Cartoon characters seem to be everywhere in Taiwan. "Hello Kitty" may be a Japanese trademark, but the Taiwanese have plastered it on more stuff than even the Japanese. Noodles, boba tea, you name it. It was even painted on the last Boeing I rode on to get there, with the theme replicated throughout the cabin and even on the dining implements.
There is a bit of truth in saying that successful men need not leave the country to find a wife. But in their defense, men have it tougher than before over there. Many Asian women have been infected by Western ideas and also now have more opportunities in the more prosperous Asian societies to make a go of it alone. The men have not yet caught up with these ideas, and still seek more traditional partners. As a result, many women have since concluded that marriage is not a great deal for them any more. Many men report that women won't even go out with them unless they can first report that they have a suitably high salary and other trappings of prosperity like property ownership.
On the flip side, young women from poorer countries are often more than happy to marry some old fart from Taiwan who is drawing a nice pension from his time in the ROC military. If they can put up with him for just a few years, they will inherit his pension when he finally goes to meet his maker. This has apparently become quite common.
Your reports on the weird food choices are spot on. One thing I noticed in Taipei is that they have elevated the concept of "fusion cuisine" to a whole new level. Though some of these experiments yield something unexpectedly good, most are just as bizarre as they sound.
Who is Tomorrow's Dancing Girl? Keep hearing about her. Must have missed the photo.
Tried a web search and came up w/ this put down on white women. https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-white-girl-dance-joy Started by a black man, it pretends to champion spontaneity and joy but all the examples shrivel my balls.
Cartoon characters seem to be everywhere in Taiwan. "Hello Kitty" may be a Japanese trademark, but the Taiwanese have plastered it on more stuff than even the Japanese. Noodles, boba tea, you name it. It was even painted on the last Boeing I rode on to get there, with the theme replicated throughout the cabin and even on the dining implements.
There is a bit of truth in saying that successful men need not leave the country to find a wife. But in their defense, men have it tougher than before over there. Many Asian women have been infected by Western ideas and also now have more opportunities in the more prosperous Asian societies to make a go of it alone. The men have not yet caught up with these ideas, and still seek more traditional partners. As a result, many women have since concluded that marriage is not a great deal for them any more. Many men report that women won't even go out with them unless they can first report that they have a suitably high salary and other trappings of prosperity like property ownership.
On the flip side, young women from poorer countries are often more than happy to marry some old fart from Taiwan who is drawing a nice pension from his time in the ROC military. If they can put up with him for just a few years, they will inherit his pension when he finally goes to meet his maker. This has apparently become quite common.
Your reports on the weird food choices are spot on. One thing I noticed in Taipei is that they have elevated the concept of "fusion cuisine" to a whole new level. Though some of these experiments yield something unexpectedly good, most are just as bizarre as they sound.
What percentage of Taiwanese still wear masks?
Thank you for calling bullshit on bubble tea Linh.
There are some things in this universe that I will never understand and bubble tea is one of them.
Who is Tomorrow's Dancing Girl? Keep hearing about her. Must have missed the photo.
Tried a web search and came up w/ this put down on white women. https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-white-girl-dance-joy Started by a black man, it pretends to champion spontaneity and joy but all the examples shrivel my balls.
In one of his first Taiwan articles, there were dancing girls handing out Porsches on a TV in a dining area.
https://linhdinh.substack.com/p/kawaii-taipei