#living in taiwan

[traveltaiwanduringcovid19]

Did you know all the things you can do with your Taiwan Easy Card?

Did you know all the things you can do with your Taiwan Easy Card?

When you arrive in Taiwan or even before that, you might wonder what is one of the first things you should do. I do not know what is on your list, but I do believe that buying a Taiwan Easy Card should be in your top 5 things. In this article, you will understand every feature of the Easy Card and realize how many things you can do with it, from taking public transportation to purchasing items at many stores. An Easy Card will simplify your life in Taiwan.

What is the Taiwan Easy Card (悠遊卡) ?

Developed by Easy Card Corporation, the Taiwan Easy Card or 悠遊卡 (Yoyoka), is a contactless smartcard that makes transportation easier in Taiwan. It allows you to conveniently take the MRT, buses, taxis, Taiwan High Speed Rail (HSR), and more without the need to pay in cash every time. You can also use the Easy Card to make payments at convenience stores and supermarkets.

There are different types of shapes and sizes for Easy Cards. The most common one is the rectangular shape. However, they can also come in other shapes, like the shape of the PS4 game handle which was very popular in Taiwan recently, or even beer bottle shaped Easy Cards but you will have to pay more to buy one of those.

#taiwan #taiwan travel #living in taiwan #easy card #knowledge

[keiksy-cake]

Hetalia Poll Results pt 3: character who you'd want as a best friend

I started this one back in October lol. Sorry, I was busy with college and work but I am now a free man!

all collezione pages

[Please note, I’m an amateur in Japanese and have to use various resources and translation machines to help me. If you notice a possible mistake or want clarification, please bring it up to me *politely* and not aggressively or hostile.]

#hetalia #aph hetalia #hetalia collezione #aph japan #aph taiwan #aph italy #aph hungary #aph prussia #not the “I want him to live a long life” and hima not commenting on it 😭 #why do half of italy and prussia's comments sound so mean? lol #hungary's comments are giving very much gay #also imo bela wouldn't listen to anyone's rants as she'd only ever want to talk and hear about russia lol #so many notes this time... I had to make the font so small I was worried ppl won't even be able to read them hence the extra image

[shijiujun]

TRAILER FOR 大哥 | 關於未知的我们 | UNKNOWN THE SERIES IS OUT!!!! SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

Some notes:

Yes it's by a Taiwanese media company Result Entertainment so it IS uncensored

12 episodes

It's airing on Youku International, not on the main Youku and VPN will be needed if users wanna cross from main Youku to Youku International

International fans should have more options than Youku International let's see

Happy with this but also like Result Ent. dramas always have this cloudy layer over in terms of footage editing and it's kinda hard to edit LMAO

#dage #danmei #danmei la #danmei live action #priest #大哥 #關於未知的我们 #unknown the series #unknown #SCREAMING #omg my fave tropes #asianlgbtqdramas #bl drama #taiwan bl #tw mlm

[absolutebl]

I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

IT IS EVERYTHING.

SHUT UP I AM FERRIL FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CITY BOY & HIS YOUNG FARMER.

Come on. Korea.

Have mercy?

Plus some language play?

I’m just going to die now.

Me:

Love Tractor:

#korean bl #love tractor #what is the show doing #just give me reason to live why don't you? #to much for my fragile heart #they frolicked with hoses in this episode #no #not those kind of hoses #this isn't taiwan people

[pickletrip]

My absolute favourites are together and in love and by each other's side. With a promise to face everything together and with the promise to die together, oh, they have captured my heart.

Nooo. I'm going to pretend it's not over and keep rewatching it.

#kiseki: dear to me #kiseki dear to me #kdtm #taiwanese bl #they truly make the best shows out there #who is doing it like Taiwan?!?! #they gave me such beautiful loveable crazy characters #how do they expect me to be normal about this #my love for Chen Yi and Ai Di only kept growing and I can't imagine not seeing them every Tuesday anymore #i love the way Zong Yi established the importance of depending on each other as they moved forward #they've all pushed past their murky past and now they are building their lives with the ones they truly love #of course there were parts where the story lacked but these wonderful actors carried this show through with their brilliant acting #standing ovation #hsu kai #taro lin #nat chen #jiang dian #louis chiang #they will live in my heart forever! #how are they so cute and hot and sexy at the same time #so rude and beautiful

[shihlun]

Edward Yang

- Taipei Story

1985

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

- License to Live

1999

#Kiyoshi Kurosawa #黒沢清 #License to Live #ニンゲン合格 #Japanese Film #1999 #edward yang #taipei story #fuji film #楊德昌 #青梅竹馬 #台灣新電影 #neon lights #neon sign #富士相紙 #film #taipei #taiwan #taiwan new cinema #taiwanese new cinema

[thistransient]

By amazing coincidence I saw this while out walking at random in a new neighborhood today

#the booping lives on #taiyaki #cat paw #boop #taiwan #taipei #虎掌燒 #a lot of strange coincidences in my life lately ngl #auspicious times??

