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Living Abroad

Douglas Charles Rapier

The Lonely Planet Guides comfort travelers and pending ex-pats by estimating that most people smack into a wall of culture shock after 6-months abroad. Supposedly, most then acclimate themselves to the routine, shed the nigggling nausea of home-sickness and get on with it. This column will help you do just that.

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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.

My Cushiest Job Ever - part 2

The author's second installment of the tale of the cushiest job he ever had.

The Cushiest Job Ever

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.

Terminal Security

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.

Taiwan: Election 2004

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'.

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