# Reminiscing about Taiwan. Care to join? **URL:** \ **Category:** Living in Taiwan\ **Created:** [June 8, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005 "2024-06-08T02:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/63 "2024-06-10T18:48:27Z")
> [@teggs](#): > > > [@scommy](#): > > > > dont forget the 2nd run theatres > > [Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ouRhg18y92sVr7i17) > > Although I see now that it’s ‘temporarily closed’. Do they still have Mtv? Those personal movie theaters. The Nanshan theater is currently being renovated, but the Jingmei Jiajia is open, and there’s also a second run theater in Banqiao. ---
**Author:** ![gooner](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gooner](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/gooner)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/64 "2024-06-10T20:46:08Z")
Agreed. I thought the same the first time I saw them. I was shocked they were only selling beutel nuts. Honestly though, after trying the beutel nut myself, I undertood why they needed the beauties to sell. Marketing at it’s finest. With an open mind, old Taiwan was fantastic to experience. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/65 "2024-06-10T22:38:04Z")
> [@RickRooney](#): > > Reminds me of when i was first here. I saw a rat run under a vendor. Nobody gave a shit. Rats gotta eat too. 😁 Guy ---
**Author:** ![wick3d](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/wick3d/32/41281_2.png) [@wick3d](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/wick3d)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/66 "2024-06-13T15:01:05Z")
I did 5 years in Taiwan between 2014-2019, and now this year is 5 years since I left. I do have fond memories of Taiwan, the friends I made, the experiences I got to enjoy, but I always knew inside that it was a point in my life and I never considered it to be a permanent home. Career-wise, I did do a corporate job in Taiwan and the experience I attained from it helped me land my next job but ultimately, the job itself was a step back in terms of development and salary than what I would have been exposed to in my home country. Everything else about Taiwan was experience and exposure I would never get back home and I value that a lot. Nowadays, I live as an expat elsewhere but still have good relations with friends from Taiwan, some of which I still see when they visit me. ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/67 "2024-06-13T17:21:58Z")
They might do soon if the Tory’s get kicked out. Those non negotiating swines. ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/68 "2024-06-13T22:19:46Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > Think that may be illegal in America. Everything is illegal in the US if they want it to be. It’s just a matter of whether or not it’s your fifteen minutes to be an enemy of the state. ---
**Author:** ![Mataiou](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mataiou/32/178744_2.png) [@Mataiou](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mataiou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/69 "2024-06-14T01:23:57Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > Think that may be illegal in America. since American beer already piss, why watering it down more? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Milker](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dr_milker/32/181996_2.png) [@Dr\_Milker](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dr_Milker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/70 "2024-06-14T01:31:23Z")
> [@Mataiou](#): > > since American beer already piss, why watering it down more? You’re thinking of the mass market swill like Budweiser and Coors. The U.S. has a huge variety of excellent craft beers. ---
**Author:** ![the\_bear](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/the_bear/32/192391_2.png) [@the\_bear](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/the_bear)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/71 "2024-06-14T01:34:46Z")
Which still taste of piss, just slightly stronger piss. #steinlager4life ---
**Author:** ![Mataiou](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mataiou/32/178744_2.png) [@Mataiou](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mataiou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/72 "2024-06-14T01:54:17Z")
> [@the\_bear](#): > > Which still taste of piss, just slightly stronger piss. this, really started to hate all these bloody microbrewers/craft beers. Especially IPAs. Fuck IPAs, sick of them. All taste the same tbh, made with the “powder”, all the same aftertaste of rancid peach to me. I just want a friggen lager when hot and thirsty, which tastes like lager (or a helles if fancy), and a stout/porter when colder to nurture meself. Weissbeers can disappear overnight and I won’t miss them. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/73 "2024-06-14T03:03:59Z")
Nothing beats my arrival into Taiwan story because I was already freaked out before I even got off the plane ! Let me find a link for it somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/74 "2024-06-14T14:04:38Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > Nothing beats my arrival into Taiwan story because I was already freaked out before I even got off the plane ! :popcorn: Guy ---
**Author:** ![superking](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/superking/32/197217_2.png) [@superking](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/superking)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/75 "2024-06-14T14:20:15Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > craft beers. F@ckin craft lager. ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Luthiers)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/76 "2024-06-14T15:16:49Z")
Like bidens son. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/77 "2024-06-15T01:23:46Z")
This ladies and gentlemen is what I saw. > [@Your WTF moment when coming to Taiwan](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/your-wtf-moment-when-coming-to-taiwan/188741/43): > > My first WTF moment before I even stepped onto the soil. Looking out the window as my plane taxied off the Taoyuan airport runway for the first time. [[image] ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/ec/ef/a0ecef10f4e22563d88c600d74b6ef78.jpg) . …WTAF! Singapore Airlines Flight 006 …RIP. BONUS WTF points. Scary scary stuff. ![Screenshot_2024_0615_092416](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/3/b/3b289afb4ab844cfeac08a0d5192cbdcbc638212.jpeg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EKHO4yKMZpg/maxresdefault.jpg "Bursting into Flames Before Takeoff | Singapore Airlines Flight 006 | New Flight Simulator 2018") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKHO4yKMZpg) ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/78 "2024-06-15T01:54:53Z")
I guess I was lucky to have lived in Taiwan when it was wild and woolly Now maybe Vietnam maybe somewhat like what Taiwan was anyone know How about the Philippines ? Always had that edge to it Maybe Taiwan is becoming a cross between Singapore and Japan And that’s probably a good thing but the rowdiness is toned down ---
**Author:** ![RickRooney](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@RickRooney](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RickRooney)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/79 "2024-06-15T03:16:05Z")
You should come back for a visit and make a forum thread of your observations. I dont think its anywhere as organised or clean as those countries. But its definitely a step up from vietnam. Went there recently and it definitely gave me a little bit of the old china vibe. ---
**Author:** ![DKaoshuing](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dkaoshuing/32/127142_2.png) [@DKaoshuing](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/DKaoshuing)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/80 "2024-06-15T13:07:37Z")
I remember that day, I was in Taipei (Tucheng) for about a two week visit (did not live here yet) my friend in Tucheng said Typhoon is near I should go back my hotel in Taipei city quicky after dinner, next day saw news of the crash with messages too (no line then too). After that she mentions to me a lot not to fly when a Typhoon is coming. (Years later I also had a scary flight from Hong Kong to KHH with a Typhoon near, same day there was a crash in Penghu) ---
**Author:** ![qbert](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qbert/32/236297_2.png) [@qbert](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qbert)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/81 "2024-06-15T19:55:29Z")
Taichung early 21st century ![fucktea](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/8/8/881343ee47c7c77ae7733193b768d7af8abde757.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tommy525](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tommy525/32/272487_2.png) [@tommy525](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/tommy525)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005/82 "2024-06-15T21:59:30Z")
> [@qbert](#): > > Taichung early 21st century > ![fucktea](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/8/8/881343ee47c7c77ae7733193b768d7af8abde757.jpeg) That’s right Drink Coffee !! [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005.md?page=3) [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/reminiscing-about-taiwan-care-to-join/241005.md?page=5)