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

🧧 恭喜發財 Gong Xi Fa Cai (Wish you enlarge your wealth) 🎋

吃! Eating ◠‿◠ 

Dinner - Japanese food /丼飯 Donburi /丼物／どんぶりもの

at 高雄大遠百/ 大河屋燒肉丼串燒 😋 yummy~*

📌 ps. One set the price 510 TWD ✅ (Includes tip and The grilled mushrooms are very delicious/I chose the cream cheese flavor. 💓)

#chu lan #fine craft artist #朱蘭皮藝 #leather art artist #beautiful life #Taiwan artist life #live love laugh #chengcing lake #澄清湖 #sunset #light #evening #yummy dinner #大河屋燒肉丼串燒 #japanese food

[landofanimes]

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - The Super Live

Taipei dress rehearsal, April 2023

Up Media photos

#sailor moon #sailor moon the super live #inner senshi #tuxedo mask #queen beryl #kunzite #the super live taiwan #sailor mercury #sailor mars #sailor jupiter #sailor venus #usagi tsukino #ami mizuno #rei hino #makoto kino #minako aino #bssm

[magicalflyingcow]

My second attempt with another cut. These bookmarks are fun to make. I want to make a bunch and sell them! Not really sure where to start though...

#i live in Taiwan so international shipping isn't worth it for a couple of bookmarks #i need to make more stuff! #but I want to set up a shop and start already #maybe Ill set it up and just see what happens #but which website? #linocut #linoprint #relief print #bookmarks #handmade bookmarks

[heartrender6]

ok i dont have pics but the way wei-chen dresses is SO taiwanese. the fanny pack across the chest?? the baggy ankle-length pants?? the fucking 3+ layers of shirts and jackets in that one episode?? the shoes?? they literally got the taiwan streetwear DOWN PAT its insane. and ofc jimmy liu is taiwanese so he probably had some input there but like im so happy rn

manifesting wei-chen in one of those massive puffy jackets that goes down to the knees in s2 🙏 🙏

#bishangzoy #american born chinese #jimmy liu #btw i dont actually live in taiwan but ive been there a lot bc i have family there

[silenthillbunni]

blub blub 🫧🐠

#i dont know if i'll ever be able to travel #bc of money (i've never been able to afford it) nd even if i have a job someday nd can save up... #im not sure i'll have someone to go with. i can imagine going to like germany or norway on my own but not places further away #also like my anxiety... idk if i'll be able to w that. im so scared of flights nd airports lol #but ummm.. since i dont live in la la land im v aware that we are killing the earth at a rapid speed. thats real nd true #idk if im gnna have time to get a job nd save up before everything comes crashes down #i would love to at least travel to japan once! i rlly want that. also taiwan. vietnam. thailand. south korea... #idk why it's those countries so close to eo but i just rlly want to visit those countries. also the philippines (1/2 l's lol?) #ahhhh idk why im thinking abt traveling now when im busy being in pain #maybe it's bc one book im reading a woman nd her mom is on a trip to japan. nd im watching vlogs skksks #ughhh i hope i'll one day have the ability to at least travel once #japan is my dream trip T-T

[syn0vial]

my brother arrived in taipei just in time for a week of overcast, rainy weather -_- at least it'll be nicer on the last few days of his trip...

#i told him i was worried that the bad weather would make such a bad impression on him that he'd never want to come to taiwan again #and he was like ''i literally live in seattle :|'' #still attempting to glare holes in the cloud cover though #personal post

[drthrvn]

first Ukraine and russia. then Taiwan and China. and now Kosovo and Serbia

#literally what the fuck is going on #also who else thinks that it's russia who's behind this Kosovo situation #(probably everyone thinks so lol) #current events #politics #anyways i'd very much like not to live kn a brink of ww3 thank you #kosovo #serbia #taiwan #china

[absolutebl]

BL Coming in August

Here’s what’s starting this month. Which ones are you excited about? My top picks for me as The Eclipse and About Youth, let’s see how wrong I am. 

THAILAND 

War of Y

From COPY A BANGKOK (trailer)

20 eps (holy fucktard, 20 episodes of Cheewin’s nonsense), starts Aug 2 on AisPlay premium 

On Cloud Nine

Country setting, atmospheric LTR flavored BL with themes of self acceptance from MindTrio (trailer).

6 eps, starts Aug 6 on Mind Trio’s YT channel

21 Days Theory

Friends to lovers, self acceptance, secret crush, high school set from Rookie Thailand (trailer). Looks high angst, messy, cheating, secret crush stars Bever (En of Love: TOSSARA, En of Love: Love Mechanics, The Best Story and Love Mechanics) and Tee Khunakorn (The Cupid Coach).

