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振康 Zhen-Kang
@taiwanquest.bsky.social
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A foreigner in Kaohsiung, exploring #Taiwan 🇹🇼

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It’s not karaoke, it’s KTV!

#ktv #台灣 #部落格 #taiwan #blog

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It’s not karaoke, it’s KTV!
$15 for five hours of singing your lungs out…
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October 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Listening notes for a wedding gift of Taiwanese vinyl

#台灣 #黑膠 #布萊梅娛樂股份有限公司 #滅火器 #落日飛車 #音樂 #部落格 #taiwan #vinyl #music #blog

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Listening notes
For a wedding gift of Taiwanese vinyl…
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October 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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On briefly returning to New Zealand

#紐西蘭 #台灣 #部落格 #newzealand #taiwan #blog

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On briefly returning to New Zealand
After nearly three years in Taiwan, I revisited my country of origin. These are my thoughts…
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October 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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A scooter ride to Wutai:
Photos of an indigenous township in the Pingtung mountains

#霧臺鄉 #屏東縣 #台灣 #部落格 #wutai #pingtung #taiwan #travel #blog

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A scooter ride to Wutai
Photos of an indigenous township in the Pingtung mountains…
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August 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Bond, lots of James Bond:
Vintage James Bond posters at a beef noodle shop in Tainan…

#台南 #台灣 #龐德 #零零七 #部落格 #tainan #taiwan #jamesbond #blog

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Bond, lots of James Bond
Vintage James Bond posters at a beef noodle shop in Tainan…
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August 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Are you Japanese?
A question I didn’t expect on the Taipei MRT…

#台北捷運 #台灣 #部落格 #taipeimrt #taiwan #blog

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Are you Japanese?
A question I didn’t expect on the Taipei MRT…
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August 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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20,000 km for democracy:
People are going to great lengths to vote in Taiwan’s ‘Great Recall’…

#台灣 #政治 #部落格 #taiwan #politics #blog

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20,000 km for democracy
People are going to great lengths to vote in Taiwan’s ‘Great Recall’…
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July 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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A life less insured:
Cherishing life and health, and winging it for everything else…

#台灣 #保險 #部落格 #taiwan #insurance #blog

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A life less insured
Cherishing life and health, and winging it for everything else…
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July 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Definitely maybe:
Polite uncertainty in a conflict-averse culture

#台灣 #文化 #部落格 #taiwan #culture #blog

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Definitely maybe
Polite uncertainty in a conflict-averse culture…
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June 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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@brianhioe.bsky.social Just finished reading my copy. Thank you for writing this. It’s given me deeper insights than I’ve gained from casual conversations here in the south. I learned a lot, and enjoyed the ride 🙏
Paperback copy of ’Taipei at Daybreak’ by Brian Hioe.
June 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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I like to be humor:
Understanding my first joke in Chinese

#台灣 #部落格 #taiwan #blog

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I like to be humor
Understanding my first joke in Chinese…
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June 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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一個簡單的旅程 / Dashcam timelapse of an afternoon scooter ride across Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. A return trip from Lingyaliao (苓雅寮) to Jiuqutang (九曲堂).

#高雄市 #高雄 #台灣 #kaohsiung #taiwan #motorbike #dashcam

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June 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Foggy forests in Hsinchu’s Wufeng Township this afternoon.
#Taiwan
A small figure stands among towering cedars backlit by afternoon sun filtered through thick fog.
June 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Parking like a pro:
Video of an underground scooter parking area in Kaohsiung, Taiwan…

#夢時代購物中心 #高雄 #台灣 #kaohsiung #taiwan #blog

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Parking like a pro
Video of an underground scooter parking area in Kaohsiung, Taiwan…
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May 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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85大樓縮時攝影 / 85 Sky Tower Timelapse #高雄 #台灣 #kaohsiung #taiwan
May 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Top 10 ways to die young in Taiwan:
Living dangerously in one of the safest places on Earth…

#台灣 #部落格 #taiwan #blog

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Top 10 ways to die young in Taiwan
Living dangerously in one of the safest places on Earth…
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May 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Free dinner at the police station: An unexpected bonus while filing a report

#高雄 #台灣 #部落格 #kaohsiung #taiwan #blog

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Free dinner at the police station
An unexpected bonus while filing a report…
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April 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Photographing the Mazu Maritime Pilgrimage: A quadrennial event to pray for safety and a bountiful catch…

#乙巳年林園鳳芸宮媽祖海巡 #媽祖 #高雄 #台灣 #mazu #matsu #taiwan #blog

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Photographing the Mazu Maritime Pilgrimage
A quadrennial event to pray for safety and a bountiful catch…
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April 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Resilience Roadmap: An Emergency Preparedness Guide for Expats in Taiwan (Version 2.0) — a free ebook by John Groot

#civildefense #taiwan #ebook

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Resilience Roadmap by John Groot — Flickerwell Originals
An Emergency Preparedness Guide for Expats in Taiwan (Version 2.0). A free ebook from Canadian author John Groot.
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April 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Five hours on a disco bus (and 30 minutes of fireflies): My half-day tour to the Namasia mountains

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#blog #kaohsiung #taiwan #那瑪夏區 #高雄 #台灣 #臺灣
Five hours on a disco bus (and 30 minutes of fireflies)
My half-day tour to the Namasia mountains…
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April 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Squid Game on my balcony:
An encounter with a professional washing machine cleaner dressed like a dystopian TV soldier…

#台灣 #臺灣 #taiwan #blog #squidgame

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Squid Game on my balcony
An encounter with a professional washing machine cleaner dressed like a dystopian TV soldier…
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March 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Civil defense guide for expats updated - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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March 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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No time, no place to talk about the weather

#taiwan #culture #blog #台灣 #臺灣

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No time, no place to talk about the weather
The absence of small talk is hard to ignore…
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March 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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‘Resilience Roadmap: An Emergency Preparedness Guide for Expats in Taiwan’ can now be downloaded free-of-charge from the Apple Books, Google Play Books, and Rakuten Kobo stores:

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#taiwan #civildefense #books
Resilience Roadmap: An Emergency Preparedness Guide for Expats in Taiwan
A free ebook from Canadian author John Groot. Information on how to mitigate the danger of a war, combined with more commonly-discussed causes of disaster such as fires, earthquakes, and typhoons.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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The second edition is also available as a free ebook:

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#taiwan #civildefense #book
March 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM