From accross the Pacific

Hello everyone, this is the first article after a long hiatus.  Not that it matters since no one is going to read this, and of those who actually do, not many are going to have the language skills necessary to understand it.

I do not understand why Taiwanese people love incorporating random English words into their everyday conversations.  Don’t get me wrong, mixing languages is perfectly okay but you have to do it the right way.  I will be the first to admit that I often mix the English and Chinese in my daily conversations.  I would interchange the languages between words but NEVER in the way Taiwanese people do.

Like men everywhere, the male population of Taiwan enjoys sports.  Basketball is especially popular, and the courts all across Taipei are always packed to the brim.  We Asians are not really genetically gifted for basketball, but boy do we try.  But there is one thing that I don't really understand.  Sports are big but gyms are not.

Self taken photos!  All the rage these days in Asia and has been for a decent while now.  But why is that?  Is the culture really so narcissistic that people need to have pictures of themselves all over the place?  God, I hope not.

I'm a Taiwanese American and I'm not afraid to admit it. I've spent a fair share of my life on both sides of the Pacific, so I think that I'm as qualified as any to comment on the weird ass culture of my home country. Granted, I've spent most of my adult life in the states and am a survivor of American academia, which in my estimation makes me an incredibly biased passing observer, but so is everyone to some degree right? Regardless, I've decided to throw my two cents into the money jar that is online blogging. Is the topic close to my heart? No. Am I sharing profound insights of any kind? No. But I will be sharing how I see the quirks in my own country and maybe get some feedback in the process.