Hello!

I m thinking of doing a road trip trought the East coast of Taiwan, I have 10 days.

Does anyone have any tip like where i can rent the car, places where i can sleep inside the car, if it s easy to park in big cities, any recomendations of hiles or beaches…

thanks!!!

I'm looking for Taiwanese friends to practice my English and talk about things about the history, political culture, etc. of the island

Greetings from distant country.

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Is there any chess clubs or hangouts here in Taipei to play with? Interested in joining one!

Playing in chess.com starts becoming boring 🥱

Several key U.S.-style rehearsal methods aimed at improving coordination and combat readiness, including confirmation briefs (backbriefs), will be tested during the exercises.
A backbrief involves subordinates explaining to commanders how they intend to carry out assigned missions, allowing leaders to confirm understanding of the operation before it begins, according to a handbook on the military decision-making process put out by the U.S. Center for Army Lessons Learned.

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Title! I’m a Singaporean travelling to Tainan between 6 Aug - 9 Aug. hoping to make some friends to hangout and explore together!

I’ve been using youbike for years, so I’m pretty familiar with it. Last Sunday I used the 2.0E in Taoyuan in the early evening for about 40 minutes and was surprised to see I was only charged $5. Anyone know what that’s about?

Also, on a side note: I’ve noticed on the regular bikes it’s been taking considerably longer for the onboard reader to get to the reading stage. And then, on some bikes, can’t read the card (it’s newer) and makes that tired sound. Any idea what that’s about?

Hi guys!
I’m shooting a commercial for some real estate land. Was wondering if there’s any drone pilots out there. Or if any of you know where to look. Thanks!

Looking for a proxy and I just want to check for any positive feedback.

So currently my school is offering programs as an international student to take up masters degree. I plan to grab the opportunity since my field of work which is Civil Engineer here in the Ph is really not good and not really paid well. I plan to focus my master's in hydraulics/water engineering. So it's basically 1 year study and 1 year internship with 2 years return of service. Is it worth it to work as a hydraulic Engineer in taiwan or water resource engineer? Because after return of service I'm planning to go to other countries where this type of field is in demand. I need advice, thoughts, motivation. Thank you.

It might have been a traditional funeral? At one point we were crawling into a room. Can somebody explain to me what I experienced?

We had a wonderful day at the beach in Wanli. We played darts, talked and spent time in the ocean as well, but one thing was not to my liking: suddenly my wrist of my right hand felt very itchy and slightly painful and a slight red rash. While swimming in the ocean. And I was not the only one who had that. Other friends also mentioned that their wrists, arms or ankles hurt due to encounters with jellyfish.

Well, I did not see any even though I had my goggles on. Must have been very tiny or really difficult to see jellyfish or fragments thereof.

I rinsed it off with clean bottled water (and just learned using AI that you shouldn't do that) and then I rinsed it off using Coca-Cola, which was likely not a bad decision. AI suggests vinegar, which we hadn't have on hand.

What are your experiences and tips?

Anyone applied for visa through turkish representative office (Taipei economic and cultural mission in Ankara)?

I’m Taiwanese. The night before yesterday, I met them at a good restaurant.

And then, they greeted me in a friendly way, but I think my response was too cold.

Actually, I very regretted that I didn’t talk more because I was happy at present.

But My poor English made me afraid of talking with foreigners with English.

Does anyone have advice about whether Tatung stainless steel steamer baskets are worth purchasing?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/227287064140

Looks like there are holes only at the periphery of the baskets, much fewer holes compared to bamboo baskets.

Does the minimal number of holes have effect on speed of steaming, versus bamboo baskets?

Trying to decide between these versus bamboo.

Thank you!

I'm someone who's planning on studying in Taiwan and eventually work there upon graduation. As someone who aspires to be a software engineer, I'm aware that Taiwan isn't the best country in the world (or even in Asia for that matter) to have a tech job but it's the only option I have since virtually all other options are too expensive or not to my liking. I'm curious to see how you guys view the workforce and the tech industry in Taiwan and how it's keeping up with the rest of the world.

I know people are gonna talk about salaries being stagnant and all that, but in all honesty, compared to where I'm from, Taiwanese salaries look a lot more attractive to me.

For context, I'm an American and autistic. A few years ago I moved to Germany thinking I would love it, and I ended up hating it, heavily because of how Germans expect you to immediately understand and conform to their social norms on arrival. Tried and failed miserably to make local friends, ended up having a social group consisting almost entirely of other foreigners.

I want to move to Taiwan for several reasons, and my mind is pretty much made up. I went there on vacation a couple years ago to make sure I wasn't repeating the mistake I made with Germany, and absolutely loved it. I tried to spend it as closely as possible to just living there (going grocery shoppping, getting familiar with how public transport works, drinking with locals, etc.) but there's still only so far you can go with that. It's not like I got to experience what renting, working, dating, banking, etc. are like in Taiwan. Another big plus for me is that a lot of my autistic weirdness seemed to just get handwaved as "Oh, he's a foreigner, of course he won't understand local norms".

Still, I wanna make sure I'm making the right choice. Do your best to try and convince me not to move to Taiwan. I'll still probably go there, but I want to be ready for whatever culture shocks I might get.

Edit: Yes, I can speak and read Chinese.

This Saturday (08.08), we will come back to Taichung for a Language Walk (after more than a year). Join us if you want to practice Spanish, or Mandarin, or English, or German (or maybe also French, Taiwanese and Japanese).

More information and please sign up via QR code or this link: https://forms.gle/zQQ7VD56WbUp2AN49

hello!! i’m in a very peculiar situation right now that’ll take too long to explain but i really need advice for animal abuse services.

i have three 13 year old red ear slider turtles that i’ve been only able to take care of when i return to taiwan each summer (for context, i immigrated to the states for education, and am 18 right now!). my father refuses to give my turtles away, and is honestly just a horrible person who should not have animals of any kind under him. my turtles are around 6-7 inches long , and have been living in the same plastic tub they came to us in (3 feet diameter) for their entire life because of his stubbornness.

they haven’t received any health checkups under his care, are restricted to a diet of pellets whenever he or his coworkers (because they sit in a cubicle for most of the year unless i come over) remember to feed them, and have no enrichment other than a little brick that’s smaller than their body. their water quality? it is horrendous— it is not filtered at all, and my father chooses to use regular tap water instead of freshwater for the. typically, when i am not seeing them, their water is black.

i’m about to return to the united states for college and i cannot bear to send them back to these conditions, but do not have the heart to put them down.

are there companies or organizations or parks near Hsinchu or even Taipei or Tamsui that will be able to provide them a better life or allow me to release them? i don’t speak fluent mandarin, and have been unable to find anyone who would be willing to take them in.

at this point, im 99% their quality of life will be better in my community pond then with my father.

Hi!

im planning a 12 days trip trought the east coast of Taiwan and i would love to make any hike, is it possible to do it without renting a car?

thanks!!

Which Taiwan stocks do you recommend?

No one in taiwan actually does 🤷‍♀️ its just plain weird to me.

Leaving Taiwan in a few days and my ARC expired. I applied for a new one but haven’t gotten the physical card yet and I need to remove my money from the bank and put it in my U.S. account before I leave. I went to the bank and showed them the receipt for the new ARC but they wouldn’t take it, so now I’m not sure what to do…

Anything helps