(Dateline Taipei part 1) I don’t really celebrate Thanksgiving (I find it too Western) but I am thankful right now for being in one of my favorite cities. It’s been a hectic time since I arrived I didn’t even have time to look out of the window on the ride from the airport to the…
So I’ve just finished packing my clothes and next comes the equipment. As a multimedia journalist, it’s no longer just the laptop or the iPad but a whole production of DSLR with alternative lens and tripod, plus all the other accessories. I don’t even know how they’ll all fit though when it comes to clothes,…
(Roy Qiu…why you so hot part 15) Office Girls is the only Taiwanese drama that I am watching even without subs. The last time I watched a drama without a clue on what’s going on onscreen was my OTP’s Why Why Love four years ago. And I like the progression of the relationship between Qin…
I can’t complain whenever I see Taipei 101 being used as backdrop in Taiwanese dramas because it’s one of my favorite landmarks in the league of London’s Big Ben, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia and Tokyo’s Tokyo Tower. So I’m really looking forward to tonight’s episode 14 of Office Girls and this scene (shot at the park…
I’ve been curious about the mall that is featured in Office Girls that is supposedly owned by the character of Qin Zi Qi played by Roy Qiu why-you-so-hot. It turns out to be the mall near the Chiang Kai Shek international airport: Taimall. They use CGI to retouch the facade of the building in the…
Taiwan marked its 100 years last October 10 and to mark it, I have decided to list the 100 reasons why I love the country. I haven’t really been all over the tiny island that is shaped like a leaf so the list could be limited. But that is my dream, to take one month…
The drama that not a few thought would fail exceeded minimum expectations. I say “minimum” because Drunken To Love You, often referred to wrongly as the spin-off of Fated To Love You, was expected to do as good as FTLY. It did not. But considering that many doubted how Rainie Yang’s team-up with Joseph Chang…
I was reading through an old blog the other night on my post about Au Revoir Taipei when I realised midway that the cop character in the film looked like… Joseph Chang. I quickly went to check the cast of the movie and voila, it is him. Of course a re-watch was in order so…
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