Articles tagged with: Taiwan
School Singing Contest in Taiwan
This video was shot two or three years ago, but it gives a pretty good taste of what a singing contest is like at a school here in Taipei. It opens with the teachers of the school doing a pretty impressive dance routine. Then we get various English classes (sometimes in full costume) singing songs in English. I was there as a guest judge and …
Say “I Do” in Year 100 & The Wind Journeys
I don’t have a big story to go along with these few images. It was just a nice Sunday afternoon concert and a movie. The concert took place at Zhongshan Hall here in Taipei. I wrote a bit about that beautiful and historic hall here.
The concert was put on by the Taipei Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra Chorus. The concert was called Say …
Haircut Vending Machine
I was hanging out at an MRT station in Taipei last week waiting for my ride when I saw this little cubicle. I love anything that’s automated, so I wandered over to check it out. It turns out it’s a little barbershop. You purchase a haircut coupon or ticket from a vending machine. I believe it costs NT$100 for a basic cut. You just insert …
Ultimate Beethoven & School Contests
I went to two school events this week for my company (an ESL publishing firm in Taipei, Taiwan). I was sent there to serve as a special judge for school English contests. The first was a drama contest at a junior high school here in Taipei. If I had written about it directly afterward, I’d probably have been inspired to write like a madman. These …
Taiwan Latino Film Festival – To the Other Side
The Taiwan Latino Film Festival titled “To the Other Side” is currently underway at the Spot Taipei Film House. It started on Friday, December 16th, and runs until January 6th. They’re showing twenty-six films from seventeen Latin American countries. Anyone familiar with films from Latin America knows that this is a real treat.
Individual tickets cost NT$200 and they can be purchased at the ticket counter …
Judging an English Drama Contest
Probably the biggest adventure of this past week was visiting a school here in Taipei. My company sent me there to be a guest judge for an English drama contest. This is a big deal in Taiwan, and I believe it happens at most schools across the island. The English classes will hold singing contests, drama contests, and speech contests. Teachers from the schools themselves …
Beethoven’s Ninth and Unlucky Seat Double 13
An Unlucky Day Begins
Days, as everyone knows, have a certain flow to them. When little things go wrong from the beginning, they tend to go wrong day all long. That’s what happened to me on Friday. Luckily, I’m not talking about big things. These are just the little things that make up a normal day. Still, life generally is made up of little things. And …
Bike Touring and Cycling in Taiwan
Recently, two people who are cycling around the world asked me if I had any tips about cycling in Taiwan. They were in China at the time, and asked me if I knew about the ferry that was supposedly running from Kinmen (a group of small Taiwanese island off the coast of China) to the main island of Taiwan. They also asked about the possibility …