Comedy
Upon visiting a McDonald’s in an Asian city
The Wild East / Comedy Got off the bus. Saw the yellow arches and headed towards that venerable international institution. My friend,…
Archive
August 2012
8 stories
Travel
Tobie Openshaw speaks on Taiwan betelnut beauties at Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club, a monthly meeting featuring guest lecturers on a variety of lively topics, will get back in the swing of…
Comedy
I scored some Prozac at the Tokyo Drugstore
Comedy / The Wild East magazine My friend and I wanted to get high, but didn’t know any dealers. So we walked…
Culture
The day I stole a scooter in Kaohsiung
The Wild East / Comedy “I think you must trust people here a lot!” Wubai said, motioning to the rented scooter I’d…
Culture
Expat Chat: On being a Western wife, part 2 of 2
What it’s like being a Taiwan xifu – daughter-in-law…? Curious about other foreign women’s experience of marrying Taiwanese, I interviewed Serina from…
History
FEPOW Day event Aug. 11
Dear Friends, Just a reminder about our annual FEPOW Day event which is being held this coming Saturday, August 11th at the…
Culture
Expat Chat: On being a Western Wife: Part 1 of 2
When I told people that I’d married a “PingDong Man”, a huge smile would break out on their face and almost invariably…
Travel
Construction of seaside hotel killing off Taitung coral reef
Trista di Genova, The Wild East Protesters camped out on the beach in southeast Taiwan last weekend, to call attention to the…