By Carrie on December 20, 2009
Writing for other web sites can have its ups and downs. Find out how a little foray into the world of guest blogging for a travel search engine site went sour for me.
Posted in Blog, Features | Tagged Bloggers, Rant, Travel, Travel Search Engines |
By Carrie on August 21, 2008
One of the things I like about living in Asia are the little perks we get from time to time. Some really entertaining work can come your way if you’re interested and you make yourself available. For example, in addition to being a full-time singer in China before moving to Taiwan, I’ve also done radio [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Asia, Beijing, Rant, Taiwan, Teaching |
By Carrie on July 17, 2008
I thought that my first blog back from vacation would be about Penghu, but after sitting down to write this morning and receiving two threatening phone calls, which have set my teeth on edge and have me angrier than hell, I guess my Penghu posts will have to wait. Last week, I posted about some [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Culture, People, Rant, Taiwan |
By Carrie on July 3, 2008
A few months ago, John decided to buy a second-hand car. He found one on Taiwan Yahoo auctions after several weeks of searching and contacted the owner in Taoyuan to go and have a look at it. The owner had an English-speaking friend who was kind enough to translate for John. When John arrived, he [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Banciao, Culture, Rant, Taiwan |
By Carrie on May 18, 2008
For the past year, part of my weekly routine has included a 30 minute break at a nearby park in Shu-lin twice a week. I go there between classes so I can review my Chinese lessons without having my students breathing down my neck. It’s a nice little shaded area and I really enjoy getting [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Cultural Observations, Rant |
By Carrie on April 8, 2008
I’ve had quite a few inquiries pertaining to my health since I posted about my ear problems. Thanks very much for your positive support. I’m going to keep this short and sweet because if I go on too long, I think it might turn into a rant. Needless to say, I’m tired of dealing with [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Rant |
By Carrie on January 5, 2008
While living in China, I used my Chinese everyday. Very rarely did anyone ever speak English to me because there just weren’t that many people who knew enough English to converse with me. Things like grocery shopping, banking, hair appointments and ordering were all common everyday conversations for me. Since moving to Taiwan, I’ve found [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Cultural Observations, Rant |
By Carrie on December 26, 2007
Most days, I love shopping even if I’m not looking to buy and I’m just window shopping. It helps me relax and takes my mind off more pressing matters. However, there are times when shopping in Taiwan severely tries my patience. Today was one of those days. I wanted some time to myself, so I [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Cultural Observations, Rant |
By Carrie on October 19, 2007
I meet one every couple of months or so. You know who I’m talking about. I’m talking about those guys who get some sort of perverse pleasure out of trying to humiliate the ‘stupid foreigner.’ I used to meet these types of people every couple of weeks when I lived in China and I have [...]
Posted in Taiwan | Tagged Rant |
By Carrie on March 11, 2007
What the frack is going on with Yahoo these days? This last week has been very frustrating because I’ve only been able to access my account at certain times of the day. This started about a week ago. I’ve been locked out of my account every day. We’re also locked out of our joint Yahoo [...]
Posted in Blog | Tagged Rant |
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