[quote=“llary”]
I’ve decided to start walking around in a cowboy hat shoutin’ ‘YEEHAW!’ with US$ bills spilling out of my pants while getting up to all manner of rootin’ tootin’ no-good oil-diggin’ mischief.[/quote]Wait until you’ve got your license, then borrow someone’s Mercedes to go round and visit your instructor to say thanks. 
I just got some secret pics from Ilary’s appartment:
That’s the small stuff which is just to much trouble to carry to the bank. 
Maybe you should print it out and say to him:" Everytime I come home from the driving lesson, I find this two boxes full again. It is just so annoying."
I’ve never been much bothered by the “How much do you earn?” line of questioning. I can’t recall having been asked such a question in years. And way back in the past, if it did pop up, I always answered truthfully enough along the lines of: “Very little! But I don’t attach much importance to money. I prefer to spend as much time as possible enjoying life, and am content to earn just enough to cover my basic living expenses. 寸金難買寸光陰.”
[quote=“mingshah”]I just got some secret pics from Ilary’s appartment:
That’s the small stuff which is just to much trouble to carry to the bank.
Maybe you should print it out and say to him:" Everytime I come home from the driving lesson, I find this two boxes full again. It is just so annoying." [/quote]
Shit, I knew I dropped my change somewhere…
I just got back from the driving school today. I was 30 minutes late because an employee had completely fucked up a very important order and then I had to argue with Citibank for two hours that, yes, foreigners ARE allowed to transfer money in Taiwan. He didn’t like that (although I admit this was a bit of an asshole thing to do and I did apologise).
‘So you’re off earning money while I’m here LOSING money?’
‘Err I paid you guys the full NT$8,000 tuition even though I only want 4 hours practise unlike the full 30 hour course. And you get paid a flat amount each month so if I turn up 30 minutes late you get 30 minutes to eat watermelon with your pals while I lose 30 minutes of time. Are you taking drugs or something? I didn’t know you were allowed to teach people how to drive if you’re on drugs.’
He says something in Taiwanese so I say ‘yeh, I can do that too, dickface’ in English. We get in a full 5 minutes of reverse parking before he starts again so I interrupt him with a sigh… ‘ahhhh man, it must be great earning money just by sitting on your ass in a car all day. Just sitting here, riding around a go-kart track. What a life.’
There is more but I’m bored with this topic now. Can we talk about sexy ladies or something instead?
I was just wondering how babelfish.altavista.com would handle that phrase:
Inch Jin Nan buys an inch time.
Profound words indeed.
An inch of gold can’t buy an inch of time.
I usually answer “enough” to that question. If pressed, I just say it’s impolite to ask such a question. If pressed further, I would say “管你屁事”, but it hasn’t come to that point yet.
I prefer the Babelfish version.
llary -
You have met Taiwans version of a liberal.
Good grief, where do they talk like that? 
The only times someone ever asked me ‘Oh, you are here on expat terms, so you must be making a lot of $$, how much do you make?’ are usually taxi drivers. I’ve never been asked by my TW colleagues, friends, friends of friends, etc… This is not entirely a cultural thing but its a $$ thing. I don’t think the CEO of AU Optronics for example is going to ask you how much $$ you are earning per annum. Aiyah… just be ‘zen’ about it ignore them.
[quote=“llary”]
There is more but I’m bored with this topic now. Can we talk about sexy ladies or something instead?[/quote]
You could start a thread called “Tash’s experience”
I can’t believe you have all that money and can’t afford decent looking luggage to hold it in.
Oh boy, will i get flamed for this, but this has to be a typical female statement.
The need to spend more than is actually necessary to do the job required.
Because we don’t waste money on looks but think practical is the reason why we have all that money. 
Personally I prefer a bit more order though:
If you only wanted 4 hours of driving practice, you could have just paid by the hour. I did that before I took my driving test, and it worked out very well. I paid $600NT/hour, and while I could have probably found a cheaper rate than that, I didn’t think it was worth the hassle for just a couple of hours of practice.
Anyway, I don’t see why you’d want to give anyone any indication of how much money you make, whether it’s true or not. What good could possibly come from that?
Oh boy, will I get flamed for this, but this has to be a typical female statement.
The need to spend more than is actually necessary to do the job required. [/quote]
It was a joke, Hooker. Sheeesh. I’ve never bought a piece of luggage in my life. I moved here in boxes.
I’m such swamp trash.