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Finding Strength In Lack of NumbersWorld Games 2009: Kaohsiung’s Chance to ShineFocus on 2007 and not 2008Getting FluentClassifieds, Events, and Movies

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Issue 11 Contents

Finding Strength In Lack of Numbers

06World Games 2009: Kaohsiung’s Chance to Shine

Focus on 2007 and not 2008

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Hello and welcome to issue 11 of Taiwa-nease. In this edition we welcome back a couple of writers from previous issues who have been taking a bit of a break – Hart-ley Pool instructs us in the best way to eat hot-pot, if you really, really have to. After telling us in issue 3 why we shouldn’t learn Chinese, Steven D. Quinn is back to fill us in on how to get fluent – useful, if you have decided to ignore his earlier advice. Joanne Chang resumes her parenting column to talk about the perfect restaurant to keep the kids fascinated.

We also welcome a new writer – Chiara Gomiselli lets us in on the deal with Kaohsi-ung’s forthcoming World Games, scheduled for 2009. Chiara has the inside track on the city’s preparation for the event and so is well placed to write about this little-known sport-ing celebration.

As far as regular features are concerned, Mark Caltonhill brings us recipes for tradi-tional Taiwanese delicacies, this time involv-ing Taiwan’s famous oysters. TC Lin reports on the author of “The Coming Collapse

of China” and the ‘fag-hag’ phenomenon. Nathan Haslewood tackles the thorny issue of integration and foreignness, while Jerome Keating explains why 2007 is the year to watch for the important clues to the presi-dential winner in 2008.

February brings festivals both Western and Oriental, with St. Valentine’s Day on the 14th and Chinese New Year following swiftly after-wards. So most of the country has nine days off starting on February 17th. For a couple of days many restaurants and shops will be closed, so it’s probably an idea to stock up unless you’re happy to live off McDonald’s or 7-11 food for a couple of days. Of course New Year means that everyone’s going back to their family homes, which is great if you live in Taipei (half the population leaves!) but not so wonderful if you have to drive down to central Taiwan (also because half the popula-tion of Taipei leaves, heading south). In any case, we wish you all the best for the New Year and the coming year of the pig. Gongxi facai!

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They say you should travel at some point in your life. It broad-ens horizons. This is true. You can learn another language. True. You come to understand your own cultural background better. True again. But know what the most valuable thing for me is? Being on the receiving end of prejudice.

I think the usefulness of being a member of a minority is too often ignored. You’re never quite able to guess what those around you might be saying in private, no matter how they act in your presence. You come to see the extent of the ignorance, the effect of assumptions made before you’ve even opened your mouth. You, moreover, experience the stark real-ity of being “other”. You are not one of us. You do not fit in, you never will.

A depressing notion? One you’ve considered before? It was something I’d thought of but never truly felt before coming here. Now I’m convinced it’s going to be one of the most important things I’ll take with me when I leave.Why?

Empathy.

This is defined quite simply as “understanding and entering into another’s feelings”. Think about how people grow up and the views they inherit. Most members of majorities are not particularly well endowed with feelings of empathy. They either invest little time in understanding what minorities in their countries have to endure or find themselves unable to do so. Like it or not, many find a bridge between themselves and people of a different background or race.

Empathy is necessary because we all hold assumptions about others. Even the word itself has dangerous connotations. Others. Whether Taiwanese, African, Western - or whatever - remember some of the things you may have said about others or heard said about you.

“Taiwanese have no imagination!”“My god, Westerners love to drink! And they’re so loud!”“Jeez, don’t Asians have a lame sense of humour?”“All foreigners have one night stands…”

When many Westerners come to this country they are utterly unprepared for what awaits them. Most have rarely left their own cultures and soon find that they had been one hundred percent encased by it. Perhaps there were variations marked by spells of travel to other Western nations, but they were variations on a single mono-cultural theme. Many have always been “normal”, easily able to find acceptance in society.

Here, when you sit on the MRT there’s not a single other person like you and you couldn’t even begin to imagine what thoughts are passing through the minds of those around you. Maybe you can hear Japanese somewhere behind you, nearly as incomprehensible to modern Taiwanese as it is to you, but before that person opens their mouth they remain able to dis-appear in the crowd. Most of the readership of this magazine will understand this and, like me, find it difficult and at times annoying or depressing. However, consider an alternative perspective.

Once you’ve been a member of a minority it’s a little easier to transpose yourself into the shoes of the immigrants arriving in your home country. The same utter foreignness and dif-ficulties with the language. The same ignorance, often with a good dash of racist hostility. I’m not saying it’s really possible to imagine the plight of a Chinese or African immigrant to the West. Their struggle always was and will be manifestly greater than people like myself will ever experience. Not only migration, but often poverty and having to begin from a much lower position in the new society. People like myself find themselves on the positive side of prejudice in Taiwan. I hope, though, at least those like me who came here with literally nothing and knowing no one are able to better empathise with the loneliness and struggle of building a entirely new life from the bottom up.

Migration is a trend that is universally on the increase. Espe-cially as the 21st century gets more fully into its stride and the scales of global power and wealth tip in favour of the East, we may come to see the next generations of Westerners moving eastward on a more permanent basis than is now the case. Most Western foreigners now only move east in search of a way to quickly save money before returning home or a chance to open their eyes more fully to the world around them. It is a luxury that we are not forced to look abroad for the best means to secure the futures of our children. However, might our children or children’s children be forced to do this to secure ours?

Being a member of a minority is entirely contextual, anyone on earth can join this group by simply moving abroad. Those who do can more easily reflect on the difficulties of peoples anywhere who find themselves unfairly judged or treated. It’s worth spending some portion of the time spent in this country to reflect and attempt to develop empathy for the struggles of minorities worldwide. It’s time well spent.

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not all the sports have to be featured. Furthermore, the host may endorse some additional sports, not governed by the IWGA Member Federations but significant for the culture and tradition of the country, to be staged on the Invitational Sports Program. Worthy of mention is the example of Dragonboat Racing which was staged at the 2005 World Games in Duis-burg, Germany, and it will be presented again in Kaohsiung 2009, together with Softball, Wushu (a Chinese martial art) and Indoor Hockey.

Moving on now to Kaohsiung, the 2009 event will take place between July 16th and July 26th in venues located in Kaohsi-ung City, Kaohsiung County and adjoining Pingdong County, and it will feature 27 sports divided into 4 categories: ball sports, water sports, indoor and outdoor sports. Even though the World Games are still two years away, the Organizing Committee is already working at full speed and the promotion of this event is one of the top priorities. In and around Kaohsiung walls, street light poles and overhead crossings are covered with posters and images of the World Games. During the last 6 months various pre-events have been organized to spark interest among the citizens, for ex-ample the first ICF Dragonboat Racing World Championships, the UIAA Climbing Asian Championships, the Asian S.A. Roll-er Skating Championships and the Disc Golf Competition for the Kaohsiung area. A new main stadium is under construc-tion and the facility will host 40.000 spectators. Thanks to its conformity to FIFA standards this new facility will be able to host other large-scale international sport events. In December 2006 the promotional film for international marketing cam-paigns was shot using the world famous baseball player Wang Chien-Min as front man. The hope is that, thanks to Wang’s popularity, Kaohsiung and the World Games will gain global exposure and the level of awareness among local people will also rise. But it is precisely this point where the Organizing Committee is probably starting to worry, because despite all the effort expended on promotional activities, it still seems as if nobody knows about the World Games - even worse, those who do know don’t look interested. I have had the opportunity to collect a lot of material, to participate in the pre-events and to talk to many people, and even if the World Games offer a great opportunity to Kaohsi-ung to step on to the international stage and for Taiwanese to develop their appreciation of the power of sport there is still a long way to go to ensure a successful event.

For more information about the World games in general: http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/, for news about the Kaoh-siung 2009 edition: http://www.worldgames2009.org.tw/eng-lish/index.asp

Let’s talk about sport. Football, baseball, hockey is probably what everybody would think about, but if you are passionate for some “minor” sport, you’ll always feel disappointed. If you love rowing or gymnastics, you’ll probably wait for the Olympic Games to bring some media coverage, but what if you love figure skating, handball or climbing? Usually there are not many chances to see these sports on TV.

Probably this is the thought that in 1980 brought together 12 International Sport Federations to create a multi-sport event, in parallel to the Olympic Games, to provide a stage for those “minor” sports to get international exposure and to develop their popularity. The new-born event was called World Games and still, after talking with people about it, it seems to remain relatively unknown. I didn’t know about it either, until I came to Taiwan to work on a project which was developed to make the people familiar with this event, since the 2009 edition will be held in Kaohsiung. But let’s start from the beginning…

The first World Games were held in 1981 in Santa Clara, California and few sports participated. Since then the event has continued to grow under the auspices of the International World Games Association (IWGA) which is now composed of 32 International Sport Federations, governing all those sports and disciplines eligible for participation in the program.

At quadrennial intervals, in the year following the Olympics, the World Games offer the opportunity for top athletes in their respective sports to perform at their best on a highly visible stage. For eleven days more than 3,000 athletes compete in events organized with the main goal of making possible for everybody to understand the rules, so enabling both fans and first-time spectators alike to enjoy the competitions. This is also possible thanks to incredible live transmission of video signals from the most inaccessible fields of play: from the remote forest trails used in orienteering to the thousands of meters up in the sky where the skydivers perform their acro-batic stunts.

Talking about such a multidisciplinary event, it comes natu-rally to look at the parallels with the Games of the Olympiad. The World Games adhere to all the principles of the Olympics Charter regarding the social values of sport, they comply the Olympic Movement’s Anti-Doping Code and side-by-side, the IWGA and the IOC (International Olympic Committee) pursue the goal of safeguarding diversity in sport as a fundamental part of international culture. On the other side while the most obvious difference between these two events is the impossi-bility for one sport to participate in both, another main aspect makes the difference: for the World Games the host city is not required to build new facilities or extend upon available infrastructure, this eases the bidding procedure. The events are usually held in existing venues and this condition influ-ences the composition of the Official Sport Program because

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Focus on 2007 and not 2008: the Message for Taiwan Voters

The Taipei and Kaohsiung Mayoral elections are over and people are talking about the Presidential elections of 2008. 2008 however should not be the focus. What the public needs to look at now is the Legislative elections in 2007.

Memories and reflection on how Taiwan has suffered under the current do-nothing and opposition just for the sake of op-position legislature should stir any voter to make sure his or her vote count in 2007.

Gone will be the old one vote, multiple member system. The new voting system will match candidates from different parties head to head so voters can see where their votes go. Likewise the legislature will be pared down in numbers and halved in size. With fewer legislators, Taiwan will only have room for men and women who can make positive contribu-tions to the country, and not those who create stagnation like the current pan-blue dominated legislature.

Certainly there is no room for the likes of Lee Ao, the clown prince of negativism or Chiu Yi whose only contribution is to manufacture muck.

