Tag Archives: POTS Extra

POTS Extra’s “Click Here” columns now archived on our blog

By Goose Egg | Published: 8 July 2009

With the permissions of the original authors, we have archived online our old Forumosa column from POTS Extra. Back then, it was called “Click Here” and it appeared every other week in the English section of POTS
You can read them by going to http://www.forumosa.org/tag/click-here
I hope we can re-develop this kind of column for Forumosa/Taiwanease. If [...]

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Fired without pay?

By David Frazier | Published: 20 April 2005

Guess what? There actually is effective legal recourse
TWO WEEKS ago in the General Legal Matters Forum, a very disturbed Skipper wrote of suddenly being sacked: “I have been working as an editor for a company in Taipei for the last two and a half years. They renewed my work permit for the fourth time just [...]

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It’s easy being green

By Maoman | Published: 30 March 2005

Regardless of home politics, 77% of expats favor the DPP-TSU
A MARCH 24 poll on Forumosa asked our field of mostly expat users to state their preferred political “color” in Taiwan – blue (KMT-PFP) or green (DPP-TSU) – along with their political leanings back in their home countries – left, right, or apolitical. The results were [...]

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Why Confucians drive like shit

By Maoman | Published: 16 March 2005

And other unforeseen legacies of the great teacher
IN ONE of Forumosa’s more long-lived topics (556 days and counting), RachelK asserts that many of modern Taiwan’s problems, ranging from police and political corruption to chaotic road conditions stem from an ancient source – Confucianism. As she puts it, “In the debate over universal love vs. family-centered [...]

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Banks’ latest trick to screw you

By Maoman | Published: 2 March 2005

If your ARC expires, guess what? Your cash card may get blocked too
BY MAOMAN AND BATBOY
YOU’D THINK that in a high-tech, modern society, a society that purports to be friendly to the west, banking would be state-of-the-art. Guess again. While everyone and their mother may have a cell phone tucked away somewhere, and while Taiwan [...]

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Shop names give Taiwan a !@&# name!

By Wolf Reinhold | Published: 31 January 2005

Living in Taiwan > Most Offensive or Amusing Store name in Taiwan
IF YOU’RE one of those people who thinks “fuck” is a word for mentally impoverished heathens, trailer trash, or that creepy Taiwanese guy with the red teeth who hangs out in front of your apartment block, then you better stop reading right now.
Right.
Rumor [...]

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Nothing shagadelic about losing your mojo

By Wolf Reinhold | Published: 4 January 2005

How to fight the Vise-Grip of depression between the two new year’s holidays
Wolf to barmaid: What does Christmas celebrate?
Barmaid: (Strikes a thoughtful pose) It celebrates Christmas Day.
Wolf: It’s Jesus’ birthday.
Barmaid: Wow! Really?
Well, the annual shopping holiday, otherwise known as Christmas, is finally over. Hopefully everyone enjoyed their Christmas Mos Burger with rice cake buns and [...]

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Taiwan elects to keep useless legislature

By Wolf Reinhold | Published: 20 December 2004

The president expected too much, while much of the electorate may in fact be brain-dead
TAIWAN’S LEGISLATIVE elections are over and the diagnosis has been confirmed – Taiwan is mentally ill, schizophrenic, to be exact. Half of the electorate is democratically oriented, want to see necessary reforms implemented and understand that “a house divided against [...]

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