citywhere vendors are allowed to congregate en masse and sell wha...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:06:00 GMT

Fulong Beach

It was my friend Tyler's birthday this weekend, well actually Monday the 20th 8 ) , so we took a trip to Fulong Beach. I had a great time, and it was nice to get out of the city, but the weather was ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:37:00 GMT

You gotta love conferences

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/japan/2009/02/17/196363/Jap anese%2Dfinance.htm I couldn't help but laugh at this story. Supposedly Japan's. now former, Finance Minister was drunk while a...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:31:00 GMT

Let the love in begin!

On Drudge today there is a glowing piece about Obama and his wife andtheir valentines day events, and oh how great it is that they are acouple, etc...It's exasperating to me , not so much the way the ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:17:00 GMT

ya ya ya

Alright, I didn't want my first blog in a while to about somethinglame, but here goes...Derk Ritchison, ha just kidding.  What I can'tunderstand is the outrage over this California woman with theOctup...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:10:00 GMT

Election day...finally

You all know who I'm voting for and what my beliefs are.  I just want to take this time to remind you of two things that arer important to me.  Not political issues per se, but just things I...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:41:00 GMT

Food for thought

So I was out in Ximen last night, looking for a halloween costume.  A few friends and I are planning on doing something something along the lines of a glam band, dpending on what we can...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:26:00 GMT

Me likey karaoke

So I was sitting at home on Saturday, minding my own business, when I get a call from Dave and Tim.  They were walking around Ximen Ding.  Ximen Ding is like a small Times Square in Tai...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:54:00 GMT

Taiwanren bu shi huan Zhong Goua Da

In case you weren't aware, The US government does not maintain official relations with Taiwan. There is no Ambassador here. If I need help with anything, I go to the American Institute in Taiwan. It's...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:40:00 GMT

Where the hell am I?

Someone tunred me on to this funny video.  It's at a Carrefour, which is basically a French Wal-Mart.  They're quite common in Asia.  although not in Korea, where only homegrown shoppin...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:29:00 GMT