Voter wisdom seems to have begun to show itself in the fact that Lee Ao, running his standard negative campaign got less than 1% of the vote (a mere 7,795 votes) in running for Taipei mayor. No one expected him to win but the fact that he barely edged out Ke Shih-hai, Taipei’s lover of stray dogs says a lot for Lee’s reputation among Taipei voters.

The weaknesses of the one vote, multiple member system came out again in the Taipei City Council elections and it is a system we are well rid of. In the Taan District where I live, the KMT ran 9 candidates and got 7 seats; the DPP ran 4 candi-dates and got 3 seats, the PFP ran 2 candidates and barely got 1 seat as you will see shortly, the New Party ran one candi-date who won. 6 independents and 1 candidate each for the TSU and Green Party ran but did not win. 2 aboriginals ran for the one guaranteed seat for them in the district.

If the Green Party had been smart, they would have found a candidate who fit the aboriginal category. In the voting, the winning candidate for the aboriginal seat, running under the banner of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), received 2702 votes; his opponent running as an independent received 982 votes. The Green Party candidate running with the others had

received 3410 votes. If the Green Party had either convinced the independent candidate to run under their banner or had found an aboriginal member of their party, they could have taken the seat and had someone supporting their agenda in the Taipei City Council.

Further, the difference between the final person winning a seat on the Council and the first loser was a mere 14 votes. In any normal election that would be immediate reason to call for a recount, but in a single-vote multiple member system, how does one call for a recount. Recount all the votes? The last winning person was Lee Hsin of the PFP party who had 13,907 votes; close behind him was Wang Hsin-yi (a former PFP who went back to the KMT) who lost with 12,993 votes. 14 votes was the difference; not much to lose by in a field of 24 candidates.

Perhaps there was some poetic justice in this final outcome. In the closing days of the campaign, a false letter was sent out to KMT voters saying they should transfer some of their votes from assigned regions to Wang. This caused tears among some and cries of foul play amongst the other KMT candidates fearful of not getting in themselves. Wang’s camp denied sending out the letter, yet the irony of the voting sys-tem demonstrated that any of the 7 winning KMT candidates could have easily spared Wang 100 votes and all would have still won.

That is all behind Taiwan now however, so voters now know-ing how their votes will count can concentrate on 2007.

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The representatives chosen in the legislative elections likely to be held in December 2007 will be the first to serve four-year terms. Previously the term was three years, but the change has been effected in order to eventually synchronize Legislative Yuan elections with Presidential elections. The current and 6th Legislative Yuan has 225 members. Current legislators have come to office in dif-ferent ways: 168 are elected by popular vote, while 41 are elected on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties. Eight are allo-cated for overseas Chinese and eight seats are reserved for aboriginal voters.

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Getting Fluent: The Path to Mandarin Proficiency

Perhaps you’re new to Taiwan and determined to understand what is going on around you; perhaps you’ve been in Taiwan for some time, and feel like you’ve dug yourself into a pit of linguistic and cultural ignorance by not being able to speak or read Mandarin; perhaps you’ve figured out that being able to communicate in Mandarin will open up a number of career opportunities, elevating you beyond the status of a temporary worker in Taiwan’s English, editing, banking, or engineering industries.

Whatever your motivation, learning to speak and read Man-darin fluently, as opposed to speaking “barely getting by” Mandarin, is a task akin to learning to fly a jet airplane. It is not something you will accomplish without powerful disci-pline, a tolerance for frustration and mental exhaustion, and the ability to laugh at yourself.

In my October 6, 2006 article for Taiwanease, “Why You Shouldn’t Learn Chinese,” I wrote about the difficulties of becoming fluent in Mandarin. I suggested that before you begin learning Mandarin, you decide whether you’re up to the task or not. In this article, I’ll tell you how to become fluent in spoken and written Mandarin.

Make Learning Mandarin Your Mission in Life

First, while you are learning Mandarin, nothing can be more important than accomplishing your fluency goals. Unless you are a rare linguistic genius, there are no half-measures here. You’ve got to get extreme. Stop spending so much free time with people who speak English. If you are a “scholar” and like to research obscure language acquisition theories, drop the pedagogy and start getting your hands dirty. Maintain your exercise program, but only work out after you’ve done what you need to do with Mandarin each day. If you have a busy work schedule, cut back a bit.

Aside from devoting a few hours each day to formal learning activities, you’ll have to keep the language learning meter running throughout your day. You’ll need to self-impose a disciplined learning regimen.

Expect to be Patronized by Well-Meaning People

Taiwanese people are uniformly generous in helping the unfortunate foreigners in their midst who wish to learn

Mandarin. They are also frequently condescending. Expect to be laughed at when you first start speaking Mandarin, to be corrected even when you nearly got the tone right, and to be lectured to about vague and largely useless factoids concern-ing the Chinese language. It is essential that you develop the ability to laugh at yourself while you are learning Mandarin, or you will soon find yourself applying for a bed in the local insane asylum. The truth is, a beginning Mandarin student’s pronunciation does sound pretty damned funny. It is amus-ing to hear a foreigner belt out a chorus of atonal, guttural Mandarin in a public place. You’ll probably join the locals in chuckling at lousy “foreigner Mandarin” in a year or two, so don’t get offended if someone laughs at you.

Stick with the Program

Here’s a self-directed program for non-Chinese majors who want to become fully functional members of Mandarin speak-ing society. Mileage may vary, and you’ll make some adjust-ments to the program as you go along, but these are the essentials if you want to be fluent.

1. Take Classes: Sign up for at least three months of intensive Mandarin classes. You’ll need a structured program for build-ing foundational vocabulary and grammar, learning the basics of pronunciation, and getting used to set of texts. In Taiwan, there are several options for Mandarin classes. See the Learn-ing Chinese Forum on www.forumosa.com for information on Chinese class options in Taiwan.

Plan on taking language classes for about six months, but no longer than a year—if you live in Taiwan, classes will actually become counterproductive after a year unless you are study-ing Chinese literature.

2. Learn Vocabulary All Day: Carry a vocabulary “leech book” with you at all times, and leech 10-15 words and phrases a day from people you speak with, on top of the words and phrases you pick up from your textbooks. Review the words and phrases you’ve learned whenever you’ve got a bit of downtime (e.g. on the bus, waiting in line). If you stick with this program, you’ll learn four thousand or more words and phrases in context over the course of a year.

To do this, you’ll need to learn some form of romanization as soon as possible. My personal favorite is Yale romanization,

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but Pinyin works well too. See www.pinyin.info for a number of excellent tools that will help you learn romanization.

As for learning zhuyin, or BoPoMoFo, it is necessary to read zhuyin for several reasons, but I don’t think it is necessary to learn to write zhuyin. You’ll learn zhuyin in your classes, or you can learn it online very quickly.

3. Get the Right Dictionary: My favorite Chinese to English dictionary is Lanbridge’s Concise Chinese-English Diction-ary. The Far East Chinese-English Dictionary is also excellent. Make your dictionary your friend. Don’t let a day go by with-out checking on the meanings of the new words and phrases you learned that day.

4. Buy A Set of Texts: As your language classes come to an end, buy whatever books are left in the series you’ve been studying, and use them for self-study. My favorite series of Mandarin texts is the John DeFrancis series. This series comes in a set of three books, Basic, Intermediate, and Ad-vanced, and was all the rage among students of Mandarin for years. Study these texts on your own for one hour each morn-ing, come rain, shine, or hangover.

5. Become a Mandarin Social Butterfly: I don’t advocate making friends with people just so that you can improve your language skills. I do advocate making friends with Taiwan-ese people you can relate to in some way, and entering their linguistic world rather than requiring them to enter yours. Get to know the owners of the shops in your neighborhood. Go out with local colleagues. Join a local hobbyist group. Accept invitations to KTV parties and formal social events. If you want to learn Mandarin, you’ve got to get involved in local society in a way that requires you to communicate with people in Mandarin.

6. Use Flashcards to Learn Characters: Six months into your program, begin learning characters in earnest. Buy a set of flashcards with about 1,000 characters, and work through them until you know them backward and forward. You’ll have seen many of them in your language classes. Learning to write them is optional—some people find it helpful for reten-tion, others don’t. These first characters you learn will form the foundation of your character recognition skills.

7. Go Back to Elementary School: Once you’ve learned 1,000

or so characters, in addition to your work with advanced Mandarin texts, begin working through the elementary school Mandarin texts. Read a chapter each morning. Start with grade two and go through grade six. The junior high school texts are optional—once you can read at a sixth grade level, you’ll be able to read magazines and newspapers in Manda-rin.

8. Take Reading to a Professional Level: Once you’re able to read sixth grade texts and have begun reading newspapers and magazines, take a job as a Chinese-English translator. You can work on a volunteer basis to gain experience, or bravely sign up with an agency as a freelancer. Do work for your school if you are a teacher, anything to gain experience. Nothing will improve your ability to read and analyze written Mandarin better than working as a translator.

9. Interpret: The true test of your speaking abilities is working as an interpreter. Around the same time you begin translating, volunteer your services as an interpreter. Do this for schools, churches, or charitable organizations. Go from Mandarin to English, and then from English to Mandarin. Working as a professional interpreter takes years of study, but you don’t really need to become a professional. More likely, you’ll end up using your interpreting skills in business, engineering, or education.

10. On Writing: I promised a program for developing fluency in speaking and reading. If you want to learn to write as well, the best text available is William McNaughton’s Reading and Writing Chinese. For most foreigners in Taiwan, writing will never be a necessity. In my work, I need to write in Mandarin most every day. But in this era of computers and e-mail, I just type.

Follow this two year regimen, and reading and speaking Man-darin will become a permanent skill, one that you’ll utilize on a daily basis while you live in Taiwan or China, and one that will go on your resume for life.

Steven D. Quinn can be reached at [email protected].

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guage except Taiwanese. Saying something like “yin-shi-ke-zai” in Mandarin would sound silly. The dish’s alternative names, 蔭豉香蚵 (black bean [with] fragrant oyster) and 豆豉蚵仔 (fermented bean [with] oyster) did not really help Mandarin’s cause either.

Finally, what could be more Taiwanese than seafood?

OYStErS With bLack bEanS (蔭豉蚵仔)Enough for 1 or 2 people, depending on the number of other dishes served

20-25 shelled oysters60g salted black soybeans2 Allium porrum (garden leeks)1 chili5 cloves garlic2 tbsp. soy sauce paste1 tsp. rice wine

The recipe also called for 1 tsp. sugar and a pinch of MSG, neither of which I used.

Versatile Oysters

The first two columns in this series introduced i) breakfast of egg pancake, “deep-fried dough stick” and soymilk; and ii) lunch of dumplings and soup. While both being typical of foods eaten in Taiwan, they certainly had a “north Chinese cuisine” feel to them. For this issue, therefore, I consciously pursued something authentically “Taiwanese,” though it was hard to find out a good definition of what that really was.

Yim-hsee e-a (蔭豉蚵仔; black beans with oysters) seemed a good place to start. Firstly, the “Dr. Eye” computer diction-ary—based on Mandarin Chinese–only recognized two of the characters: 蔭 yin, meaning “shade”; and 仔 zai, meaning “[dialect] son.”

