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TetsuoTW posted:Is it this one? Haha sweet, that's me! Thanks! duckfarts posted:You goofy motherfucker In retrospect, this thread was both the wrong and right place to ask. Horatius Bonar fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Aug 26, 2013 |
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TetsuoTW posted:Is it this one? Ugh white people ruining my asian immersion.
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Aug 26, 2013 23:33
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Just applied for an ARC extension. My ARC is up this week, and I'm moving back to the US finally, I just have some stuff to get ready first. Just brought in my termination form from work, a picture, copy of my ARC and the form itself, paid $1,000nt and now I wait a week or so to get my three month extension. I could get an APRC, but I've got no plans to ever come back here, and it's $10,000nt and a bit more paperwork.
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Aug 27, 2013 08:21
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You have to pay extra for a APRC 
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Aug 27, 2013 08:46
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caberham posted:You have to pay extra for a APRC Well, yes and no. If you get a 1 year ARC it's 1000NT, if it's a 2 year ARC, it's 2000NT. An APRC is theoretically good between renewals for 10 years, so hence it costs 10,000NT. (You only have to renew it when you renew your passport, since you get a new number when that happens)
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Aug 27, 2013 09:15
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Spanish Matlock posted:Well, yes and no. If you get a 1 year ARC it's 1000NT, if it's a 2 year ARC, it's 2000NT. An APRC is theoretically good between renewals for 10 years, so hence it costs 10,000NT. It's permanent, so you have to pay infinity dollars.
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Aug 27, 2013 09:39
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Ravendas posted:It's permanent, so you have to pay infinity dollars. Yes, over infinite time, obviously. APRCs, bad value for money for immortals.
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Aug 27, 2013 09:48
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duckfarts posted:Hey, my company's looking for another full-time technical writer, so if you're in Taipei and want a non-teaching job that's on the level, feel free to apply. duckfarts, if you are still looking to fill this position, I sent in an application today.
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Aug 27, 2013 10:58
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Spanish Matlock posted:(You only have to renew it when you renew your passport, since you get a new number when that happens)
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Aug 27, 2013 11:47
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TetsuoTW posted:Really? Because I know that's definitely not the case for ordinary ARCs. That's what the man at the ARC office told me, if your passport number doesn't match the one on your ARC (APRC) then you need to get a new one so it matches. I've got like 4 years on my passport or something, so I'll find out then.
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Aug 27, 2013 12:30
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You get a new arc or APRC but you don't get a new arc number. Your new passport number goes on a new arc with the same arc number. I've gone through work and student arcs and I've kept the same number for ten years.
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Aug 27, 2013 14:37
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Yeah I think I misread. You need a new card so it matches the new passport number, not a new ARC number so it matches the passport number through some code or something.
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Aug 27, 2013 14:54
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Yeah, it needs to match the passport number on your aprc. Which is totally there. You can check.
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Aug 27, 2013 15:18
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Just getting up and running in Taipei. Tomorrow is my first official day teaching. Did anyone else come in with Hess for this training session? Maybe we already know each other :V Also gently caress this constant rain on my days off.
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Sep 1, 2013 08:06
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Slowpoke! posted:Also gently caress this constant rain on my days off. living_in_taiwan.txt
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Sep 1, 2013 09:00
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Slowpoke! posted:Just getting up and running in Taipei. Tomorrow is my first official day teaching. Did anyone else come in with Hess for this training session? Maybe we already know each other :V What branch are you at? I just left, saw a few people training on Thursday in the room next to mine. My school had a lot of teachers leaving this semester, so there's a chance you're at mine.
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Sep 1, 2013 09:51
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I'm at Zhonghua branch in Taipei City. I know quite a few people left it recently, since there were three of us placed there in my group and one other person from last month.
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Sep 1, 2013 13:43
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Slowpoke! posted:I'm at Zhonghua branch in Taipei City. I know quite a few people left it recently, since there were three of us placed there in my group and one other person from last month. Ahahaha so it was. You may have seen me walk past the window of the room you had the meeting in on Thursday around 2. I was teaching in the room next door. Zhonghua is an okay branch, it used to be terrible but the worst CTs left and they remodeled the place to make it a lot nicer. Just don't let the CTs speak Chinese to the kids, it sets a bad example. For some reason, that branch's students speak a ton of Chinese, compared to the kid at ShinNan. If you're teaching either of the ESL3's, I was their sub for the past two weeks. I can let you know what to expect tomorrow if so.
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Sep 1, 2013 13:56
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Any truth to the rumor that the former branch manager was fired because of a money dispute? I heard it offhand, perhaps by you, but I didn't really get a lot of information.
