Thank you for visiting the The Pinoy's Guide To Taiwan. In this blog, you'll be reading on how to go around Taiwan, where to eat (cheap, chinese food, filipino foods), places to buy your pasalubong, where to find the nearest Filipino store and other tips on how to survive in Taiwan.
Where exactly is Taiwan? If you look at the Map of the of Asia, Taiwan is the leaf-shaped island just north of the Philippines.
Taiwan quick tip: In Mandarin, Pei (or Bei) means North. Dong means East. Nan means South. Si (or Xi) means West. So TaiPei is the Taiwan City at the North. TaiDong is the Taiwan City at the East. TaiNan is in the South. You may encounter these four "words" from time to time, like, there are roads named BeiDa, DongDa, NanDa and Xida. There are also towns named ChuPei, ChuNan and ChuDong. Easy enough? Not really... not all places describe which where it is, but it's a start.
Till my next post... Enjoy Taiwan...
台灣欢迎你/Taiwan Huan Ying Ni/ Taiwan Welcomes You!!!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
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Hi can anyone confirm if H2O Filipino Restaurant and Groceries located in Tainan, Taiwan, (Just accross Tainan Train Station) still exist and please can anyone post the contact details and address of them! Thank...
Hey I have a question. I've lived in Philippines for three years and when I come to Taiwan I suffocate. The social vibe is NOT open and relaxed like the Philippines at all. People don't talk to you if they don't know you in Taiwan. Taiwan is very socially conservative and the girls are scared to death of strangers, unlike in Philippines. The difference is a MILLION percent.
My question is, how do you Pinoys tolerate living in Taiwan? It's so different and closed and strict and serious and uptight, etc.
See my forbidden but truthful observations of Taiwan here:
http://intellectualexpat.blogspot.com/2010/05/observations-about-taiwanese-people.html
People are so closed in Taiwan. I am used to the openness in the Philippines. I could not tolerate Taiwan long term. I imagine that most Pinoys must feel unhappy and repressed in Taiwan, since repression is the culture.
How do you tolerate it? I don't get it. It makes me depressed, the complete lack of social energy here and the closed nature of people, which is taboo to complain about of course.
Winston
http://www.happierabroad.com
See this essay:
Taiwan: No cultural, social or intellectual stimulation
http://intellectualexpat.blogspot.com/2010/06/taiwan-no-social-cultural-or.html
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