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I used to think of it as "a really bad way to save money", but now with interest rates generally being ultrashit, it's "a convenient way to save money".
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Getting back 60k August 1st, direct deposit to my Taiwanese bank account. Woo! Did it last month at the main tax office in Taipei, Zhonghua Road 1st section #2, just a brief walk from Ximen Ding.
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May 30, 2013 13:43
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I'm getting back $900NT this year. Lame.
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May 31, 2013 06:13
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I just got back NT$16000 a couple of days ago. From 2007.
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May 31, 2013 06:24
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My boss said I was getting 20,000NT back. Their accountants take care of my taxes for me, but I'm a little paranoid that something fishy might be going on. Edit: Basically, I think how I get paid and how they report my income are different. I should probably start asking for official pay stubs with like a tax number on them.
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May 31, 2013 06:30
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My boss definitely reports my income wrong. They say I'm making about half what I'm actually making, hence the small return. I'm not trying to get my permanent residency so doesn't really bother me.
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May 31, 2013 06:35
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I'm looking to come over in September. I lived in Pingdong for two months back in 2011, studying at NPUE there, and I thought about going back to live there as I loved it, but my friends who stayed said they wish they'd lived in Kaohsiung, so I'm thinking I should live there instead. What things do you wish you'd thought to pack before moving over? What do you wish you'd known before you left but just didn't have the information on yet?
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May 31, 2013 07:02
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poetrywhore posted:I'm looking to come over in September. I lived in Pingdong for two months back in 2011, studying at NPUE there, and I thought about going back to live there as I loved it, but my friends who stayed said they wish they'd lived in Kaohsiung, so I'm thinking I should live there instead. What things do you wish you'd thought to pack before moving over? What do you wish you'd known before you left but just didn't have the information on yet?
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May 31, 2013 07:23
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poetrywhore posted:I'm looking to come over in September. I lived in Pingdong for two months back in 2011, studying at NPUE there, and I thought about going back to live there as I loved it, but my friends who stayed said they wish they'd lived in Kaohsiung, so I'm thinking I should live there instead. What things do you wish you'd thought to pack before moving over? What do you wish you'd known before you left but just didn't have the information on yet? Stuff to bring: - Your favorite deoderant, and lot's of it (Taiwanese don't really use the stuff) That's really the only thing I can think of that is difficult to find here besides perishable stuff like food. Most everything else can be purchased here. I can't really think of anything I wish I'd known before I got here.
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May 31, 2013 07:32
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An American region 3DS. You can use Nintendo's eShop to buy games. Edit: A bottle of your favorite non-whiskey liquor. Something like Peppermint Schnapps is impossible to find out here.
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May 31, 2013 08:43
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My favorite liquor is whiskey. What's this I hear about a gadget you can get to confuse the internet and allow you to still watch your Netflix account outside of the country?
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May 31, 2013 08:59
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poetrywhore posted:I'm looking to come over in September. I lived in Pingdong for two months back in 2011, studying at NPUE there, and I thought about going back to live there as I loved it, but my friends who stayed said they wish they'd lived in Kaohsiung, so I'm thinking I should live there instead. What things do you wish you'd thought to pack before moving over? What do you wish you'd known before you left but just didn't have the information on yet? If you are of the larger persuasion, in body or feet, plenty of shirts, pants, and shoes as appropriate.
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May 31, 2013 09:16
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TetsuoTW posted:If you are of the larger persuasion, in body or feet, plenty of shirts, pants, and shoes as appropriate. Our boy Lion's shopping stories are the best. Poetrywhore posted:Whiskey I'm really just trying to get someone to bring me a bottle of peppermint schnapps.
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May 31, 2013 09:58
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What region of video games is sold in Taiwan? I remember FFXII had a Trad. Chinese version, but I think that was the exception to the rule, right? Are other games in English or Japanese?
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hitension posted:What region of video games is sold in Taiwan? I remember FFXII had a Trad. Chinese version, but I think that was the exception to the rule, right? Are other games in English or Japanese? Generally, Japan or HK. Here's what I know, parts may be wrong: 360: Usually in English and sometimes Chinese, Japanese releases available at a premium, games may be region locked or region free, check play-Asia for compatibility when importing, XBLA can be US selection but you may have restrictions on what codes can be redeemed for an account (I have a gold code I'm not allowed to use on it because my box is Asia region) PS3: Usually in English and/or Chinese, Japanese releases available at a premium. Games are region free though, PSN is a different region but you can have multiple accounts Wii: Japan region, region locked 3DS: Japan region, region locked Vita: region free, but you can only register it to one account I think
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May 31, 2013 13:27
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POCKET CHOMP posted:
Mine didn't even need the passport or receipts. It felt like it was too easy.
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May 31, 2013 14:56
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duckfarts posted:
You can register more than one, but it requires factory resetting the device every time you want to switch accounts and having a separate memory card for each account. It's not terribly time consuming (takes about 10 minutes to do) but is sort of annoying.
