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Keep in mind that if a school hires from abroad, it's probably because no one actually living here would work for their lovely pay/long hours.
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Ravendas posted:The one that hired me from abroad had 16-20 hours/week, 800nt/hour, 0 homework or tests to grade. I was the sole foreign teacher there, which meant I had to do every class, so no one was around to fill in for me. Made it difficult for time off and made for some argumentative sick days, but it was great money for little work. I can't even begin to imagine why a school that only has one waiguoren would be recruiting from overseas. Also, I assume that, like Haraksha, your school is somewhere between the exact middle of nowhere and actual civilization. It's super cool that you guys found sweet jobs in a pot at the end of a rainbow and all, but this island does in fact have a ton of soulless teacher mills, and a common practice at them is to scoop up a newly-grad, fly their rear end all the way to Taiwan, segregate them from all contact with the wider world and then work them unto death.
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Jul 9, 2012 04:31
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I work saturdays, but I teach adults so my students are busy during the week.
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Ravendas posted:The school was in the middle of Wanhua district, a few minute bus ride from where I lived in Ximen Ding. Quite a nice location. Why were they recruiting people from abroad?
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Jul 9, 2012 14:51
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There's nothing wrong with drinking tap water. I cook with it all the time too. Honestly though, a bottle of water is like 15NT.
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Jul 13, 2012 03:24
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I just got an HTC One S and all I can eat data plan for 15k. (2 year contract) I vouch for the fact that data in Taipei is loving awesome. I'm listening to The Bugle on it right now. While walking through the city. And possibly posting this message.
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Jul 17, 2012 09:28
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I didn't know they had another name besides dageda until this thread.
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Jul 17, 2012 19:53
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Pleco is pretty cool. I just downloaded the add-on that will read Chinese for you. Because it's the demo it'll only do one character at a time, and it just gives the pronunciation, but honestly my spoken Chinese is getting to the point where that's good enough for me, I just can't read the poo poo.
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Jul 21, 2012 05:22
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Yeah tight condoms suck. And yeah, you're stuck ordering from the US.
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Jul 27, 2012 02:47
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mad carl posted:Console! Thinking about things like PS3s, 3DSes and Vitas. 3DS: Die and be reincarnated as someone who speaks Chinese and reads Japanese. PS3: I'm pretty sure that the main two consoles sell in English here. I know that Xbox does, PS3 might sell a lot of Japanese poo poo though.
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Aug 1, 2012 09:42
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stfuDonny posted:Hey Taigoons, anyone know where I can find a good western breakfast in Taipei that's not associated with a hotel? Cafe Dante is ok, but outside of their waffles it's a bit lacking...I've been craving a fried egg sandwich on sourdough but I know that's probably impossible. Grandma Nitty's. In ShiDa. Act now before total assholes shut it down!
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Aug 7, 2012 15:45
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Taiwanese food is delicious. The tradition of sitting in open air restaurants and guzzling tai-beer and sharing plates of fried meat treats is pretty awesome.
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Aug 10, 2012 08:09
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There is a big party tonight at an all you can drink bar.
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Aug 11, 2012 05:08
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Peigen Zhishi Dan Bing! (Chinese burrito filled with eggs and bacon and cheese and stuff) Edit: This is the cracker-est Chinese breakfast you can possibly buy. I love them and hate myself for it at the same time.
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Aug 16, 2012 10:06
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Trust me, the last place you'd want to be in any kind of gale is the maokong gondola.
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Aug 16, 2012 12:00
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Yep. This is going to be a whole weekend of poo poo. The other one's going to speed up just in time to join this shitlord hovering off our coast and ruinate the whole drat weekend.
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Aug 23, 2012 07:19
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what dive bar are you going to?
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Aug 24, 2012 10:41
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Haraksha posted:Urban Kicker (UK). It's the place my friend owns. It has a couple of dart boards, a "unique" atmosphere, and a guarantee that you'll piss at least one roach down the toilet. It's near Dunhua. If I'm coming all the way from Sanxia, you can get your rear end there. I'll be there probably around 10:30. Feel free to join us. What's the actual address? I'd drop by and have a beer or two, but probably not stay until the wee hours.
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Aug 24, 2012 11:23
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Hey dawg we heard you liked bread so we put some pork floss and sweet mayonnaise in your bread.
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Sep 10, 2012 08:30
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Carrefour sells a decent enough kind of bread, but you could just make your own. It's really not that hard. As long as you have an oven and the ability to sit on your rear end for about an hour you can make bread.
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Sep 10, 2012 18:47
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Oh poo poo I've been to that bakery with the awesome cinnamon buns, it's loving GREAT. There's another one in a back alley as you go toward like Heping from there that has amazing gorgonzola bread.
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Sep 11, 2012 08:16
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Hey, thinking of going to the brass monkey ladies' night this thursday evening. Nothing crazy just a night of drinking in front of a seven eleven and maybe even inside of a bar full of girls!
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Sep 11, 2012 10:02
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Brass monkey is a pretty chill sports bar if you go to see a sporting event, otherwise it's all about the meat market.
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Sep 12, 2012 11:55
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I don't know how you could spend 500 a day on food and not be the fattest man on the island. That's a ton of food. That's like an all-you-can-eat plus unlimited beer meat barbecue every single day.
