In Taiwan, Everything is Easy

If waiting 97 seconds at a stop light on your scooter on Zhonghshan Road in Taipei, to wait 90 more seconds just to complete your three-point left hand turn, has ever triggered your teacher voice inside your head to go, " You can do better  ______ / <--- ( Insert name of defeated Ex-pat soul here )."   Your soul may be inter-locked with thousands of other frustrated English teachers on this island.  Let's talk about other options for living in Taiwan if you don't want to be like your fellow Expats who do nothing about rotting their souls away at stop lights under skies that make the Shanghai skyline look blue. With air quality always in the green, secret surfing coves around every corner, and virtually unexplored hot springs and waterfalls, any vacationer can easily fall in love with Taitung; situated along Taiwan's stunning east coast. Vacationing in Taitung and living in Taitung are two different animals of course. My experience of l...

Photo Credit: Ming Lala (Sophia) Heads or Tails? Colorado or San Fran I flipped a quarter Heads- Colorado Tails- San Francisco. I hoped for Colorado. I knew the route to Colorado. I uncovered my my right hand. The coin read Tails. SHIT Best out of 3. Two flips later, I continued north on Route 17 towards Flagstaff, AZ.  The A/C blasted with all its might. The 120 degree outside heat ripped through the car Eric Kelly (The Mad Pacer) Returns My gray Nokia flip phone, with a red border, lit up.  My green Sierra Nevada Pale ale shirt covered my chest hairs. 555-456-9876 read the Nokia flip phone. ERIC KELLY!!! YES!!!! My right hand reached for the volume on my CD player. My left hand rolled up the windows The words of James Taylor, Sweet Baby James took a rest. I didn't want to miss this phone call. The timing for this phone call was EPIC. I never say the word EPIC either. My blue '04 Corolla tires, with one missing hub cap,  passed dot...