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May 31, 2013 15:26
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I should add that for Sony stuff, different regions have different Playstation Plus freebie selections, though I don't know if they're good enough/varied enough to merit subscribing in more than one region at the same time. Non game talk: went to Forkers today, they have a really good selection of burgers, but Bravo and 1885 are still better burger places in my opinion(still haven't been to KGB). Forkers does have poutine though, and makes for an excellent reason to go there.
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May 31, 2013 15:35
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Atlas Hugged posted:I'm really just trying to get someone to bring me a bottle of peppermint schnapps. Yeah, sometimes I enjoy drinking some good quality dark rum, but it's next to impossible to find here. At least for not insane prices.
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May 31, 2013 16:20
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KGB isn't bad for fancy toppings and lamb. Bongos is where it's at if you want something giant and unhealthy.
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May 31, 2013 16:24
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I'm getting back almost $60,000  It's too late now but if you go during May you can bring your bank book and arrange for them to direct deposit it. Took me about 30 minutes at the dinky Shalu tax office in Taichung
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May 31, 2013 16:31
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Moon Slayer posted:I'm getting back almost $60,000
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May 31, 2013 16:36
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My boss doesn't withhold anything, so I ended up owing a few grand. She also under-reports my income by about half and makes more mistakes on paychecks than can reasonably be attributed to forgetfulness. Shadier than average or just a regular level of shady - I have no idea.
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May 31, 2013 18:34
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I finally understand betel nut.
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May 31, 2013 21:58
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Thank you for the information! Very helpful... sounds like more games are translated into Chinese than I thought. I didn't know HK had its own region too. duckfarts posted:Generally, Japan or HK. Here's what I know, parts may be wrong: Aww boo. I would play the poo poo out of Pokemon in Chinese.
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Jun 1, 2013 00:32
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HK is more like a sales region whose releases tend to be eng/ch.
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Oh god I still can't get the taste of betel nut out of my mouth.
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You lucky guys with tax returns. I gotta pay one lump and take out a loan or use my credit card.duckfarts posted:Generally, Japan or HK. Here's what I know, parts may be wrong That's pretty much but it seems like the new PS4 will be region locked this time because distributors were complaining about parallel imports. I use to wonder why there are so many wholesalers in hk. It's for the China and Taiwan. However Honger and Taiwan gamers can sperg out like silly HARDCORE ANIMU fans. They complain about mistranlsations and just insist on purchasing the original version. Because clearly everything from Japan is just superior  They claim that understanding kanji is can understand most of the story when they don't even read katana. Or that only gaming mechanics matter since video game plots are stupid. Sure guys but don't be that extreme... Mainlanders are more sane, they actually bother to make fan translations. They only bitch about the state censors or local rip offs. Wasn't there a poke park in Taiwan? caberham fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jun 1, 2013 |
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Atlas Hugged posted:Oh god I still can't get the taste of betel nut out of my mouth. Shoulda had more beer and cigarettes.
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caberham posted:poke park in Taiwan Man the things I will never get to experience  It closed years agoThere is still a Pokemon Center in Tokyo though. Chinese fan translations of things are ... not so high quality. I think the language doesn't really lend itself to lots of things since you can't make up words? from what I remember of the official translation of the cartoon, Pokemon's Chinese names are just descriptions, like 小火龍 (fire dragon) and so on... Japanese I think is more versatile because you can make up stuff and put it in katakana and it sounds cool and mysterious
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I played Chinese fan translations of a few SRW games and they were half awesome and half awesomely bad.
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Just arrived in Taipei! It's my first time here, and I landed like half an hour after that earthquake happened. Awesome timing. Anyone up for grabbing a beer or something some night this week?
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Jun 2, 2013 09:47
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My apartment building was shaking pretty good down here in Pingdong for a minute or so. Got kind of dizzy, never felt an aftershock/earthquake before.
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I was lifting weights and barely noticed. Guess I was a little too, "in the zone."
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 I don't see much Graf in Taipei, so I figured it was worth a pic while I filed tax in xinzhuang.
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lokk posted:My apartment building was shaking pretty good down here in Pingdong for a minute or so. Got kind of dizzy, never felt an aftershock/earthquake before. Have you found Jimmy's bar yet?
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lokk posted:My apartment building was shaking pretty good down here in Pingdong for a minute or so. Got kind of dizzy, never felt an aftershock/earthquake before. It was pretty strong for Taipei, which makes me think it might've been pretty big elsewhere.
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lokk, how was the Hess training? I'm coming to Taiwan this Summer and I'm not sure I should go the Hess way 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4_dJIDHp8Q&feature=player_embedded So is this guy out to lunch or does he raise some good points?
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I hoped to live my entire life without having to ever see that guy's face again. Thanks for dashing those dreams, Millow. He's an idiot and I'm pretty sure someone found out that he's a PUA whenever that video was originally posted. He's obviously hung up on a lot of weird things.
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