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Sep 12, 2012 15:06
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dtb posted:Looking for a good bar/lounge: I know of a place that meets most of those requirements, but rather than serve girly drinks (i.e. cocktails without the ingredients in the name) they serve straight whisky.
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Sep 21, 2012 08:04
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Sorry, wild drinking knocked me out for a day or so. The place I was talking about is just north of the brass monkey. It's a nice little cigar lounge, they have a massive selection of fine cigars, nice atmosphere, a bunch of overstuffed armchairs. They serve various straight whiskys to go with your cigar.
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Sep 23, 2012 07:40
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Anyone want to knock back a few beers tonight? I'm gonna hit up revolver for a bit after work, or maybe just a sev somewhere.
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Oct 4, 2012 13:23
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Made it home by 2:30. Probably my earliest "couple beers after work" in a while.
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Oct 5, 2012 05:25
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My girlfriend might be looking for a new job soon. Does anyone know of a good position for a native English speaking white person with a masters in Chinese? Edit: Also you guys might be interested in these new changes to the labor laws that are coming down the pipes: http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=196805&CtNode=414 quote:The ROC Ministry of the Interior passed draft amendments to the Regulations Governing Visiting, Residency, and Permanent Residency of Aliens Sept. 27 in a move to enhance Taiwan’s competitiveness and attract more foreigners. Spanish Matlock fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Oct 12, 2012 |
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Oct 12, 2012 11:22
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I'm hoping for the next few months myself. I'm not totally clear on what cabinet approval entails, but I'm assuming it's not a long drawn out process. I qualify in December. Edit: You haven't had to poop in a jar in forever though.
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Oct 12, 2012 13:11
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Hey, if anyone knows where I can score a green man suit before Halloween, lemme know ok?
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Oct 13, 2012 13:13
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duckfarts posted:I believe it's "you've been working here for 5 years, no gaps" for most situations, implies you're up to date on taxes too. The actual regulation is that you need to make about 420,000NT a year. Which is about 35k a month, or twice the minimum wage. Again, probably as part of a grand strategy of "no brown people please".
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Oct 15, 2012 06:28
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duckfarts posted:Isn't there a period of time you have to exceed too? Otherwise you could just get it after 1 year and that doesn't seem right. Anybody doing a white-collar job should be able to get it easy then, seeing as the required minimum salary(42ish?) for foreign professionals already exceeds that. Yeah, there are obviously other requirements. That's the one for salary. You also need a health check. And a criminal record check from your home country. And a criminal record check from this country. They all need to arrive at the same time. Some of them are barely valid for more time than the amount of time it takes to get them sent to your place in the states, notarized, forwarded here, translated, re-notarized, painted blue, sprinkled with fairy dust and turned in. Hopefully at the exact same time that you arranged for the health certificate to be picked up, and the Taiwanese criminal record check to be ready, and the tax info showing that you have the required average amount of annual income for the previous 3 years. And GOD HELP YOU if one of those forms is delayed, because then your notarized, translated, re-notarized criminal record check is going to expire, and you'll have to start at square one while you watch the rest of your menagerie of documents slowly become invalid for your next attempt. You also need five years of unbroken residency. At least 183 days in country per year. So yeah, it's more than just that, but when this new stuff goes through it will be slightly easier! Which is awesome!
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Oct 15, 2012 08:38
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eArh0x posted:Yeah man, that'd be great! I look forward to it. I'll be at warner village in Taipei, the whole area is one huge party.
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Oct 19, 2012 10:56
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Eh, I have a two year contract as well. But that's because I'm going for perm-res in a few months, so I figured it'd be easier not to have to worry about renewing.
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Oct 22, 2012 18:31
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Tonight: Come to MiCasa Halloween party. 350 all you can drink in full costume. I might not be there. Tomorrow night: Come to Warner Vieshow area for drinking in the street in full costume and probably get laid!
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Oct 26, 2012 03:37
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My Chinese isn't fantastic, but honestly I usually just voice-to-text my chinese.
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Nov 21, 2012 07:07
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That might be an HTC vs Samsung thing?
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Nov 24, 2012 07:22
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POCKET CHOMP posted:I'm gonna go ahead and double post to ask a few "Where can I find this?" questions. I'm staring at an empty bottle of tapatio right now. I'm pretty sure I've gotten it at either Jason's or City Super before. My manager gave me this one cuz he had a bunch, I assume he bought them at costco. If you want something readily available, B&B is different, but not bad at all. It's more of a cooking sauce in my opinion, if you're going to make a stir-fry or something, since it benefits from being fried. It's a little heavy and oily otherwise, but still good. A1 hot sauce is a pretty good Franks-alike. It's not quite the same but it fulfills pretty much the same role. Available at pretty much every Wellcome.
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thegoat posted:Everything is 100% except you still have to live in the country for 6 months each year. This has gone to the executive yuan but hasn't passed as a bill. I heard this as well. I'm going to go down ASAP and see how real this is. Edit: On an unrelated note, sushi to go just opened across the street from my place. This is awesome. Spanish Matlock fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Dec 15, 2012 |
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