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Sep 2, 2013 14:43
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Slowpoke! posted:Any truth to the rumor that the former branch manager was fired because of a money dispute? I heard it offhand, perhaps by you, but I didn't really get a lot of information. I don't think I said anything about it before. I heard she got fired for some missing money or something. She was an awesome manager that everyone liked. I didn't work at Zhonghua though, I worked at the sister branch ShinNan. I was just at Zhonghua for two weeks to cover for you newbies to arrive. Friday was my last day.
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Sep 2, 2013 15:17
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poetrywhore posted:Thanks folks for the quick info. I'm moving to Pingtung (don't laugh, I like it there!) for the first year definitely, and then might move to Kaohsiung after. Holler anytime, especially if you want to go down to Kenting and soak up a little BLISS. Hit me up via PM or something when you get here. I'm a Pingtungian.
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Sep 5, 2013 16:29
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The OP is sort of sparse on details for visiting Taiwan at the moment. I have a friend who wants to spend a couple of weeks out here. Any good sites I can refer them to for things like hostels or rooms to rent?
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Sep 6, 2013 05:24
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I finally got a job! I'm going to be doing copy editing for The China Post. Not as much money in it as teaching, but it sounds interesting as hell to a big current events dork like myself.
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Sep 6, 2013 12:11
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Moon Slayer posted:I finally got a job! I'm going to be doing copy editing for The China Post. Not as much money in it as teaching, but it sounds interesting as hell to a big current events dork like myself. NOT as much money as teaching? Way to make me cry. Taipei is so nice, but god drat do the jobs not compare.
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Sep 6, 2013 12:28
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DontAskKant posted:NOT as much money as teaching? Way to make me cry. Taipei is so nice, but god drat do the jobs not compare. Depends what kind of teaching you do, and how much time you spend on it.
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Sep 6, 2013 12:30
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Atlas Hugged posted:The OP is sort of sparse on details... Ah, speaking of the OP. Anybody feel like making a new one? I'm on my way out of Taiwan come next month. It seems like an appropriate time to pass the torch onto someone else. I haven't been keeping up with this thread as much these days either, and haven't made much effort to update it.
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Sep 6, 2013 12:31
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DontAskKant posted:NOT as much money as teaching? Way to make me cry. Taipei is so nice, but god drat do the jobs not compare. I'm starting at entry level pay which is the minimum wage for foreign white collar workers. In my experience most full-time teaching jobs pay more, or the same for much less hours.
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Sep 6, 2013 12:41
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I'd be glad to include some information on student life for whoever makes a new OP.
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Sep 6, 2013 13:22
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The Hess of the newspaper industry. I had fun there. Say hi to Jason, Ciaran, Eddy, Dimitri, TM, Alan, Tom. All were nice to me. Be nice to your colleagues, you'll need to borrow money when the paycheck is delayed and they are loving about with your work permit/arc. By this, i mean you should prepare to do a visa run again unless Ciaran/Tom has got your paperwork ready for you to submit. Daniel, the owners son, is an unmitigated cock with a very short fuse. The actual owner believes it acceptable to give staff 1 ferrero rocher each as a bonus. You won't get into Enru's knickers (Christian thing). I did tell you about the CP at poker. I hope you prove me wrong. Like I say, I had great fun, but, ......
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Sep 6, 2013 13:33
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Poker on Wednesday sep 11 @ 8:00pm Zhongshan N Rd. Section 2, Alley 115 No. 15 中山北路二段115巷15號 Name of the place is 川娃子 If you Google Maps the address it will show the proper place, more or less. There's a big red and white sign with 川娃子 on it out front. If you're going north on Zhongshan Rd, take a right at the tiny alley in front of Mr. Onion and it's just a bit down that alley. Prepare to buy-in for at least 100NT. Beer and food are available for non-exorbitant prices. url, myself, some other goons and non-goons will be there, my number is 0920283112 and I'm sure most of you have url's. Ill edit this later (on phone).... USDA is leaving Taiwan 9/11 @ 8pm 
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Sep 6, 2013 13:48
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url posted:Poker on Wednesday sep 11 @ 8:00pm  It's in an alley just south of Zhongshan/Minquan intersection, you can walk there from the Minquan W Rd MRT station. Come crash a high pair into USDA Choice's towers of chips and walk home dollars richer! A night you will forever...Also, on the old topic of weird English names, there's a Zeck.
