Christmas holiday聖誕旅遊
在西方社會,聖誕節傳統上是跟家人聚會的大日子。臺灣正好相反,聖誕節不是假期,還要繼續上班上學。 Christmas is traditionally spent catching up with family and loved ones especially those that we don’t normally see much…
祝英台 – 居住英倫 旅居台灣
在西方社會,聖誕節傳統上是跟家人聚會的大日子。臺灣正好相反,聖誕節不是假期,還要繼續上班上學。 Christmas is traditionally spent catching up with family and loved ones especially those that we don’t normally see much…
上星期到超市購物,結果在那裡上了一堂有趣的課。 The other week I went to the supermarket to do my weekly shopping, and ended up learning a rather…
我從來都不欣賞 川普/特朗普,甚至覺得他評論近乎荒謬,完全不像一位候任總統。今天他發了兩則有關他及台灣蔡英文總統通電話的推特,對中美關係引起了點風浪。他第二則推特是回應評論家對這對話的反應。但我較有興趣是本地媒體對此推特的理解。 I’ve never been a fan of Trump and frankly speaking, find a lot of his comments bordering ridiculous,…
My good friend came to Taichung for holiday this week with her parents, and I went to Nantou with them. …
Taiwan has had quite a turbulent past in a relatively short period of time, starting from the Dutch and Spanish…
Yesterday my favourite snack Walkers Crisp announced they will increase their prices by 10%! Damn Brexit !! This is my…
Last week we went to a town called Tung Xiao which is an hour away by train from Taichung. One of…
Trick or treat in Taiwan, a true community spirit. Taken inside a 7-11 at Tongxiao, Miaoli. 遇上慶祝萬聖節的小朋友,感受到台灣小社區的人情味。攝於苗栗通霄的7-11內。
在台灣已住上半年。我很喜歡在這裡生活,但交通卻是一大例外。我一直堅信台灣人非常友好和有禮貌,但當他們坐上司機座位時,就立刻判若兩人。 There are very very few things that I dislike about Taiwan, and traffic happens to be one of them.…
有沒有被標題嚇倒? 來台灣其中一個主要原因是想學好中文。我覺得如果住在這裡足夠長時間,學習中文應該會有很大進步。在半個多世紀前我媽媽從香港遠赴英國,當年她沒上過學更不會說英語,但後來她都能在我們店裡招呼顧客跟他們聊天, 有時還會跟我們說顧客的閒話。我媽的英語從零到馬馬虎虎,幾十年來在英國生活都能跟當地人溝通,那我在台灣居住應該可以有更大進步空間吧。 The title looks scary, right? One of the main reason for coming to Taiwan was because I want…
Yesterday I visited a matchbox museum in Taiwan. Matches are so insignificant that you probably forgot they ever existed. To…