Living Abroad
Douglas Charles Rapier
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Blues & Bar-B-Q Bash in Taiwan
A report on the very first festival of Blues music ever held in Taiwan.
Brushed by Catastrophe: an Eye-witness Account of the Tsunami
An eye-witness account of the Boxing Day Tsunami that devastated 9 countries leaving more than 150,000 dead and millions homless.
The author's second installment of the tale of the cushiest job he ever had.
The first in a series of reminiscences and reflections on projects, jobs and endeavors undertaken by the author with a focus, this month, on a paid postion once held him which provided an unusual challenge.
The gripe-of-the-month is airport security.
The Tao of Traffic: Bardo the Third
Traffic in Taipei and Asia generally is not based on precepts of cooperation but rather on caos theory.
The Tao of Traffic: The Second Bardo
More palaver about traffic in Taiwan.
The Tao of Traffic: The First Bardo
After many cycles of deep meditation following the complete re-construction of my living quarters to conform to the principles of Feng-shuei so as to attain harmonomious relationship with the World, a revelation has come to me.
Traffic here is nuts.
An article wherein the author reports some of the major events of Taiwan's presidential election.
Land of the Fat-Free, Home of the Super-Sized
A cry for help whereby the author, distraught over his own weight, attempts to ameliorate his anxiety by pointing his still-slender finger at mall-based Americans 'of size'.