My Taiwanese dictionary from Dunli Publications, on the other hand, contained all four: 蔭 yim, meaning among other things “shade”; 豉 si (I prefer the romanization “hsee”), meaning pickled or fermented beans; 蚵 e (it always sounds like “ugh” to me: onomatopoeic if you share my views on oysters), meaning oyster; and 仔 a; the noun-suffix (similar to 子 zi, 兒 er and 頭 tou of Mandarin).

Secondly, I have never heard this dish ordered in any lan-

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1) Add a little salt to the oysters and then wash gently, add fresh water and rinse. 2) Cut the leeks and pepper into pieces, cut the ends off the garlic cloves.3) Heat a pan of water, add oysters and boil for 30-40 seconds until the oysters contract slightly at which point they are 60-70 percent cooked. Rapidly scoop them out and drain to dry.4) Heat a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan, then flash fry the leeks, chilies and garlic, add the beans and flavorings, mix, then add the pre-cooked oysters, sauté briefly and serve.

Two other simple, tasty and typically Taiwanese oyster dishes are “oyster omelet” (蚵仔煎; literally “oyster fry”) and “battered oysters” (蚵仔酥; “oyster crisp”).

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8-12 oystershandful of leafy greenstypically tonghaocai (Chrysanthe-mum coronarium; crown daisy) but I used pok choiegg1 cup “sweet potato powder” (a form of tapioca -- to make it crunchier)2/3rds cup potato starch (to make it all stick together)2½ cups water, pinch white pepper

Sauce:4 tbsp. sweet and spicy sauce2 tbsp. soy sauce paste2 tbsp. tomato ketchup1 cup waterpinch of starch

The recipe also called for 1 tbsp. MSG and 4 tbsp. sugar, which I did not use].

1) Wash the oysters with water and a little salt, drain.2) Chop the leafy greens.3) Mix tapioca, starch, water and pep-per to create a sticky paste. 4) Heat small amount of oil in frying pan, add oysters and cook over low flame turning 2-3 times5) Break egg over them, add small handful of chopped greens.6) When cooked, add tablespoon of starch mix to bind. Turn and cook other side. Serve with a splash of pink made from sauce ingredients mixed.

battErEd OYStErS

100g oysters1/3 cup sweet potato powderfew sprigs basilsaltpepper

1) Wash the oysters with water and a little salt, drain.2) Wash and clean basil.3) One-by-one coat the oysters in the sweet potato tapioca.4) Heat pan of oil to 190 degrees, deep fry the oysters, adding basil at last minute.5) Strain and serve with dish of pepper for flavoring.

These recipes are taken from Mark Caltonhill’s new book “Jia ba bwey – Exploring the food culture of Tai-wan” to be published in 2007 by JiYue Publications.

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How to Eat Hot Pot

Tagged: Humour Written by: Hartley Pool

Either you love it or you hate it…or you just kind of like it. Perhaps you’re simply not that keen? Whatever your feelings about hot-pot it’s erm…well, it’s hot. And it comes in a sort of pot, if you’re not too fussy about your definitions.

There are a lot of intricacies in successfully completing consumption of this most local of delicacies, and I felt it was the right tie to guide you carefully through the thousands of social faux pas available for you at the local Shabu Shabu, all of which I have at some time tried to tiptoe around, some of which I’ve collapsed headfirst into with an unfortunate disregard for anyone sitting nearby, or the crowds of people watching through the window. Please bear in mind while reading this that I am a paranoid hypochondriac with acute something-wrong-with-my-stomach syndrome and a lump in my foot that everyone keeps looking at.

There’s no right or wrong way to enter the hot-pot shop, that would be taking things too far, so let’s get straight to the nitty-gritty: If there’s any nitty-gritty in your hot-pot, walk out, this clearly isn’t the kind of establishment you’re accustomed to. Firstly, unless you’re extremely pretentious and go for sea-food, you have a choice of meats to accompany the basic set of vegetables, doupi, doufu and possibly an egg. Choose what you want – what do I care? After it’s been boiled to death and slathered in sauce, it all tastes the same anyway. Just make sure that after you use your chopsticks to transport the semi-frozen raw meat to the pot, you dip your utensils in the boiling water for a moment rather than transferring the bacte-ria-laden juices straight to your mouth.

If you are already eating, then you’ve either:(a) forgotten to go and get sauce, or(b) found one of those wonderful places where they do it for you – well done.

The sauce is a mixture of barbecue sauce, garlic chili and various other condiments that dip everything in before you eat so that it doesn’t taste like something semi-frozen that’s just been inexpertly boiled by someone so bad at basic food preparation they spend all their evenings in a hot-pot shop. If you’re anything like me, the exact proportions are a frustrat-ingly well-guarded mystery, and so I you should get someone else to do it unless you want to spend the whole meal waving you hand in front of your mouth and making strange hoot-ing noises. If you’re like me, and let’s hope you’re not, this saucing of the food is an extremely messy business, and it’s worth knowing that the tissues are kept at knee-height under the counter. I suggest securing two packs before you start. Fi-

nally, if you’ve got it right the sauce should taste rather divine – that’s because it’s laden with more calories than the whole of all the food in front of you put together and will eventually kill you.

Don’t get obsessed with one type of food. For me it’s doupi, for you it could be anything. Obviously. But probably not chicken testicles. You can order extra portions of anything, and they’ll bring you a big plate of it which looks good for about ten minutes, when you’ll have eaten so much of it that if you ever see any of that particular type of food again you’ll throw up. Which is unfortunate, because there’ll still be three-quarters of a plate full in front of you. Whatever you do, don’t throw up into the eponymous hot-pot, this is considered very bad form.

If you’re going with a local person, for God’s sake don’t order rice. We Westerners have a tendency to want to fill up quickly, usually with potato or bread based substances, but rice will do the trick too. Ordering rice will mean that after half an hour you’ll be sat, feeling completely full while your friend, like the Energizer bunny just keeps eating and eating and eating. Three hours later you’ll have lost the will to live and be obsessing about that lump in your foot again. If you’re going with more than one local person, cancel any engagements you might have thought you were going to have that week, because it’s going to be a looooong meal. Do bear in mind, though, that ex-pat bosses generally don’t accept “we’re still at the Shabu Shabu and someone’s just ordered more lamb” as a reason for missing work the next day. Local bosses would probably come along and join in the ‘fun’.

After an indeterminate amount of time, during which you may or may not have considered tearing out your own eyeballs, all the food will be gone.

“Ah,” you might think, “thank the heavens and all the little baby angels – check please!”

I’m afraid you’re sadly misguided, and have forgotten to consider that having had all manner of roots-y, fester-y, carcass-y things bubbling around in it for the last week and a half, that liquid left in the pot will make a darned good soup. Etiquette insists that you now spend a good hour transferring it to a bowl and drinking it. If you survive this, do not desire month-old ice cream scrapings or burnt popcorn and have the whereabouts of three or four hundred NT upon your person, why you’re home free. Well done.

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The Five Cent Driftwood House

Tagged: Parenting Written by: Joanne Chang

Dining out with children can be a pretty stressful experience, so when a restaurant comes along that has a set up and atmo-sphere that is child-friendly as well as adult-friendly, parents should take advantage of it. This past weekend my family and I discovered a restaurant that was just as magical and enter-taining for the adults as it was for the children. The Five Cent Driftwood House in Neihu is truly a unique restaurant to visit, with or without children.

The first thing that you will notice about this restaurant is the absolutely amazing architecture. From the outside, it actually looks quite bizarre, like a monstrous brown brain, swirls and whorls all over the massive structure. Walking up the spiral ramp entrance, I had the eerie feeling that I was walking into a cave or into the mouth of some strange beast. But the eerie feeling didn’t last long as I began to notice the incredibly beautiful detail all around me, from the deeply textured walls to the spiraling columns and free-form, flowing shapes. Every inch of the place has been turned into an enormous work of art.

The interior is equally as impressive, with just as much rich texture and design as the exterior. Images of female dancers, the inspiration for the design of the building, are integrated into both the artwork and architecture. Adding to the theme is a live flamenco dancer, who performs on a platform in the middle of a serene pond filled with silvery white fish, as well as around the room.

This is the fifth such building for the owner and designer of the building, Ms. Li-Shian Hsieh, the first four being in Jiayi, Xinying (Tainan County), Tainan City, and Taichung. Hsieh started collecting pieces of driftwood as a young child to use in her art, and later in building construction. Her parents, she says, always encouraged her creative spirit and didn’t pressure her to do well academically. This support from her parents eventually led to the realization of her lifelong dream to be an artist, using driftwood as her inspiration.

Children of all ages will be amazed at the sight of this restaurant, and diners are encouraged to walk around and

view all of the artwork that is placed around the restaurant. The sculptures are made of stone or cement, so they can be touched by even the smallest of children. Information book-lets are available in both English and Chinese for those who want to know more about the history of the restaurant and designer. Another great feature is the fish pond on the lower level. Small bags of fish food are available for purchase if you have small children to keep occupied while waiting for the food to arrive.

The food served is traditional Taiwanese fare, and our menu was all in Chinese, although you may be able to get an Eng-lish menu if you ask for one. The dishes we ordered were all delicious, and were served in handmade dishware, which is available for purchase as well.

So for parents looking for a unique, relatively stress-free, en-tertaining dining experience for the whole family, you might want to give this place a try. With lots of interesting things to look at, freedom of movement, and live entertainment, the Five Cent Driftwood House is an excellent place to enjoy a meal.

