How I got clean air in my apartment in Beijing
I just finished a week of trying to find the right air purifying solution for my home, and since it is high time for a new blog post, here is […]
Category Archives: Daily life
Interlude
休息是爲了走更遠的路 Interestingly, I have not found an English equivalent to this. It goes something like “Resting is for being able to walk an even longer journey“. This is where I […]
Everywhere and nowhere
If I had known that I would stay almost 4 months here, I probably would have approached a few things differently. Coming from 3 weeks in Singapore, the expectation for […]
Service culture
Last Monday I flew with Swiss from Singapore to Zurich. After 5 hours I had to stand up and walk around a bit. A flight attendant pushed a cart along […]
Is Singapore a nice place to live in?
So I moved to Singapore 10 days ago. It’s most certainly too early for a review, but since Germany is waiting here is a quick snapshot of my experience so […]
Room for improvement
So after 1.5 years back in Taiwan, it is time to sum up some observations. DISCLAIMER – this turned out to be quite a negative post because 1. it’s always […]
The Daily Song of Ice and Fire
It’s not hard to get sick in Taipei during summer. All you have to do is… well, nothing special really. Just follow your daily routine: 1. Wake up at home […]
The art of queuing
The average Taiwanese is an intermediate queuer. Be it queuing for a popular food stand in a night market, queuing for the metro or standing in a traffic jam (which […]
The client is your boss
A slightly adjusted version of client is king. Here, at the immigration office in Taipei, the client is asked to remind the clerk in case hey forget their smile. The […]