8 eps, starts Aug 7 on Rookie Thailand’s YT channel (I think) 

The Eclipse

An enemies to lovers high school set, paladin bab boy pairing from GMMTV. This is right in their wheelhouse and was my most anticipated from GMMTV’s 2022 line up. Tropes include: sinister boarding school, haze the one you love, suspense & horror elements looks great, dark (but in a way Thailand can handle), kind of Blacklist-ish meets Great Men Academy. GMMTV excels at this kind of content. Stars First (The Shipper, Not Me) & Khaotung (Tonhon Chonlatee) side dish pair from FUTS NeoLouis. I actually really like this lead pair and I think they can handle the content. trailer

12 eps, starts Aug 12 on GMMTV’s Youtube channel  

* I’m gonna point out an important thing. I find it notable that Khaotung as the aggressor/bad boy (for a change) in this GMMTV offering has his natural skin tone (aka darker) as opposed to when he’s playing a super uke role (see Tonhon Chonlatee). Now there could be mitigating factors (like the makeup people got better at matching base tones, or they were shooting outside a lot), but still Thailand’s propensity for associating negative/evil/poor/crazy characters with darker skin tones is so painful and so insidious I want everyone to notice this, especially when we see it being carried out on THE SAME actor by THE SAME production team. 

And yes, Korea does this too.

My Only 12%

Friends to lovers, high school set, high angst, sunshine/sunshine pairing from Studio Wabi Sabi for iQIyI. (trailer) Neighbors and childhood friends, Cake & Seeiw, who have totally opposite personalities slowly growing apart. This one has the chemistry and the script so fingers crossed it’s not sad. Y-novel adaptation (author Afterday - Bad Buddy) starring SantaEarth (7 Project).

Do we trust Studio Wabi Sabi or director New anymore? Even with SantaEarth (especially with SantaEarth). That is the question.

Aug 12, 15 eps on iQIYI

180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us

Coming to Gaga (trailer). Doesn’t look like BL: “Can a mother be more understanding of her son’s sensuality? Even if she does, will it be easy for her to accept his relationship with a man twice his age?”

? eps, starts Aug 15 on GaGa 

Love in the Air 

Enemies to Lovers, high school set from Me Mindy (trailer). Mame’s upcoming adaptation of her novels Love Storm and Love Sky, focuses on 2 couples and their individual storylines. 

10 eps, starts Aug 18 on ?

Ghost Host, Ghost House is supposed to be coming too. 

TAIWAN

Papa & Daddy 2 AKA Papa and Daddy Season 2

Gaga bringing us the second season (trailer). Starring Melvin Sia (Damian) and Chiu Mu Han (new actor as Jerry). Looks messy. 

6 eps, starts Aug 8 (Taiwan's Father's Day) on GaGa 

About Youth AKA I Secretly Fell in Love with Student Council President

Enemies to lovers, high school set for CHOCO TV to air on Bilibili (no trailer) from the producers of HIStory 2&3, and Tsai Mi Chieh the director of H1: Stay Away From Me; H2: Crossing the Line; H3: MODC; Love Is Science (we like her). Adapted from the novel Secretly by Huang Si Mi about high school boys with different backgrounds, personalities, and values who compete for student president, but have more attraction than animosity. The drama focuses on two storylines: egocentric elite student Ye Guang who fights in the council elections with a quiet guitarist Xu Qi Zhang, and his friend Ray who after a recent breakup up with his boyfriend meets A Jian.

10 eps, starts Aug 29 on Bilibili 

JAPAN

Takara and Amagi AKA Takara-kun and Amagi-kun AKA Takara-kun to Amagi-kun

Opposites attract, secret love high school popular/geek pairing from MBS (no trailer). Same studio as Mr Unlucky and Senpai, so expect that style. A popular guy and an outcast boy start dating in secret. Stars Jpop Idols Arata Sato (IMPACTors) as Takara and Nao Oriyama (Shonen Ninja) as Amagi. 

8 eps, starts Aug 18 on ? 

Interesting that there isn’t anything from Korea and nothing new for Viki this month. Although give them a chance, they drop suddenly and later sometimes. 

I don’t always know where to find these and remember your territory and accessibility may be different than mine. But drop a comment if you have more info. 

#japanese bl #jpop #Shonen Ninja #Nao Oriyama #IMPACTors #Arata Sato #Mr Unlucky Can Only Kiss! #Mr Unlucky Has No Choice But To Kiss! #Senpai Danjite Koidewa! #Senpai This Can’t be Love! #Takara-kun to Amagi-kun #adapted from a manga #live action yaoi #Takara-kun and Amagi-kun #Takara and Amagi #taiwanese bl #taiwan drama #About Youth #I Secretly Fell in Love with Student Council President #Tsai Mi Chieh #Huang Si Mi #GaGaOOLaLa #Papa and Daddy Season 2 #Papa & Daddy 2 #Thai BL #180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us #Ghost Host Ghost House #The Cupid Coach #The Best Story #Love Mechanics

[alcairsei]

Jian Ying Ze and Kato Yuki in Plus & Minus (2022)

#plus and minus #plus & minus #plusandminusedit #jian ying ze #kato yuki #zheng qi lei #matt lee #taiwanese drama #taiwan drama #asiandramaedit #asiandramanet #asianlgbtqdramas #my gifs #userjap #userrahul #there's some grain that bothers me here but i decided i will simply. Live With It #anyway they're so goddamn cute i adore them #can't wait to see their relationship develop