Address: #8, Lane 32, Neihu Road Section 1Tel. #: (02) 8501-1472, (02) 8502-5567

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JoinT special luncheon. Can China’s legal system keep up with its growing economy. Amcham & ECCT luncheon. Sheraton Hotel, 12 Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 1, Taipei, 12pm, Members NT$1,200, non-members NT$1,800, Business

eXpress cargo. AmCham Transpor-tation Committee Breakfast Meeting. The American Club in Taipei, 47 Bei’an Rd, Taipei, 8am, Members NT$500, non-members NT$1,000, Business

caTs. The most successful West-End musical of all time plays in Taipei. National Opera House, Taipei, 7.30pm, NT$800-4,800, Musical


Taiwan’s econoMic ouTlooK for 2007. The perspective of eco-nomic research center director Wang Jiann-Chyuan. Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, B1, 201 Dunhua S Rd Sec 2, 12pm, Members NT$1,300, non-members NT$1,900, Business


Trance for love. Trance groove party for Valentine’s. Fu-sion, 483 Yonghua Rd Sec 2, Tainan, 10pm, NT$200-350, Club


aMchaM ipl coMMiTTee lun-cheon. Revising the Copyright Act to meet challenges posed by inter-net piracy. Shangri-La’s Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, B1, 201 Dunhua S Rd Sec 2, 12pm, Members NT$1,300, non-members NT$1,900, Business

darK inside. Tribal and progressive house party. The Wall, B1, 57 Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei, NT$350-300, Club

valenTine’s BreaKup 2. “Come and celebrate a lasting, deep, and inti-mate passion for music. Funk, hip-hop, house, breakbeats and more.” Private Party Disco Pub, B1, 10 Siwei 4th Rd, Lingya, Kaohsiung, 9pm, NT$500, Club

caTs. The most successful West-End musical of all time plays in Taipei. National Opera House, Taipei, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, NT$800-4,800, Musical

roMance and passion. Roman-tic string duets. National Concert Hall, 21-1 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei, 7.30pm, NT$300-600, Classical

classical radio fM 97.7 con-cerT. Featuring Russian maestro Ivo Pogorelich, playing pieces by Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and more. Zhongshan Hall, Taichung, 7.30pm, NT$350-2,000, Classical

dJ caspar asia Tour. Belgian DJ who has performed in Ibiza, South Africa, Canada and beyond. Ministry of Sound, 310 Lequn 3rd Rd, Taipei, 10pm, Club

The Band forMerly Known as QvQ. Covers and original tunes. The Post Home, 31, Ln 35, Zhongshan Rd Sec 6, 8pm, Rock

hip-hop parTy. DJs JC, Ziggy, Romeo and Grant Stetski keep it coming for five hours. 21 Zhongshan 1st Rd, Kaoh-siung, 10pm, NT$300, Club

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foruMosa faMily weiya. Feast-ing, entertainment and fun for all the family at this year-end party. The Tavern, 415 Xinyi Rd Sec 4, Taipei, (02) 8780-0892, 3pm, Community

classical radio fM 97.7 con-cerT. Featuring Russian maestro Ivo Pogorelich, playing pieces by Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Rach-maninoff and more. National Concert Hall, 21-1 Zhongshan S Rd, Taipei, 7.30pm, NT$350-2,000, Classical

ronan KeaTing - asian Tour. Ex-Boyzone frontman, with hits like “Life is a Rollercoaster” and “If Tomor-row Never Comes”, is in town. NTU Gymnasium, 1 Roosevelt Road Section 4, Taipei, 7.30pm, NT$1,300-5,000, Pop

The Kc wind syMphony orches-Tra. CKS Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, 7.30pm, NT$300-600, Classical

sT. valenTine’s day. Yes, it hap-pens here too, so there’s no excuse for forgetting those roses! Festival

dJ caspar asia Tour. Belgian DJ who has performed in Ibiza, South Africa, Canada and beyond. Ministry of Sound, 310 Lequn 3rd Rd, Taipei, 10pm, Club

Taipei gaMe show. Showcasing advances in video-game technol-ogy. Taipei World Trade Center, (02) 2577-4249, Exhibition

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ladies nighT. Plush, 12F, 138 Bade Rd Sec 4, Taipei, Club

18 Lover, B1, 22 Song-shou Rd, Taipei, Club

Luxy, 5F, 201 Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei, Club

VS bar club Lounge, B1, 208 Fux-ing S Rd Sec 2, Taipei, Club

the Face, B1-1, 270 Zhongx-iao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei, Club

Ziga Zaga, 2 Songshou Rd, Taipei, Club

barcode, 2F, 9 Taizhonggang Rd Sec 2, Taichung, Club

Mint, B1, 45 Shifu Rd, Taipei, Club

Fusion, 483 Yonghua Rd Sec 2, Tainan, Club

carnegie’s, 100 Anhe Rd Sec 2, Taipei, Pub

champagne 3, B1, 171 Songde Rd, Taipei, Club

la ruMBa. Latin band and a chance to hit the dance floor. Brown Sugar, 101 Songren Rd, Taipei, No cover charge, Dance

foreigner’s nighT. All-you-can-drink for foreigners just NT$350. Club Wax, B1, 67 Roos-evelt Rd Sec 2, Taipei, Club

all you can drinK nighT. Cube, 31 Haibian Rd, Lingya, Kaohsiung, Club

loaded. Covers of classic and modern rock tunes. Velvet Underground, B1, 50 Zhongxiao W Rd Sec 1, Taipei, Rock

ladies nighT. The Brass Mon-key, 166 Fuxing N Rd, Taipei, Pub

? TheaTer. Interactive personal expressionism, created live each week. The Living Room, 3F, 8 Nanjing E Rd Sec 5, Taipei, 9pm, NT$100, Theater

weeKend parTy nighT. Main-stream music from all genres. Roxy 99, B1, 218 Jinshan S Rd Sec 2, Taipei, 7pm, NT$300, Party

saBBaTical. International DJs and local talent mix it up. Luxy, 5F, 201 Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei, NT$700, Club

weeKend parTy nighT. Fu-sion, 483 Yonghua Rd Sec 2, Tainan, NT$200-300, Club

girls’ nighT ouT. Ladies all-you-can-drink for NT$100. Cube, 31 Haibian Rd, Lingya, Kaohsiung, Club

weeKend parTy nighT. Main-stream music from all genres. Roxy 99, B1, 218 Jinshan S Rd Sec 2, Taipei, 7pm, NT$300, Party

escape To paradise. Dance-hall, Reggae and Soca. Escape, 13 Fuxing S Rd Sec 2, Club

weeKend parTy nighT. Fu-sion, 483 Yonghua Rd Sec 2, Tainan, NT$200-300, Club

whaT’s The Buzz? Hip-hop, Salsa, Meringue and Reggae, Barrio’s B1, 277 Dunhua S Rd Sec 2, NT$400, Club

drunK parTy. All you can drink. VS Bar Club Lounge, B1, 208 Fuxing S Rd Sec 2, Taipei, NT$600, Club MonTunos laTin Band. Brown Sugar, 101 Songren Rd, Taipei, Dance

hocKey nighT. Wings and Carls-berg on offer for Canadian Hockey Night. The Brass Monkey, 166 Fuxing N Rd, Taipei, Sports

couch Jazz. Relaxing Atmo-sphere, jazzy lounge music. The Face, B1-1, 270 Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei, NT$200, Jazz

uniTed naTions parTy. Dis-counts for ‘exotic’ customers 9%, B1, 222 Jinshan S Rd Sec 2, Taipei, NT$400-600, Club

open JaM. Bring your instrument and join in. Riverside Music Café, B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei, 9.30pm, NT$150, Jam Night

full vacuuM. All you can drink, hip-hop beats. VS Bar Club Lounge, B1, 208 Fuxing S Rd Sec 2, Tai-pei, 8.30pm, NT$500, Club

couch Jazz. Relaxing Atmo-sphere, jazzy lounge music. The Face, B1-1, 270 Zhongxiao E Rd Sec 4, Taipei, NT$200, Jazz

uniTed naTions parTy. Dis-counts for ‘exotic’ customers 9%. B1, 222 Jinshan S Rd Sec 2, Taipei, NT$400-600, Club

lounge sofa nighT. All you can drink, hip-hip/pop music. VS Bar Club Lounge, B1, 208 Fuxing S Rd Sec 2, Taipei, 8.30pm, NT$500, Club

chiT-chaT gaMe nighT. Break-out the Monopoly board, brush up on Scrabble, or just grab a deck of cards. Kick back in our Living Room with cool people, tons of games, and good food. The Living Room, 3F, 8 Nanjing E Rd Sec 5, Taipei, 7pm, No cover charge, Games

lounge fuTuro. All new mu-sic, all the time. The Wall, B1, 57 Dunhua S Rd Sec 1, Taipei, No cover charge, Pop/Club

regular nighTs

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News from the renegade Province

Tagged: Humour Story: tC Lin

‘coming collapse of china’ author visibly nervous during whirlwind visit to Taiwan

TAOYUAN | Gordon Chang, author of the best-selling analyti-cal work “The Coming Collapse of China”, seemed ill at ease upon his arrival yesterday at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. After a series of meetings with government officials, during which Chang kept his unpacked luggage near him at all times, the Chinese-American author was scheduled to join President Chen Shui-bian at the Presidential Office for dinner. Chang demurred, however, saying “I think drinks would be fine. There’s a taxi waiting outside, right?”

“My message to the people of Taiwan is simple: Your neigh-bor, the mainland, is trembling. Actually, so am I,” Chang said at the Legislative Yuan yesterday morning, holding up a shaky hand to show his audience.

“China is your neighbor, the bully next door. When the Chi-nese giant fails, you can’t avoid the consequences,” Chang quickly told a roomful of officials, lawmakers and the press before ducking out a window and into a waiting vehicle.

Some legislators questioned the Chang’s suspicious behavior during his visit.

“It’s like he knows something, but isn’t willing to tell us,” said one independent lawmaker. “There’s something fishy about the whole thing, if you ask me, which I guess you did.”

Chang defended himself against the allegations at the airport just before getting on the first available flight off the island

by hastily predicting a “bottom-up revolution orchestrated by disenchanted peasants and workers and stuff.”

“Peasants and workers who once had strong faith in the communist party may trigger a whatsit, uh....a revolutionary unrest once they see private entrepreneurs absorbed into the party and, I dunno, hijacking it, ok? I have to go now. Uh, you also might want to keep a gun under your pillows, you know, just in case,” Chang said as the plane door closed.

area woman’s hand asked in “faghagdom”

KAOHSIUNG | Luo Qing-fang, known to her friends as “Ex-tra”, was surprised and pleased yesterday when her best mo friend, 25-year-old Chen Hanwen, asked her to be his faghag.

“I’ve known Hanwen was gay for years, and sometimes I wondered if he would mind if I hung around him and his mo friends at bars,” said Luo, 26. “But I never entertained the thought that he would choose me to be his faghag.”“It makes perfect sense,” reported Chen, who had been look-ing for a women friend to take with him to gay bars and dance clubs. “Sometimes I need the female perspective. Not the real female perspective, of course; that would be kinda useless. I need the faghag perspective, and Extra has always been there, not sticking out but not really fitting in, when I needed her at many a mo venue.”

The couple inaugurated their newfound status by going shop-ping, having dinner, and spreading deliberately misleading innuendo to confuse their parents just enough to get them off their backs about getting married.

