I find it ironic that you don't use your Chinese very much in Taiwan. Is it too easy to speak other languages in Taiwan and get by? Is your work mainly English-speaking? But speaking the native language allows you to immerse yourself better into the culture.
I also find it ironic that your hairdresser has no concept of the political system and the lack of freedoms in mainland China. I think sometimes people choose to get more money over freedom -- until they lose it. Once freedom is lost, they will realize its importance.
BTW - I love talking - listening - to hairdressers. It's a relaxing slice of life.
EDIT: I forgot to say how much I like your cut -- I love sleek bob haircuts!
I think the big difference in Taiwan is that i don't work on teams with a lot people who only speak Chinese, or whose English is so poor they only used it when forced to. A lot of meetings I had in China there was Chinese spoken for at least some of the meeting, whereas here all meetings are English, period. And most of casual conversation ends up being English too, even between Taiwanese, because people flicked their brain into English for work mode
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1) Your hair cut looks great! That is a cheap price.
2) You gotta cut your hours! You got one life to live, best not to live in doing code til you drop flat on the floor and barely can lift your drinks to your mouth.
3) As someone who deals with people with liver failure a lot, I'd encourage you to cut drinking back/down. It doesn't end up well. Your white skin will turn orange, and the locals won't compliment you anymore.
4) It's funny your comment on local Taiwanese now and their opinions on China. I grew up with a Taiwanese family, and they strongly identified as "TAIWANESE" and not "Chinese." They had negative opinions on China. When I went to Taipei, I spent the summer with the family and her dad was a Senator in the Government, as well as a head person for an electronics corporation. I remember them telling me they were always worried China would invade, but that they thought they would fight them back. They still watched Chinese daytime shows (soap operas) if I recall correctly, but there wasn't much idolization of Chinese
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I will say that my drinking nowadays is much less bad than it has been in the past, in the sense it's usually just one big day per week of binge-drinking, plus a few beers throughout the week, which i hope is slightly less damaging than daily heavy drinking. "I take breaks." (Quoting every addict i ever knew...) I know it's bad for my health for a multitude of reasons, but my main motivator right now is the excess calorie intake. I might add 1500kcal or more on a big night, which is like a whole nother day's food, and then i just hide in bed doing nothing for 24 hours after it. I could get away with it when i was cycling around (although then i also didn't binge drink) or in Berlin when going out drinking also meant dancing for hours on end, but just sitting at home is not great
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I sure hope you get some relief from those crazy itch bumps!!
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I also find it ironic that your hairdresser has no concept of the political system and the lack of freedoms in mainland China. I think sometimes people choose to get more money over freedom -- until they lose it. Once freedom is lost, they will realize its importance.
BTW - I love talking - listening - to hairdressers. It's a relaxing slice of life.
EDIT: I forgot to say how much I like your cut -- I love sleek bob haircuts!
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1) Your hair cut looks great! That is a cheap price.
2) You gotta cut your hours! You got one life to live, best not to live in doing code til you drop flat on the floor and barely can lift your drinks to your mouth.
3) As someone who deals with people with liver failure a lot, I'd encourage you to cut drinking back/down. It doesn't end up well. Your white skin will turn orange, and the locals won't compliment you anymore.
4) It's funny your comment on local Taiwanese now and their opinions on China. I grew up with a Taiwanese family, and they strongly identified as "TAIWANESE" and not "Chinese." They had negative opinions on China. When I went to Taipei, I spent the summer with the family and her dad was a Senator in the Government, as well as a head person for an electronics corporation. I remember them telling me they were always worried China would invade, but that they thought they would fight them back. They still watched Chinese daytime shows (soap operas) if I recall correctly, but there wasn't much idolization of Chinese ( ... )
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