The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogModerator: cranky laowai
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The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogHi all! If you like to read about the ever-evolving cultural landscape in Taiwan, you might be interested in my blog, the Culture Shack!
https://thecultureshack.blog/ Cheers! JOHN
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogLooks good. That guy in the hat in the first photo of Hongcouverstan looks like very cool.
What made you start it? People don't really blog these days - Facebook etc seems to have mostly replaced blogs for most people.
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogI like writing. And the Internet is an amazing medium to reach out to people about deeper issues. Why cross culture? It's where I am and probably where most of us are. Why long blog posts? Comprehension takes discipline, it takes devotion, of one sort or another. It's a journey, not a session.
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogGood stuff Zardoz.
Good info for newbies (and some long-termers), regarding how things are here on the island - helpful in explaining situations they might encounter - i.e. "The Facade" and its importance. Best to Your Endeavor. The facts expressed here belong to everybody. The opinions are mine.
I don’t post political comments or articles to convince those who disagree with me, I post them so that those who might agree with such positions will know they are not alone. Some things are opinions and can be argued - some things are facts and cannot. Proverbs, Chapter 16 verse 9 <--- When in doubt, remember this.
The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogYes I also read this.
Facebook is a real sucky medium for getting anything of substance across and the posts just disappear quickly anyway! But I see your new blogposts are up from Facebook so it's handy like that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk But you got to ask yourself the question....what would astronaut Chris Hatfield do?
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogVery nice blog indeed. Well written pieces with a good balance of personal anecdotes and broader musings. It's a welcome change to read something on the net that is so nonpartisan. Interesting what you say about Vancouver and the likely correlation between increasing multiculturalism and declining public civility. Similar in Auckland.
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogI remember reading your Snot Nosed Jack story after you linked to it on Facebook. It was a good read.
![]() Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.
Sir Winston Churchill Heathen filth, the lot of you. Dr Kurt Langstrom 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogThe latest article from The Culture Shack!
https://thecultureshack.blog/
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogZ- Thanks for the heads-up.
The facts expressed here belong to everybody. The opinions are mine.
I don’t post political comments or articles to convince those who disagree with me, I post them so that those who might agree with such positions will know they are not alone. Some things are opinions and can be argued - some things are facts and cannot. Proverbs, Chapter 16 verse 9 <--- When in doubt, remember this.
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogI like Zardoz because of the red wrap-around nappies and the old-fashioned pistols. But you are John. JOHN! What kind of space-age superhero is named John?
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogInside every John, there's a Zardoz (with red nappies and old pistols) waiting to come out!
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogHere's one about Hockey in Taiwan, eh?
https://thecultureshack.blog/2017/06/30/hockey-night-in-taiwan/
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogThe Community Services Center turns 30 years old! Many years of helping people in real distress. https://thecultureshack.blog/
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogThis most recent article is about the Haxstrong Charity, a new and blooming charity/movement of expats helping expats in times of need. I hope you enjoy it.
https://thecultureshack.blog/
Re: The Culture Shack, a cross-cultural blogGreat articles on the Center and Haxstrong.
The Center is very special to me. I landed in Dec 1999 and Oriented.org and the Center were my lifelines. The Center had a playgroup for mothers and their children. It was started by an American nanny. She was about 19 or 20, and she welcomed me when some of the expat moms weren't so welcoming. Before she left she turned over her files to me: places to go, transportation, maps, fliers (it was before everyone was online!) The Center is where I met my best friend at Kindermusik. Our babies had just turned one and today, at nearly seventeen, they are as close as siblings. We'd sit on the Center's couch and nurse our babies after class and that's where my friend shared her idea for a playgroup, which became Taipei City Playgroup. Still going strong sixteen years later. That's were I was inspired to teach Kindermusik myself and taught there for 9 years. My heart was for the moms who landed here with young children and for the women having their Made in Taiwan babies here. I haven't taught there for 2 or 3 years now but I am so grateful for the work they do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Make magical, musical memories with your child at Kindermusik with Jennifer Joy
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