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table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen. Comedy/Family The stroll. Aleksei Uchi-tel, Director. Watch the exploits of three young romantics as they dance around St. Petersburg, Russia. Drama/Romance little Miss sunshine. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Directors. A family de-termined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. Comedy/Drama

The victim. Monthon Arayangkoon, Director. Ting, an actress for mur-der illustration is hired to simulate a real-life murder case of Min, a former Miss Thailand who was brutally killed. Horror/Mystery Marilyn hotchkiss Ball-room dancing & charm school. Randall Miller, Director. A widowed man’s life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man’s long lost love. Comedy/Musical The last King of scot-land. Kevin Macdonald, Director. Based on the events of the brutal Ugan-dan dictator Idi Amin’s

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The lives of others. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Director. The horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. Drama

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english Teachers wanted Looking for full time teacher. About 15~20 hours a week. Send me a mail if you are in-terested. [email protected] 02-2351-4061 AD ID: 3000

seeking tutor in Bali - 800 / hr Every Monday AD ID: 3013

over nTd70000 a month in hsin-chu city,nice school . AD ID: 2811

looking for new Teaching Job? Lots of Jobs Available Throughout the Island, especially near Taipei! Please Contact Us!! 0958 282 693 AD ID: 2846

hsinchu: fun,very organized and stable school Hsinchu: Fun,Very Or-ganized and Stable School AD ID: 3044

part-time position in Beitun, Taic-hung city Part-time position in Taic-hung city 04-2381-3698 AD ID: 2897

Teaching Jobs

english Teacher wanTed PART TIME JOB TEACHER NEEDED. 02-8253-2333, 0928-235857 AD ID: 2816

seeking someone want to learn chi-nese I am major in Chinese literature and French in TKU. I have taught many foreigners who are from U.S.A, Austria, Chad, and Japan. AD ID: 2769

german Teacher in hsinchu city Looking for a German teacher to teach adults in Hsinchu City. Can start ASAP. AD ID: 2920

18 afternoon hours per week, first-time teachers welcome, mornig hours will be available too easy...18 afternoon hours per week, first-time teachers welcome, mornig hours will be available too AD ID: 2632

sub needed for winter school Bilin-gual elementary school needs full-time subs during winter school. Hours: 8:30~ 15:00 M-F, 01/29 to 02/16. email: [email protected] (02)2921-4630 ext. 13 AD ID: 2625

Morning JoB in linKuo! easy!! Morning job, 600-650 per hour, very easy, beauti-ful new school! AD ID: 2705

Junior high foreign Teacher want-ed Certified teachers needed in the Noble Junior high school AD ID: 2697

suBsTiTuTe needed-650/hr feb 26th-Mar 3rd I need a sub for the fol-lowing days: Feb 26th - Mar 3rd Time: 4:40-6:10 Mon - Fri =L4 6:10-7:30 Tues,Thurs,Fri =L6 Great,Easy Class 650/hr 09-1612-4482 AD ID: 3056

Morning jobs and full-time jobs in Taipei Morning jobs and full-time jobs in Taipei 0958 282 693 AD ID: 2883

sub/s needed mornings, after-noons and evenings Subs needed mornings and afternoons in the same school $600/hr and eve-nings at another school $650/hr. Both in Banqiao. AD ID: 2879

north american female wanted for part-time english teacher North American female aged 25-28 to teach Taiwanese woman con-versation. Early afternoons pre-ferred - weekdays - $NT1000/hr. Experienced only. AD ID: 2974

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part Time position in pingJhen city, Taoyuan Taiwan Part Time Position Opening In Taoyuan Area 886-4-23813698 AD ID: 2941

high school,public primary, eng-lish village positions!!welcome all of Teachers in Taiwan-MusT see No agent feee- www.esldewey.com.tw AD ID: 2755

Jobs in changhua coun-ty-lovely town!!-full time and part time . AD ID: 3017

high school Teach-er needed . AD ID: 2981

native english speakers needed asap Native English speakers need-ed in cram school now all over Tai-wan +886-4-2381-3698 AD ID: 2797

a position opens on March 1, 2007 in shanshia, Taipei county, Taiwan! position available in taipei county af-ter Mar. 1 04-2381-3698 AD ID: 2900

Two position opens on January 20, 2007 in hsinchu city, Tai-wan! Position available after Jan. 20 04-2381-3698 AD ID: 2899

a full-Time Teacher need-ed asap in Tanzee, Taichung Full-time teacher needed asap. 04-2381-3698 AD ID: 2898

certified Teachers needed now-65890nTd a month and Tax-free Jobs-20000nTd bonus . AD ID: 2992

kindergarten looking for teach-er we are looking for an english teacher for our kindergarten,please call Jenny (0936990983) 0936990983 AD ID: 3023

Jobs available in Taipei lots of jobs in Taipei AD ID: 3047

Many well-paid Jobs around Taiwan!! . AD ID: 2964

Taipei county: full-time kindy/buxiban teachers needed, 600 per hour Taipei County: full-time kindy/buxiban teachers needed, 600 per hour, Wugu AD ID: 2982

full-time Kindy position, near ikea, arc, french-speaker preferred great school, smart kids, nice staff, convenient location AD ID: 2983

great pay in hsinchu city . AD ID: 2984

Teaching position available in chunghua, Taiwan Teaching Posi-tion Available In Chunghua, Tai-wan 04-2381-3698 AD ID: 2901

Jobs around Taiwan and pub-lic school Job,nTd65000-Tax-free; what you do is to substi-tute only or sta . AD ID: 2860

huey-deng high school in yilan Open Position for a Full-Time English Conversation Teacher for Junior and Senior School Students. Huey-Deng Middle School is an accredited school n 03-922-9968 ext.309 AD ID: 3004

native english teacher wanted asap in pingtun, Taiwan Native Eng-lish teacher wanted asap in Pingtun, Taiwan 04-2381-3698 AD ID: 2903

chinese culture university ili part-time Chinese Culture Univer-sity looking for Part-time Teach-ers at ILI. Please contact Bonnie Liao 2356-7356x7323 or [email protected] -ARC required. 2356-7356 x7323 AD ID: 2980

seeking tutor for adult - 800 / hr - zhishan station Adult tu-tor wanted! AD ID: 3014

available to sub I am available to sub in Bmornings until 12 o’clock. I am located in Banciao and I can woark in the entire Taipei Coun-ty. 0917 444 624 AD ID: 2820

real life Mandarin class for chil-dren/adult . I am an experienced Chi-nese tutor, who studied and worked in Canada. I can help you improve your Chinese listening, Speaking,Reading and Writing abili AD ID: 2825

full-time position in Mi-aoli/60,000-100,000 per month/yale language academy Full-time position in Miaoli 037338317 or 0934212000 AD ID: 2916

we need a foreign teacher in Xindian Hi, we are looking for a foreign teach-er. Pay is 600 per hour. AD ID: 2985

private school in Maioli needs Teacher after chinese new year Private School In Maioli Needs Teacher After Chinese New year 04-2381-3698 AD ID: 2902

we have morning jobs and full-time positions in Taipei! Hur-ry because they will go fast... 0958 282 693 AD ID: 2884

high school.primary school Teachers needed asap! awe-some Jobs . AD ID: 3028

head Teacher/coordinator in up-scale Kindergarten/cramschool in hsinchu Head Teacher/Co-ordinator in Upscale Kindergar-ten/Cramschool in Hsinchu, Tai-wan 0958 282 693 AD ID: 3049

sub needed feb 9, 13 and 14 in Jingmei Sub needed for a small buxiban in Jingmei, 3min walk from MRT, NT$600 per hour for 9 hours = NT$5400 Feb9(Fri)3:30-8:30; Feb13/14(Tues/Weds)4:30-6:30 0926796167 AD ID: 2977

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audition for The vagina Mono-logues! Auditions are being held for The Vagina Monologues, to be performed March 30th and 31st, 2007. Please e-mail [email protected] for details. 02-26223662 AD ID: 2728

forumosan food guide - proposal Interested in reading thru the Rest/Bars/Clubs forum on Forumosa.com and compiling the favorite 88 or 100 or 163 restaurants? Let’s talk +86 1366 1677 399 AD ID: 2637

voice over TalenT availaBle Canadian w/ 10 years exp. in all aspects commercial audio prod. / radio broadcast available for voice-over work. Baritone w/ exc. pronun-ciation 091-738-0410 AD ID: 2951

text book writers Adult language school needs sub-contract writers for new text books. Outline and editorial guidance provided, 3 month contract. From home possible. AD ID: 2734

canadian society adminstrator wanted CANADIAN SOCIETY: PART-TIME ADMINISTRATOR WANTED email resume to David Vasas [email protected] or call 0913119847 0913119847 AD ID: 2877

audition for a Tvc (man only ) There will be a TVC on Jan. 27 or Jan. 28. The product is for laptops. We need a man who looks like a businessman. His age is between 30 and 35, no 2889-1598 AD ID: 2823

study abroad foundation The Study Abroad Foundation, a not-for-profit American based or-ganisation, is looking for a Direc-tor for its Taiwan operation. The job will involve tr AD ID: 3005

part-time Tv show host Live-ABC is looking for a male teacher who has ESL teaching experi-ence, and who should be comfort-able acting in front of a camera. You would cohost a b AD ID: 2871

nanny needed free airfare to australia We seek assistance to source an Au Pair (Nanny) for 10-12 months employment in Australia, as part of the working holiday visa scheme. AD ID: 2764

seeking full-Time Manager English Quest www.englishquest.tw is seek-ing a FT Manager in Taipei email re-sume to David Vasas at [email protected] 0913119847 AD ID: 2751

professional aniMal cou-rier Will transport any animal imaginable as ‘excess baggage’. Contact me now. AD ID: 2934

artist’s models wanted Photogra-pher seeks models for artistic proj-ects. Payment by photo CD or cash, or both. Write for samples of my work! [email protected] AD ID: 2942

female actors needed Actors with North American accents needed for educational sitcoms. Respond by email to [email protected] with photo and description of experience. 2578-2626 ext. 144 AD ID: 2904

german web Marketing special-ist wanted for cyberlink Ger-man Web Marketing Specialist Wanted CyberLink Corp. (ticker: 5203.TW), makers of PowerDVD, is looking for a German market-ing specialist like you AD ID: 2759

d-link corporation : Technical writer D-Link, a world-leading net-work hardware brand company is looking to add a mid-level Techni-cal Writer to our team. AD ID: 3020

Japanese freelance Translator wanted CyberLink Corp. (ticker: 5203.TW), maker of PowerDVD, is looking for a Japanese translator like yourself! 8667-1298 #114 AD ID: 3061

powerdvd creators needs a ger-man web Marketing specialist CyberLink Corp. (ticker: 5203.TW), makers of PowerDVD, is looking for a German marketing special-ist like yourself for our Web Sales team. 8667-1298 x. 114 AD ID: 3034

field rep We are now warehousing, and shipping product in Australia. We have also secured a relation-ship with a well qualified individual to support the field, AD ID: 2978

looking for electronic/experimen-tal musicians to collaborate with Synth/computer musician looking for electronic and experimental musicians to collaborate with in Taipei city. Email Frank - [email protected] AD ID: 2873

suBsTiTuTe needed-650/hr feB 26th - Mar 3rd Sub Needed for the following days: Feb 26th - Mar 3rd Time: 4:40-6:10 Mon - Fri =L 4 6:10-7:30 Tues,Thurs,Fri =L 6 Great,Easy Class 650/hr 09-1612-4482 AD ID: 3057

animal courier wanted from Tai-pei to orlando florida Travel-ing from Taipei to Orlando Florida soon? Earn some cash on the way by transporting my pet rabbit as “excess baggage.” AD ID: 2805

i’m a part time housekeeper-look-ing for a job Hello, I’m looking for a part time housekeeping job, I have over 10 years experience (clean-ing/ironing, etc.) Pls give me a call 0938 116 052. Tks! AD ID: 2786

