Comedy
‘The Great Scroll of Banciao’: BOOK REVIEW
“The Great Scroll of Banciao,” by Trista di Genova and Zoro A. Star. Illustrations: Mark Perrault Taipei: Lone Wolf Press, 2012 (Chapbook…
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Travel
The strange history of the sweet potato
The following is my interview with my Taiwanese friend, the famous guy, WuBai, about a mysterious vegetable that is central to Taiwanese…
Comedy
A Punk Way To Get Married
Published in The China Post Dear friends and family, Me and Yuchen moved south and got married. It’s taken me a while…
Comedy
Heiress Trista di Genova enters US presidential race
Trista di Genova has inherited US$250 million and has announced she will be entering the 2012 US presidential race as a Democratic…
Comedy
‘Stranger in Taiwan’, by Hartley Pool: BOOK REVIEW
Stranger in Taiwan, by Hartley Pool (Revenge Ink, 2011) Buy it here on Amazon.com RATING: QUITE GOOD, FUNNY Hartley Pool is a…
Comedy
How to speak some basic ‘Street Chinese’
If you are like me, you are trying to learn Chinese, the REAL spoken-in-the-streets kind of Chinese. But all your Chinese-speakin’ friends…
Arts
Comedy makes a comeback in Taiwan
Trista di Genova, The Wild East September 3rd was a proud moment in time, for all of us. Eleven local comics from…
Arts
Bringing comedy to the Taipei countryside
On Saturday, Sept. 3rd, Jubei’s Sports Bar presents Hsinchu’s first Comedy feast! Location: Wen Xin Road, No 53, Ju bei, Hsinchu City,…
Arts
Get Out Your Shtick for The Funniest English Teacher Contest
Time: Sunday, July 3 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm Location: Comedy club 卡米地喜劇俱樂部 No.20, Ln. 553, Sec. 4, ZhongXiao E. Rd. (MRT Taipei…
Culture
Taiwan Architecture: A Festival of Junk
How and why the island’s modern-day architecture evolved into such a sad state – an aesthetically offensive living museum of bile-inspiring monstrosities…
Travel
Typhoon Bloody Warning for British People
The Wild East Just ‘got wind’ of the AIT’s (American Institute in Taiwan) typhoon warning for U.S. citizens. Bloody hell, don’t Americans…
Culture
First Days in Taipei: Paranoia and Preconceptions
The Wild East Here I am in a far away, foreign land. Here I am, or at least part of me. Here…