Howard Plaza Hsinchu

It’s probably a good idea for me to begin by introducing myself I grew up in the United States but, my parents are originally from Taiwan. Since, we have family over here I was able to visit during the summer while on break. Whenever I visited, relatives would always ask if I would be interested in settling ...

... over the world. I seriously saw at least 22 different restaurants all different countries. The bars were also very global, with African to American and to German bars. The corners were full of 7Elevens, which we thought was really funny. The area was jam packed full of foreigners and a little Hong Kong people mixed in. One night we went to an American bar on the busy corner, and sat and talked over a drink while people watching. Later meeting up with another kid ...

... months validity left before expiration and at least one blank page left in it) 2. Two additional passport photos ( black & white or color is acceptable ) 3. Your current Chinese F visa is still valid and your duration of stay still has over (20) days left 4. Provide the names and address of the company currently you are working for in China, Details of your home address ( in capital letters ) and telephone numbers in China as well as your email ...

... nerdiness.  We toured the private, semi-private, and public housing developments in Jeung Kwan O new town.  Our professor, Tunney Lee, wanted to stay a little later to explore the public housing complex, and I stayed there with him.  I love talking with him.  We bounced back and forth between discussing Boston and Hong Kong - the two cities Tunney has called home.  He's as much old Boston as he ...

... at least 3 times a day. 

The positive thing about my hotel is that it is just a short walk from the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade harbourfront.  Tugboats chug by pulling large barges, cleaning ladies pull cigaratte butts out of the trash cans with chopsticks and large groups of Chinese tourists squat on the ground repeatedly to have their pictures taken with their hands on the imprints of the stars' hands on the promenade of the stars.  Across the harbour ...

Seid gegrüßt! Ich fasse heute die letzten zwei Tage einfach mal zusammen. Gest**n l**nte ich zwei neue Professoren kennen. Die eine - für Arbeitsmarktökonomik - mit tollem Englisch und straff organisi**t würde nach westlichem Standard wohl eh** auf Frauen stehen. Ab** ich liege hi** p**manent falsch, was "das" angeht. Wenn ich hi** unt**wegs bin, habe ich das Gefühl, dass ein gutes Vi**tel d** Männ** schwul ist. Ab** asiatische Männ ...

... High Speed Rail from Hsinchu to Zuoying. Rent a car and drove into Kaohsiung City and visited Old British Embassy in Hsitzwan, taking a ferry to Cijin (had fresh seafood lunch) and walk along Love River. Went to have an afternoon tea at the 85-Building. The bakery looks pretty and expensive, but doesn't taste good!! Took the HSR back to Hsinchu in the evening. Summary ...

Greetings from my cubicle in the public relations department of ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) in Hsinchu, Taiwan! I arrived yesterday at 6:05 am after a very long journey. I flew from Dayton, Ohio to Chicago, Chicago to LA, LA to Taipei. The last flight was 13 1/2 hours -- long but very comfortable. Unfortuantely, at LA the airlines lost my luggage! I did plan for it in case it should happen, so I'm lucky I have some spare clothes in my ...

... and you have to keep an eye out as to not become their next target. Mr Fun(and that he sure was): our local breakfast shop guy who retrieved my bike when it was stolen (I still believe he is in the Taiwanese Mafia). And I will always remember the day, after we had been there for six months and greeted talking to him every one of those days, when he came up to me and simply asked, 'what your name'. Guess in Taiwan names aren't really one of ...

... came over to check out my appartment, which was actually in a half decent state (cheers Maggie). An early start was made on Sunday so we could have a full day up in Taipei. We spent the morning looking around the National Museum, which was very impressive. The afternoon was spent visiting the various memorials. In the evening we went for a Mexican meal with a group of friends. On Monday morning, I dragged Mum and Dad to my school ...