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foreigner wants to learn chinese Hi I am an Australian soon I hope to move to Taipei Taiwan, I have al-ready lived in China for one year so I can speak some mandarin, want to improve:) Thorpe AD ID: 2690

looking for le partner I just quit job and have so much free time before Chinese new year.I wanna look for a LE partner in Taipei. AD ID: 2885

english / gerMan le i speak, read and write some Chinese and want to improve it. i am working for a big local company and have time late afternoon or during week-ends 09321 87 412 AD ID: 2923

i need a native english or italian speaker I am taiwanese, my english is not bad,i need someone who want to learn chinese and can teach me eng-lish, i am a good teacher AD ID: 2793

looking for french language ex-change I study French in university and I would like to havelanguage exchanges to practice my french in listening and speaking. Maleandfe-male are welcomed! AD ID: 2768

do any Taiwanese people want to learn pinyin? I need to translate some English song lyrics into Pinyin. If you can provide a spoken transla-tion into Mandarin I can tell you how to spell it. 09-5259-8430 AD ID: 2880

looking for a french exchange I’m a graduate student, work-ing on disser.fond of french,also need to read french text as well. hope to improve reading and I can help u with chinese AD ID: 2921

college student looking for le College student looking for LE AD ID: 2965

Buy and sell

ps2 and nec dvd Burner Selling my Canadian PS2 with 3 original games. (NHL 2004, WOODS GOLF 2004, MADDEN NFL 2004) Comes with carrying case and 1 one con-troller. 0989182885 AD ID: 2781

wanted: legal adobe illustrator and photoshop I want to buy legal Adobe Illustrator CS 8.0.1 or newer, and Adobe Photoshop CS 11.00 or new-er. Both programs must be English, and with original CD.. AD ID: 2675

wanted: ps2 Wanted: PS2 chipped or with PES game. Anywhere in Taipei 0936697476 AD ID: 2988

160gB Tivo 160GB TIVO AD ID: 2760

used noKia handphones NOKIA 6108, 6111, 3129,6100 0921313421 AD ID: 3003

dream satellite tv package used dream sat package for sale, up to august 690 subscription. in-cludes 60 cm dish, decoder, 20m sat coax. 0917061153 AD ID: 3018

car Mp3 deck I’m leavin Taiwan.Sony Xplode CD/Mp3. Works good has decent amp inside. I powered front and rear speakers off of it and it sounded great. detach fa AD ID: 2995

hello Moto. Motorola v3 Nearly new cell phone. Moto V3 “Razr”. Shiny black with silver keys. Less than $5000 09 54001807 AD ID: 2924

dvd Burner for sale Pioneer DVD Burner = Nt 1000 Pioneer CD player = Nt 500 AD ID: 3063

iBM lenovo Thinkpad T60 IBM Lenove T60 Thinkpad, 1month old, 35 month intl. Mack Warranty remain-ing!-XP, Office 2003, English installed, Intel Duo Core 1.83GHz, 2gDDR, DVD-R 0931 031 932 AD ID: 3066

60gB ipod photo still for sale! 60 GB iPod photo for sale. 0922-346-429 AD ID: 2912

for sale:hp compaq Business notebook nc4000 _16000nT$ laptop ready to go 0926890442 AD ID: 2939

school closing: computers for only 5000-7000 School closed, need to sell computers. 1.4 to 2.6Ghz, 40Gig, flat LCD monitors. Great for surfing, downloading. 5000-7000 each. Contact for info. AD ID: 3022

(leaving Tw)pc and 17” lcd monitor for sale Lots of RAM/Stor-age.watch cable TV,firewire,use twin monitor,DVDR,fast CDR,lots of USBs, All adobe s/w, fresh XP install. loads of music. titop PC. 0931357352 AD ID: 2905

epson printer/hard disk Ep-son printer/scanner/copier with filled cartridges = Nt 1700 + Free Lan card 40 Gb Hard Disk = Nt 1500 + Free 128 mb Ram 10 Gb Hard Disk = Nt 1000 AD ID: 3074

laptops and liteon dvd burnner for sale laptop : hp nc4000 and ulycom w200 Liteon DVD super all write DVD burnner 0926890442 AD ID: 2788

20 inch lcd Tv Toshiba 20 inch LCD TV Toshiba (20DL74) AD ID: 2952

19” crt monitor 19” crt moni-tor 02-2821-1409 AD ID: 2838

ecs a907 notebook WELCOME FOR ASKING 0987231633 AD ID: 3053

notebook > apple powerBook g4 Apple PowerBook G4 Color: Silver Processor: 1GHz PowerPC G4 Mem-ory: 768MB DDR SDRAM HDD: 60 GB DVD/CD-RW (combo) Bluetooth System: Mac OS X AD ID: 2972

want to buy portable dvd player Looking for 2nd hand portable DVD player. If you have one please email me pictures with details ie brand, how old etc. 09-13426830 AD ID: 2862

notebook gadget Note-book gadget. Each for 228NT... 0960519798 AD ID: 2937

More noKia--- NOKIA 2650,6108 0921313421 AD ID: 3007

apple g5 iMac for sale Apple G5 iMac for sale. 1.8Ghz G5, upgraded to 1.5G RAM, 17” screen, 160G hard drive, OS X 10.4, DVD-R/CD-RW, Ap-ple mouse and keyboard. AD ID: 2968

Toshiba Tecra M2 laptop for sale Gently used Tecra M2 being sold to free up funds for a desktop replace-ment. Still has Toshiba factory war-ranty!! 0912482800 AD ID: 3072

niKon fM2 KiT NIKON FM2 KIT FOOR SALE AD ID: 2791

(leaving Tw) cheap Jvc minidv vidcam JVC video Camera for sale. works great. Comes with cable, charger, batt. and a copy of Adobe Premiere Pro editing software for your PC. 0931357352 AD ID: 2907

noKia 3129 NOKIA 3129 0921313421 AD ID: 3009

panasonic lumic dMc fz30 12x optical zoom (with a special feature to make it 19x optical), anti-shake technology, 8mega-pixels, 2x512MB memory cards, Lowe Alpine bag. AD ID: 2792

loaded pc and 17” monitor Fast PC with all the fixins’. lots of mem-ory and cards to let you do any-thing. Loaded with video editing software and music, too. Fresh XP install. 0931357352 AD ID: 2906

office closing in TaiBei MAS-SIVE OFFICE FURNITURE SALE IN TAIBEI. OFFICE CLOSING FOR BUSI-NESS - EVERYTHING MUST GO. EMAIL [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION. [email protected] AD ID: 2851

beginning of the end!!! Jesse and Kristi moving sale Last week of the sale -lots left. come down. [email protected] 09-3049-9705 AD ID: 2892

pie*say T-shirts spotted all over the island Check out our new LOST IN TAIWAN souvenir T-shirt. Many others too. Pie*Say is the place. http://www.piesay.com AD ID: 2808

hofner ‘shorty’ Travel guitar Black Hofner ‘Shorty’ Travel Guitar. PU re-placed with epiphone humbucker PU. Includes bag and new set of strings (11s). 0930 394 380 AD ID: 2872

website designer we’re looking for someone to design and maintain our website... it’s just a simple site with photos and descriptions. it’ll be a bil-lingual site. 0986357189 AD ID: 2830

Jobs wanted

need a sub? i’m your man! Part-time or substitute teaching posi-tion. 6 months experience teaching children/adults. Bachelor’s Degree. Fluent in French. Minimal Man-darin. 09 1831-6164 AD ID: 2804

writing/graphic editor Please con-tact me at [email protected] for any writing/graphic editing needs that you may have. AD ID: 2737

dJ/dancer available for entertain-ment DJ/Dancer Available for Enter-tainment 09 1831-6164 AD ID: 2910

seeking chances to be a chinese tu-tor My major is Chinese and French in TKU.I have 2 months experi-ence teaching foreigners Chinese. if interested,please send email to [email protected] AD ID: 2812

experienced english Tutor My name is Daniel. I am a 31 year old Canadian who has been teaching in Taiwan for 6 years. For tutor e-mail; [email protected] AD ID: 2754

British female exp Teacher seeking short term work British lady, 8 years teaching exp with children and teen-agers. Seeking short-term contract/s from Feb to May. Please email [email protected] AD ID: 2818

experienced sub available Taipei for february Experienced sub teach-er available starting February 1 until February 14. Canadian male 6 years experience - Daniel [email protected] 0925799972 AD ID: 2886

art teacher/ actor/ available for winter camp or substitute Experi-enced teacher available for winter camp or substitute. I have a very open schedule morning and early afternoon. 0955747733 AD ID: 2835

would you like to learn how to cook Taiwanese food ? Hello, My name is Hazel ... Would you like to learn how to cook Taiwanese Food at low cost ? 0987231633 AD ID: 2869

chinese tutor for foreigners I am an experienced Chinese tutor, who studied and worked in Canada. I can help you improve your Chi-nese listening, Speaking,Reading and Writing abili AD ID: 2826

looking for a cerTified teacher? Hi. I am a home-country certified teacher with over 5 years teach-ing experience in total-including 3 years ESL teaching experience in Taiwan. 0916502293 AD ID: 2779

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ipod nano Ipod Nano 2 gig - sil-wer color. Used twice. With thin cover. Want to buy bigger Nano 0916649974 AD ID: 2866

BooKs for sale BOOKS FOR SALE AD ID: 2790

Kid’s bike for sale Giant bike VGC - silver - with removable sta-bilisers suitable for 4 - 7 years old (02) 26182416 AD ID: 2784

single bed for sale Single bed, plain wood, 186cm x 105cm with firm mat-tress (02) 26182416 AD ID: 2783

a cozy l-shape sofa (and more) for sale (new update!!) A cozy L-shape sofa for sale 0937887431 AD ID: 2587

Multi purpose dog craTe 4 sale!! Brand new dog crate from Italy. Doors open from the side of the crate. Bought for $150 US, but am selling it for $3200 Call for more informatio 0915152320 AD ID: 2724

dvds for sale DVDS AND VCDS 3 FOR TWO HUNDRED OR SEV-ENTY-FIVE EACH AD ID: 2913

Books and Movies Over 80 ti-tles, fiction, non-fiction, movies, brand new, used, ratty. Any and all 50nt each / 5 for 200nt. List and pics: members17.clubphoto.com/l7597 0938 303 556 AD ID: 2642

ikea bunk bed with mattress-es included for sale Ikea bunk bed with mattresses included for sale 02 2690 8352 AD ID: 2908

moving sale -loads of stuff loads of stuff -furniture, tools, bike, kitchen,CDs, books, etc, etc. AD ID: 2828

double Bed for sale Small dou-ble bed (190 x 137cm) for sale. Perfectly clean firm mattress. Wooden posts with metal woven leaf design headboard. $5,000 O.N.O. 02 26182416 AD ID: 2829

singer electrical sewing ma-chine singer electrical sew-ing machine in like new condi-tion. 29176450 AD ID: 2849

old backpack, stove, water bot-tle, mosquito tent ($1100 nTw for all) old back pack, cook-ing stove, water bottle, mos-quito tent 29176450 AD ID: 2850

