Category Archives: Issues of the Day

My Dutch Grandmother, Come for a Visit at My Home

the photo of the homestay mom’s mother having her birthday celebration, photo from UDN.com… How the elderly in the Netherlands are aging, in their own ways, more gracefully, than most of the elderly in the Asian world, because they were … Continue reading

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The Populists’ Rise & Politicians without Former Experiences, is This, the Rebirth of Democracy?

A “dissection” of the current political governments, on how electing those who had NO prior experiences in politics, or governing, can affect a country’s future, from the Front Page Sections, translated… The leaders of the world without any prior political … Continue reading

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Child Abuse Prevention: Setting Up the Safety Nets from the Big Data

This, is the heightened period of child abuse, and, there’s, a new, for the watchful eyes here, from the Newspapers, translated… The Hsinbei City’s head of social services department, Chang said, that the city had, set up the records logged … Continue reading

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Owl’s Cafe

This, goes against ALL laws set up for animal protection, and yet, there are, still these sorts of shops all around in the world today, I wonder W-H-Y, oh yeah, simple ECONOMICS: supply AND demand!!! Translated… After the Dragon Boat … Continue reading

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The Cases of Dismemberment Had Already Turned into a Matter of Politics

When the murders became, a sort of a “trend”, commentaries off the Front Page Sections, translated… The three consecutive cases of dismemberment, what, is happening to Taiwan? Some say it’s a problem of society, or, that the way we’re educating … Continue reading

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The Trip Around Kuroshio Island

Becoming MORE environmentally, aware, from a firsthand experience, in witnessing just how B-A-D the oceans are, polluted, translated… It was 2003, the Kuroshio Island Literary Foundation took nearly a month’s time, to sail around Taiwan, wanted to, look back toward … Continue reading

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A Grain of Wheat, Fallen, into the Fields

Commentaries on how N.T.U.’s original president “went missing” from the graduation ceremonies, from the Front Page Sections, translated… A week had passed, since the N.T.U. graduation ceremonies, and yet, the live footages are still being, streamed online. The interim president, … Continue reading

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When You’d Gone Missing…

You’d let go of my hand, and, became, missing, I’d, tried to find you, everywhere, but, I was, totally, unsuccessful in my pursuits of finding you. When you’d gone missing, that was, over five years ago, and, as each and … Continue reading

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After Burkina Faso Received Money from Taiwan, They Ran Off, the Cold Hard Truth of International Relations

This is, what you get, when you “establish” all your so-called “friendships” with someone using M-O-N-E-Y!!! From the Front Page Sections, translated… On the 24th, the African country of Burkina Faso announced that it’s breaking its diplomatic ties with Taiwan. … Continue reading

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The Love of the Family is, Priceless

Is it now??? A letter, from a daughter-in-law, and this woman had been, mistreated, since BEFORE day one too, translated… To My Mother-in-Law: Although, for a very long time, you’d never referred to me as “Yueh”, by my name, and … Continue reading

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