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Are You Fit for Taitung?

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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

Bombshell Allegations About Trump's Not So Sweet Love Life

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***CNN Breaking News -- Bombshell Allegations About Trump's Not So Sweet Love Life *** These transcripts were transcribed from CNN' s daily program ' The Lead With Jake Tapper ,' on 1/04/2018. Jake Tapper - " Good evening ladies and gentleman. This, day 339 of the embattled Presidency of Republican president Donald Trump. It was a day that barely passed as believable. The day started with a belch heard around the world from White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and ended with a story of the First Couple's marital issues being leaked to the press. It really should have been a routine day for the White House. They only had a few run of the mill items on the docket to attend to. However, the morning presser started in sharp contrast from its usual somewhat monotonous style of beginning formalities. Instead of starting with the usual news and notes, Sarah Huckabee Sanders apparently started with a giggle, a belch, and a wipe of