Too many expensive clothes From London, Taipei, Singapore, San Francisco, Hong Kong. Many cash-mere, silk, linen; but many less expensive items, too. Can’t wear them all. 0939 630 050 AD ID: 2832

beginning of the end!!! Jesse and Kristi moving sale!! last week of the sale. lots of stuff left. come down and see. [email protected] 09-3049-9705 AD ID: 2893

MusT read!! don’T Miss!! Moving Sale! Top notch items! Ev-erything you can imagine from a classy houshold! Elegant China, superb handknotted carpets,wool/silk, silk/silk, antiq AD ID: 2855

backyard and/or garage items 4 sale have many large outdoor furnitures/items to steal my liv-ing space away. .. Want to sell them 29176450 AD ID: 3076

bed with storage and headboard Bed: 192x110x45cm (with mat-tress), headboard: 112x32x90cm. Both in excellent condition, for 3000 NT! 0911911744 AD ID: 2882

open house 3 feb - pic-ture update Additional pic-tures 0936-633687 AD ID: 2959

Brand new Takasima Treadmill Sim-ple and easy to use. Foldable, doesn’t take up any space. Good for home workouts. Selling for 23,000NT. Can arrange transportation AD ID: 2967

i’m leaving and Tv, heater, small hardwares, kitchenware, etc, must be sold! Moving sale: TV, heater, soul, kitchenware. 0927231444. 0927231444 AD ID: 2929

open house 3 feb - nice furniture! We’re leaving Taiwan and everything must go. Nice furniture. Come over on the 3rd of Feb at 2pm to have a look. Email for address: [email protected] 0936-633687 AD ID: 2947

Two whirlpool heaters Two Whirlpool Heaters AD ID: 2753

open house 3 feb - furniture list + prices Open House 3 Feb - Furniture list + Prices, go to: http://www.forumosafieds.com/detail.php?siteid=3019 for de-tails 0936-633687 AD ID: 3019

bicycle and air purifier big road bike, single speed, with lock. chain, rear wheel, bar wrap, cables are new. 1500 NT OBO. air purifier, un-der warranty, orig5000, now 2500 OBO 0910092991 AD ID: 3039

Moving sale - the whole house full for dirt cheap Moving back to the States. From couches and beds to heaters and humidifiers, it all has to go. Nice stuff here. Check out our pictures, contact us. 02 2625 2643 AD ID: 2997

de-clutter sale (all price nego-tiable!) de-clutter sale in Xindian, Taipei 29176450 AD ID: 2852

MusT read!! don’T Miss!! Mov-ing Sale! Top notch items! Every-thing you can imagine from a classy houshold! Elegant China, superb handknotted carpets,wool/silk, silk/silk, antiq 0935 62 51 88 AD ID: 2854

air conditioner unit liKe new, desk, comfy chair LIKE NEW A/C UNIT, used only 3 mo, purchased for 20,000, will take 12,000 OBO, Sturdy Desk, 1500 OBO, comes apart easy for transport, Comfy Chair 1200 02 2625 2643 AD ID: 3055

package deal cheap Package Deal Cheap 0931207961 AD ID: 2994

epson printer and crT monitor for sale For sale- 15” CRT monitor, ex-cellent working order 500NT Epson Stylus Color 300 printer with ink car-tridge 500NT Call Darrin at 0930-745-700 to see 0930-745-700 AD ID: 2711

acer ferrarri 4005 Used for one year. CPU: AMD Turion 2 GHz Screen:15.4”w (1680x1050) 1GB RAM, 100 GB HDD Wireless, Bluetooth ATI Mobility Radeon X700 128MB DVD Bu 0930 927 362 AD ID: 2562

Xbox + 15 games - 5000 nT A first generation xbox, with chip (i.e. plays all region games) in good condition with 15 games including Halo, Halo 2, Splinter Cell 2 0952 816 768 AD ID: 2725

apple pB g4 for sale For sale: Apple PowerBook G4 1.67Ghz, 17inch screen, 2GB DDR, 120GB HD, Superdrive. Lots of soft-wares included. 45,000NT (open to negociations). AD ID: 2665

sampo 18l electric oven Sampo 18L Electric Oven - Un-wanted gift - Never Used -with original box - 799nt AD ID: 2630

spruce top Travel guitar For Sale: Travel Guitar, custom built in vio-lin shape by ATB (music store in Taipei): Nice for the road, solid top sound: 3000NT includes du-rable 0921 058 574 AD ID: 2588

wilson hammer Tennis racquets Wilson Hammer Tennis Racquets for sale 0954068568 AD ID: 2505

american pie Bakery Miss Western-style pies? Look no further. We make delicious homemade New England pies. Order yours now in time for the holidays! 0916-474-167 AD ID: 2598

Teco Midium size fridge (120cm height) for sale TECO Midium size Fridge (120cm height) for sale: $750 0918058855 AD ID: 3065

wine making kit wine making kit, includes 1 carboy ( primary ) and 2 secondary pails. Airlocks, hydrom-eter, racking tube, tubing, spoon, book on how to make wine. 03-518-2575 or 0955 749-208 AD ID: 3062

new year’s resolution #1 get in shape! 2 world’s gym passes valid for another 8 months. Can be used at BOTH gyms in Taichung and one pass also has a locker key. 0989182885 AD ID: 2780

apple powerBook g4 Apple Pow-erBook G4 Color: Silver Proces-sor: 1GHz PowerPC G4 Memory: 768MB DDR SDRAM HDD: 60 GB DVD/CD-RW (combo) Bluetooth System: Mac OS X AD ID: 2987

are you looking for a bike, an iKea table desk, 2 chairs, an iron, a drill(new), or a vaccum Pictures available upon request AD ID: 2814

entire run of star trek voyager on vhs to give away Entire run of star trek voyager recorded on VHS (minus a couple of episodes). These were taped at home in the US, over 60 tapes. AD ID: 2834

sony dsc-f717 cyber-shot Wonderful Camera, regularly cleaned, lens sets it appart from the newer cameras, great balance and powerful zoom, you will re-ally enjoy this camera AD ID: 3012

housing

why start in a hostel when you can start in a comfortable home? Why start in a hostel when you can start in a comfortable home? 1-3 month rent and help getting started in Tai-wan. 09-2676-8508 AD ID: 2895

a female wanted to share an apartment female wanted to share a two-bedroom apartment in cen-tral Fong Yuan city. EVERYTHING is within walking distance. Full fur-nished 0911768400 AD ID: 2798

1 BdrM in greaT apt. fwiafafsfcmzl;mvclzmv afsofmosmf afomapnd 9199847187 AD ID: 2956

spacious house Taichung Cen-tral Location. Spacious 3 Bedroom Apartment. Furnished room avail-able with bed, desk, book shelves, air-con and dresser � with own bath-room. 0918 44 88 24 AD ID: 2891

greaT rooM in TienMu apT. GREAT ROOM IN TIEN-MU AVAILABLE NOW TO SHARE TO TWO NICE ROOM-MATES 0930817882 AD ID: 3051

cheap and negociaBle room for rent CHEAP and NEGOCIA-BLE room for rent in Zhonghe Taipei County. Less than 5 mins from Jingan MRT on the yellow line.... 09 3667 3447 AD ID: 2667


Taiwanted great place, great location, great roommates ere is a furnished bed-room in a big, beautiful apartment at Shandao Temple MRT. The room is about 10 by 13 feet. Great room-mates. 093038784 AD ID: 3059

a kiwiandTaiwanese couple looking for flatmate- must love pets, male,Kaoshiung flat-mate 0929111573 AD ID: 2991

one room close to zhongxiao dunhua MrT Female only.2mins walk from Zhongxiao Dunhua MRT, share 3-bed/2-bath flat with 3 others, washer,A/C in the living room,ADSL,cable TV. Rent NT6000/mth 0920427592 AD ID: 2890

room Tienmu 7500 Room now available in Tienmu area. 5 min walk from MRT(Mingde MRT),12 min ride to Main Station. Beauti-ful, green,clean, quiet location,with Carrefour, 0915831403 AD ID: 2918

looKing for a new rooMaTe 1 Bedroom in Great apt. at Xiong-shiao and Dunhua. Newly renovated, close to ammenities(grocery, shop-ping, Mrt, bus). Call Nathan 091 743 0443 0917430443 AD ID: 2957

a kiwiandTaiwanese couple look-ing for flatmate- must love pets, male A ground floor apartment near Love river, Carrefour (only 5mins walk) and not far from train station or Liou-He night market... Location- He-Nan 2 0929111573 AD ID: 2990

one Big room close to zhongxiao dunhua MrT Female only.2mins walk from Zhongxiao Dunhua MRT, share 3-bed/2-bath flat with 2 oth-ers, private bathroom,washer,A/C,ADSL,cable TV. Rent NT11000/mth 0920427592 AD ID: 3071

one suite close to zhongxiao dunhua MrT Female only.2mins walk from Zhongxiao Dunhua MRT, share 3-bed/2-bath flat with 2 oth-ers, private bathroom,washer,A/C,ADSL,cable TV. Rent NT11000/mth 0920427592 AD ID: 2919

sublet my gorgeous studio in hong Kong I have a beautiful stu-dio apt on Lamma. I would like to sublet during CNY. 2300 HKD/week or 4300 for 2 weeks, Feb. 14-28. 852-6257-7012 AD ID: 2795

Bright room in shilin, nice flatmates Room available in Shi Lin, near the Jian Tan MRT (5th stop north from main station). Convenient location, quite neighborhood. It’s a 3-bedroom apartme 0935 657242 AD ID: 2822

flatmates wanted in Taoyuan flat-mates wanted, either to move into their flat or find one together. I’m 23, from the UK, looking for a fun flatmate! 0930594213 AD ID: 2752

share apartment Want to share apartment AD ID: 2926

seeking animal-loving roommate Love cats? Seeking non-smok-ing roommate for flat in Taipei’s JingMei district. $9000/month. Info: [email protected], Eng-lish or Chinese OK. AD ID: 3064

furnished studio apartment in gongguan with excellent view Fur-nished studio apartment in Gongguan with excellent view AD ID: 2973

studio available near nTu, wanlong, and gongguan MrT station Studio available near NTU, Wanlong, and Gongguan MRT station AD ID: 2614

perfect location for living and working in Taipei city! It’s abso-lutely a perfect home away from your own to enjoy life in exactly the most beautiful part in Tai-pei. 0936924880 AD ID: 2726

well-furnished suite near Xinpu and new station of MrT Suite for rent (1)Brand new well-furnished suite for rent (8 pings=285 square feet). (2)Rent: NT$10,000/ month. (includes cable, utilities, 8M/2M AD 0922740341 AD ID: 2710

2 rooms available in house in neili 2 Rooms in 5 storey house in Neili, 1 room 5500nt per month, the other 6500nt per month, monthly secu-rity fee included. Phone Karoliese 0917353942 0917353942 AD ID: 2692

aparment or house wanted in Tai-pei - Tien Mu 130,000 nT$ MaX We’re looking for an aparment or house in Taipei - Tien Mu, or Yang-minshan, or Beitou. 130,000 NT$ MAX Please e-mail us. AD ID: 2762

