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For detailed biographical information, please check the very first article of this blog. Thanks!

Taiwan’s footwear emergency

In the past I spent quite a lot of money on relatively expensive shoes. I even had more than my Taiwanese girlfriend of many...

Playing the Buddhist stock market

In Taipei, and most likely in all of Taiwan, there are few flea markets like we have them in Europe, or the op shops...

At the Taipei International Bakery Show 2023

A Canadian friend of mine, who with great success sells his homemade cakes and quiches at another traditional market in Taipei, has been very...

A simple indigenous wedding ceremony

A very good female Taiwanese friend, who is ethnically half Indigenous and half Chinese, over the years became like the younger sister that I...

A new Lunar Year experience

After leaving my native Berlin for good and return to Taipei in the spring of 1999, during almost all Chinese New Year celebrations I...

The Tiger goes, the Rabbit comes!

According to the traditional lunar calendar, today the Year of the Tiger is coming to a close. People in Greater China and the Chinese...

Crippled crook

Despite Taiwan not being a so-called welfare state, one of the many good things about living here is the almost total absence of annoying...

The younger brother that I never had

Christianity´s most relevant holiday isn't celebrated here in Taiwan, and even less so after the first pro-independence government lead by Chen Shui-bian (born in 1950)...

Mixed feelings about the TES Christmas Market

As I had previously announced, in my capacity as a food vendor I finally participated for the first time in a big event, a...

Advent notification

For the first time in more than half a year, and since I resumed my regular activity on this project, this week I will...

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