Good - but not awesome - things in Taiwan - a thread

Taiwan Living in Taiwan
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This place can often lean negative and cynical (I admit my part in this lol), so I have made this thread to be the positive counterpart to the “Wack things in Taiwan” thread. It seems there is no other thread like this one…apologies if I missed it.

I was just about to cross an unprotected crosswalk on the way to breakfast this morning, and a hatchback almost right-turned into the path I was just about to go down. It wasn’t really a close call at all, but the driver could tell I was startled. He rolled down his window and sincerely said “bao qian” (sorry) to my wife and I.

Anecdotally, I haven’t experienced such an apology on the road here until this morning. It was really refreshing.

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For a “good things in Taiwan” thread, that’s kinda a weak start :whistle:

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I agree. OP maybe second try?

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Admittedly true. However, it is a start!

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So that’s it? Nothing else? Jesus^^ You really must love Taiwan XD

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I know most taiwanese are apologetic if walking, if they run into you because they’re too busy watching TikTok while walking.

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A pool in every district in Taipei. I’m going to go to one soon. If somebody nearly runs me over on the way, I hope I get a pai-say.

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If I one day I open my eyes in hospital and feel lots of pain^^ I hope, I get a “sorry” from someone^^

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There is!

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That’s awesome things, though. This thread is just good things, like someone saying sorry.

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Conclusion so far^^

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XD

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Does 謝謝 count, or maybe 歡迎光臨?

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  • very accommodating to people who speak mandarin badly
  • punctual and clean public transport
  • ancestor worship is very wholesome
  • very affordable (at least by the standards of where I live now)
  • low percentage of crazy people
  • a lot of people providing a lot of services who want to do business
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Exactly. Please only report experiences on the ‘good’ or ‘slightly to moderately refreshing’ scale here. Keep that dramatic ‘awesome’ category stuff in that thread, please and thank you.

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Sunrise in Dulan Taidong is pretty awesome, sorry I should say good.

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The packages I have ordered off of Amazon are stuck in customs, and the customs broker continues to have a busy line.

But hey! My almost $100 USD of products have at least made it to Taipei. I can work with that :upside_down_face:

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And sunsets before a typhoon.

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Exactly. This sentence/picture completely captures the ethos I want for this thread lol. Extracting a positive from an already negative, or soon to be negative, situation. :relieved:

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So can’t mention the food? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I would say something like 滷肉飯 (lu rou fan) would be apt for this thread. Almost never AWESOME, but some places provide a varying quality of ‘good’. Really a good “eat to live” food that is also cheap imo.