2~3 bedroom, near Taichung daan park/ shida/ nTu The rooms in the villa beside the DaAn Park 0918917803 AD ID: 2733

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city train station, 2~3 bedroom, near Taichung city train station, Jun-Hua road night market, come with basic furniture(air-con... quite a lot stuff), cable TV and ADSL i 0958851339 AD ID: 2685

live in a real, disfunctional home! American and Canadian seek global roommate for incred-ible apartment. $$$ Check online edition for details. AD ID: 2743

furnished, newly and clear room for rent, near nccu rentFur-nished and clear room for rent, and live with Taiwanese to ex-perience local life AD ID: 2662

a chic one -bedroom apart-ment for rent (just one Min walk to shi-lin MrT) A one-bedroom apartment,furnished with modern furniture is for rent. Just one min-ute walk to Shi-Lin MRT. Monthly rent is $29000. Phone: 0936227373 0936227373 AD ID: 2932

want apartment to share near luxu-ry and completely furnished studio for rent Luxury and Completely Fur-nished Studio For Rent AD ID: 3073

shida I am looking for an apart-ment to share near ShiDa, Hsin Dian, Yong He-budget NT$ 7,000 (includ-ing other expenses). Arriving in Tai-pei around 20thFeb07 AD ID: 2742

house for rent... hsinchu Clean spacious house for rent. 3 stories, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms. Gated community, pet friendly. !o minutes from the train station. 0955 749 208 or 03-518 2575 AD ID: 3067

housing wanted near ilan (daxi to nanao)- near the Beach Wanted from 03/01 to 08/31 2007. Very close to beach and within 4 km of a train station during this time. AD ID: 2909

furnished studio available near guting MrT station and shida Fur-nished studio available near Guting MRT station and Shida AD ID: 2955

The perfect apt you are look-ing for Please contact Beth 0934284649 [email protected] 0934284649 AD ID: 2861

clean apt next to daan park/ shida/ nTu Kevin 0918-917803 [email protected] 0918-917803 AD ID: 3006

urgent!! nice and clean room, good transportation, full facilities urgent!! nice and clean room, good transpor-tation, full facilities AD ID: 3021

lovely family home w/great views in hsichih to rent 2 storey du-plex, wooden flooring,lovely in-terior design, 2 lg bdrms, 2 stud-ies, 3 baths, rooftop garden, great views, parking, garden and pool nearby 0933-807-345 AD ID: 2806

furnished studio near liuzhan-gli MrT in daan district Fur-nished studio near Liuzhangli MRT in Daan district AD ID: 3036

2 Bedrooms in great apart-ment 2 Bedrooms in Great Apart-ment 09-89344769 AD ID: 3050

Taipei apartment(2 bedroom), 5 Minutes walk from Kvery nice, clean 1st floor apartment for rent. Taipei Apartment(2 bedroom), 5 Min-utes walk from Kuting (Guting) MRT Very nice, clean 1st floor apartment for rent. With 2 bedroom(2 Double Beds), 0936-501828 AD ID: 3054

new furnished apartment in Ka-oshiung Need to move to Taipei and I am looking for someone to take over this nice new apart-ment in Khs city AD ID: 3016

nearby Taipei 101 new, luxury designer apartment for rent Nearby Taipei 101 New Furni-tured Apartment For Rent 20 pins, $35K/m Photos:http://photo.xuite.net/ccfong525/1395717 3 mins to MRT Cell 0926967283 0926-967-283 AD ID: 2875

apartment wanted to buy in shipai 25 to 35 ping apartment wanted to buy in Shipai with el-evator in building AD ID: 2914

Brand new family home with yard to sell in hsichih Brand new family home with yard to sell in Hsichih - 50 ping yard, 2 car parking, 4 bdrm, 3 full bath, 65 ping AD ID: 2915

a Moderm apartment A Moderm Apartment 0938560992 AD ID: 2944

a great apartment to share in dan-shui A Great Apartment to Share in Danshui 0989387586 AD ID: 2969


Taiwanted newly furnished apartment, within 5 min. walk to new station of MrT Just furnished and remodled as a five-star hotel. Near Xinpu/ New Sta-tion of MRT 0922740341 AD ID: 2821

great, spacious room near gut-ing and shida Great, Spacious Room near Guting and ShiDa [email protected] AD ID: 2819

furnished apt 4 rent: Tian-Mu west road - available imme-diately Furnished Apt 4 Rent: Tian-Mu West Road AD ID: 2949

looking for apartment in da an district For my work I need to move from Khs to Tpe and I am look-ing for an apartment in the Da An area as from March. AD ID: 3015

looking for apartment in da-an district (pet allowed with pet-friendly nieghbor) I’m looking for >=12 ping apartment in Da-an Dis-trict, near Da-an or Taipowerbuild-ing MRT, 1-2 bedrooms. Furnished or unfurnished is OK. AD ID: 2856

aparment or house wanted in Tai-pei - Tien Mu 130,000 nT$ MaX We’re looking for an aparment or house in Taipei - Tien Mu, or Yang-minshan, or Beitou. 130,000 NT$ MAX Please e-mail us. AD ID: 2762

rooftop apartment or one with large Balcony Professional couple want 2 - 4 bedroom clean apart-ment with large, nice outdoor space. Must have good light, close to MRT. Budget is NT$35000 [email protected] AD ID: 3027

studio in da-an Studio Apart-ment in Da-An AD ID: 3032

not so crowded area of the city and convenient!!! Medium bedroom in 3 bedroom apt. Very close to Jiantan MRT. Fully furnished. $9000+shared utilities. Recently renovated. Lars 09 61413288 AD ID: 2864

not so crowded area...and conve-nient!! Room in a 3 bdroom aprt in Shilin. Fully furnished, recently reno-vated. $9000 +shared utilities. 2mo de-posit. Lars 0961413288 AD ID: 2863

small apt. (“taofang”) in central Taipei Small apt. close to Metro Zhongxiao-Dunhua, quiet, bright, 18 sqm, 12000 NT. Call 0925-066 863. 0925-066 863 AD ID: 2938

furnished studio available near lin-guang MrT station (brown line) Fur-nished studio available near Linguang MRT station (brown line) AD ID: 2954

Brand new BedrooM in greaT newly renovaTed apT The room for rent is in the following apartment: I am leaving the area earlier than ex-pected and must rent this room for the rest of my lease. Huang AD ID: 2986

we’re looking for flatmate- must love pets, male,Kaoshiung A ground floor apartment near Love river, Carrefour,starbucks, (only 5mins walk) and not far from train station or Liou-He night market...MUST LOVE P 0929-111-573 or 0929-073-771 or 241-4183 AD ID: 3024

great apartment for rent near chengda, no deposiT required. Very tastefully furnished, wall to wall carpeting and beautiful wall paper finish. 3 bedrooms; $5500, $6000, $6500. Utilities included!! Near Chengda! 0926435385 AD ID: 2810

nice apartment to share~immediately!! Roommates wanted 0916344031 AD ID: 2802

great 3 bedroom apartment for rent We are looking for someone to take over the rest of our lease, which is another 10 months. This is a beautiful place in a nice community. 09-8732-2684 or 09-3385-4807 AD ID: 3068

apt with a view Apt with a view 0955747733 AD ID: 2837

Big, Beautiful, Bright Here is a furnished bedroom in a big, beauti-ful apartment at Shandao Temple MRT. The room is about 10 by 13 feet. The apartment has a huge com-mon ar 093038784 AD ID: 3070

vehicles

scooTer BRAND KYMCO,SYM 0958904201 AD ID: 2765

2 scooters for sale. I have 2 Top Gun scooters for sale. They are 2 stroke so they are very peppy. I have maintained them well and they run great. Good for getting around. 09 54001807 AD ID: 2770

suzuki 50cc 5,128nT 5,128 NT Or Best Offer...registration and in-surance is until next year 2008. Buyer will shoulder the trans-fer fee. 0960519798 AD ID: 2917

ToToTa caMry 1993 MOD-EL 0958904201 AD ID: 2809

1994 March 35,000nT oBo 1994 March 35,000NT OBO 0931207961 AD ID: 2996

new price, 94 vento vw 53,000nT oBo, Black, auto, good condition We are moving back to the USA Sat-urday, Feb 3. So we are very motivat-ed to sell our car. Asking price was 65000, will take 53000. Come see mon-thu. 02 2625 2643 AD ID: 2989

50 cc scooter for sale White 50cc scooter for sale. 10,000 or best offer. 0988286820 AD ID: 2831

restored 150cc sanyang Motorcyle “Retro” 125cc SanYang motorcycle. White and wasabi green, turns heads. Recently serviced 1995 model, runs well. Asking 30,000 OBO. Call 0936 521 727 0936 521 727 AD ID: 3042

selling my fzr in a hurry- going home Green/Black Yamaha FZR150 for sale. All papers included so it’s a legal bike. Paid $3,000 for a new stock front ferring a few months back. Taxes paid 0917165338 AD ID: 2694

pets

free pure-breed Black lab Cute 1 and a half year old pure-breed Black Labrador Retriever named “Kai” free to a good home. She has had all her shots and requires booster shots j 0917165338 AD ID: 2661

angery 2 yo cat needs a new home My cat unexpectedly needs a new home. I am looking for someone who wants a good cat to eat the mice and roaches. Free sandbox and scratch post. 09 54001807 AD ID: 2966

animals Taiwan Kaohsiung has many pets ready for good homes! Animals Taiwan Kaohsiung always has animals ready for good homes. All pets are pest-free, desexed, and vaccinated. Contact us anytime for details. 0971070770 AD ID: 2930

Two male cats for a good home Due to a move, looking for a good home for 2 cats. Both are male with shot passports and neutered. Cat box+feeder+toys+soft paws, both good natured 0926 312 330 AD ID: 3033

Two adorable cats need a new home...soon!! Two beautiful cats need a good home. Both are fe-male, spayed and have all their shots. One is a year old, the other is only 7 months. AD ID: 2868

Two brother kittens Free kittens AD ID: 2931

an adorable 3 year-old black lab needs a home Recently res-cued. Extremely mild-tempered and well-behaved dog. Perfectly healthy. Neutered and chipped. Housebroken. Knows a few com-mands. 0937-331097 AD ID: 2946

personals

no strings can still Be deep and Meaningful Someday soon when I’m famous you’ll bitter-ly regret not answering my ad. French/American, handsome, ri-diculously smart fun talented [email protected] AD ID: 2815

i watched you as you smiled and went on your way Jan 7 you got on the subway, I saw you and I lost all ability to speak. Amongst my co work-ers I wasn’t able to approach you. You caught me staring, ho AD ID: 2943

i�m looking for a sincere soul mate somewhere in the world. Single American guy looking for sincere, honest, open-minded girl from Taiwan to share life together. loveacrossborders@gmai l .com xoxooxoxoo Shaun :) AD ID: 2911

The man who should not exist Wanted: intellectual, witty, mel-ancholy, solitary, unsentimental, passionate, unmoralistic but ethi-cal, well read, well educated, ar-ticulate, critical AD ID: 2833

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