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Sep 6, 2013 14:17
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url posted:Poker on Wednesday sep 11 @ 8:00pm If I wasn't stuck in Nangang until 8:30 I'd totally come
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Sep 6, 2013 14:58
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Tx Duckfarts for tidying the Chinois in my post. Spanish: if you can make it, that night might actually end up being a late night. I have a couple of quick money games we can play after poker anyways. Like fast-fast money games. Silly stuff, but, if the stakes are small it's more a pride than money issue anyways. (the most expensive of games) I'm sure USDA would buy you a beer. If not, dw, it's only USDA, gently caress him and the horse he rode in on - if he can't be hosed to stay in this great country. 
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Sep 6, 2013 16:23
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url posted:if the stakes are small it's more a pride than money issue anyways.
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Sep 6, 2013 16:52
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gently caress you guys and your living within reasonable proximity of each other to hangout on a weekday night.
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Sep 6, 2013 20:25
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TetsuoTW posted:Hopefully you're better with your pride than with your money. you'd think so, but ... Atlas Hugged posted:gently caress you guys and your living within reasonable proximity of each other to hangout on a weekday night. pull a sickie 
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Hullo thread, As url noted I am leaving Taiwan, and that means leaving things behind! I live near Zhongshan Elementary school station if you want to come pick up some of my poo poo, some is free some will cost you. Ideally you'll get this stuff on Friday since I'm moving out on Saturday.  Once upon a time this was a pretty nice office chair, then I went all  and tried to lean way over and pick something up and it fell over and broke. Now it's a stool. Free if you come pick it up. A D-Link DIR-600, your most basic router. I believe it has dd-wrt loaded on it currently, it works fine but our current ISP provides a modem/router combo anyway. Throw me 100NT or bring me a couple pearl milk teas or something?  Dell Studio 1550. No hard drive. (Takes the regular small 2.5" size.) The chassis fan gets clicky from time to time but not catastrophic. When it did have a hard drive in it, sometimes it seemed to not be seated properly as it wouldn't find the operating system. Other times it booted straight up. I do not know if this was due to the hard drive or the body itself. Includes the power adapter. Make an offer.  Basic wraparound scooter helmet. Has never been seriously waterlogged so that's something. 200.  TECO dehumidifier. Sometimes it gets loud but otherwise does an extremely good job. 1500.  iPhone 3G. Completely broken, doesn't seem to take a charge. I don't even know why you'd want this other than to cannibalize it or make a youtube video of a tragic love story between a smartphone and a hacksaw. Free.  Clock. Also tells you the date and temperature. If you hit the top it will glow in the dark and tell you the time in very MicrosoftSam-ish Chinese. 150?  Lamp. Pretty bright, provides for nice reading. Right now there's a white-light fluorescent bulb in it. Has convenient partitions in the base for some coins or maybe jewelry. 300.  Umbrella, batteries, and basket. A spoke is broken on the umbrella and 12 AA batteries, those are both free. Basket was hand made in Taiwan, 100 for that.  Cheapo keyboard (not the mouse or pad). Doesn't just work well, but is actually pretty comfortable and responsive. Just not worth the room in my luggage. Free.  MonFrou pillow. Those yellowish marks are branding, not goonstains. It's contoured and made from that space foam poo poo, and great for people who sleep on their backs or sides. I know the secondary pillow market isn't hot but I bought it new for 1500 in April or May. 500.  Desk. It has a keyboard tray but it fell out. Also has a little drawer. Probably 90x40x80 cm or so. Free.  Crappy chair. Bought this after I broke the good one like an idiot. Not broken, but not as comfortable and the seat is somewhat dirty due to my odd habit of putting my foot on my chair. Free. Also, I have a sleeping bag that I didn't take a picture of. It's got its own case and packs up pretty small, only been slept in probably for 7 nights over 2 weekends. 200. And come to poker 9/11 so I can take your hard earned cash one last time.
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Sep 8, 2013 13:48
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I should make a post like that some time because I'm leaving as soon as my wife's American permanent visa (pre-greencard things) comes through. Which will be in a month or so hopefully.
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The post selling stuff is a joke right? It reminds me of a story though. Down here in Kaohsiung there's a daily email that goes out for foreigners. It's people selling stuff, or looking for jobs or schools looking for teachers etc. A guy had a huge list of random stuff he was getting rid of, one of the items was a 1/2 used box of laundry detergent for like 300NT.
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Not a joke though the umbrella/batteries/basket/phone were added for kicks. I don't expect any of it to actually move except for maybe the lamp and the dehumidifier. What doesn't will be split up between friends, the gf's family, and the dumpster.
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