Taiwan: Part 400

Wow, I can't believe I'm on Part 400 already! Time really flights. Thanks to all of you for sticking with me over the years...

Ah, the beginning of yet another exciting day. I spent some time two days ago meeting people and learning their names, and I spent some more time yesterday meeting and relearning the same people's names. Here's what I've noticed: All you Chinese people look alike!!! In Canada, I meet someone, and I can say "oh, that Chinese guy Robert", or white, or Philipino, or etc. Here, they're all Taiwanese, with the exception of one Australian bloke. It really is difficult when you can distinguish people by race.

Learning more and more about digital design, Verilog, and our company's products day-by-day, as you can expect. But culturally, I've learned that Taiwanese people don't seem to consider burping rude. Over the course of a day, I'll be working quietly and hearing a couple people talk, and even mid-speech, one will burp. It'll be like "ching ching chang wang yang wah [burp] jah bah jing chao..." But it's not like it happens once a day, it happens several times a day. It's like being at a swamp during mating season when the bullfrogs show off their undeniable masculinity. Much like bullfrogs. Much.

I think I can get by buying only breakfast and lunch each day. Roughly 35-50nt for breakfast, and about 75nt for lunch. Dinner I can have ordered in at work if I'm here late, and we have a 3 o'clock "Afternoon Tea" (i.e. we get some buns for free). Please see my sponsorship plea below.


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