to be honest this sometimes bothers me too. recently not that much, just every now and then i will catch someone in the corner of my eye and be like WOT U STARING AT MATE?
i felt quite stressed out at the start of the year, after visiting my home country, where nobody takes any notice of me. i found its quite helpful to just stop yourself, and calmly look around. check out everybody there, and you will quickly find that its no big deal, most people are not actually staring and actually give no fucks about you.
Sorry for staring. There is a shortage of handsome guys on this island, you know?
Special apologies to the furry furriner on a Ubike crossing Civil Boulevard at noon. Hairy legs that awesome are soooo rare. 
This is so true!
One day a few weeks I was going up the escalator to the Brown Line at Daan Station (my home station) and an old guy coming down yells at me: âWelcome to Taiwan!â
Few minutes later I got on a bus and the bus driver goes âHello, nice to meet you!â
I had to text my wife, âhey is it âbe weird to the foreigners dayâ today?â
Mostly this stuff never happens in Taipei which is why it was so odd.
The only thing that gets to me sometimes is just the feeling of isolation.
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Itâs been so long since I got a hello shouted at me I chuckled yesterday when a flip flop scooter guy buzzed past with a hello under his breath. Brought back the good old days.
Itâs the sideways glance that I find off-putting even though I think it is generally just curiosity and not suspicion.
Often when I get a stare a give a nod and it forces an acknowledgement with a return nod and sort of breaks the tension.
Judging from your post my first thought is that itâs because youâre probably good-looking. The fact that some called you ke ai probably means that youâve got a baby face. You also said that girls would approach you after you work out so yeah.
If youâre an overweight 45 year-old you wouldnât have this problem.
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Yeah, when I step into Pinoy store they will stare at me and when I start to speak the language they will stop looking at me . 
and perhaps in their mind opps sheâs pinay 
If Iâm around with Taiwanese they will start talking to me in local dialect 
Anyway donât worry about the way they stare, they just love looking at handsome/beautiful furriner.
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Are you saying that overweight 45-year-olds canât be cute or attractive?
Yes.
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Wow, thatâs pretty harsh. I get called cute quite often though, and Iâm even older.
Talaga? Edi Wow!. Just say kamutin mo 
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They can if their pockets stick out more than their belly
What about 44 and slightly overweight.
Or 46 and underweight.
Be careful where you go with this.
What about if overweight middle leg? Bonus points ?
Staring is fucjing rude Iâm sick of making excuses for em.
Yeah I got the sideways quick shot stare twice in 20 seconds by the dude wedged beside me at lunchtime.
Why is the dude staring at me why canât it be a beautiful lady .
Be grateful it is just staring. I had a reasonably cute, tall, blonde blue eyed coworker. Man, the stories! He got his butt grabbed at discos, practically sexually harrassed at bars. Poor thing.
Guapos! Guapos!
Me too! But mostly by men⌠
Yep. That was the problem. Especially when he was with his girlfriend!
No respect. 
Better than being black in America and being beaten by white cops, no?