Dear MeiGui: That old movie “In Praise of Older Women” is forever a hit with me. Back in Minnesota, I had my fair share of fiercesome romps with the cougar-set; but after landing in Taiwan to teach English; and being besieged by so many local young hotties; I put the
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I get no respect from my wife, or Taiwan law for that matter
Dear MeiGui; Let me tell you; family law in Taiwan is chaotic. I am a 48-year-old, married to a mainland China wife man from PingTung, and not only do I get no respect from my wife, but I also get no respect from the law. Every night, my wife scolds
Read moreMeiGui, what's a 'chicken man'?
Dear MeiGui; I want to sound a warning bell for all those mid-level students of Chinese: Be careful of what you don’t understand. I’ve been here studying Chinese for two years, and as most students know getting the language does not happen in a steady upward curve. But lately, I’ve
Read moreDear MeiGui: My Taiwanese girlfriend is bankrupting me
Dear MeiGui; My girlfriend continuously insists on me buying her presents. We work at the same company in HsinChu and started dating last January. Since then, she has found every excuse in the book to demand I buy her gifts. She has expected that I give her gifts on Western
Read moreOne Taiwanese Would Kiss All of Paris
by Dan Bloom Special to The Wild East A kiss just a kiss. Or is it? A Taiwanese woman named Ya-ching Yang has become famous around the world for a blog she set up about pursuing 100 kisses from Parisian men. Based on a whim she had three years ago,
Read moreOn a Lighter Note: Top 10 Pickup Spots in Taipei
My room-mate, a Kiwi, just moved from Hualien to Taipei, and asked me where he could find a girlfriend? What kind of girl, I asked. He said a ‘down-to-earth, nice girl.” So here is my Top 10 list of pickup joints around town where my room-mate and other single foreign
Read moreDear Rosanne: My Taiwanese BF called me 'big nose'
Originally published in The China Post (but not published anywhere else online). Read more of Rosanne’s witty and hilarious columns for the culturally discombobulated on her new website: rosannelin.com
Read moreDear Rosanne: My foreign neighbor lady doesn't like foreign things
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Dear Rosanne: Why do some Taiwan men grow long pinkie fingernails?
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Read moreDear Rosanne: Foreigner girls don't like local guys like me
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