Author: grexxen
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Singapore – A Song about Prosperity
Not so long a time ago, My roommate and Polish bro, And me wanted to see of Asia more, So we travelled to Singapore. To tell you about this Asian city, It is full of wealth and prosperity. Also rich was our plan, What to see in this nice land.…
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Taipei – A Capital Story
As in every nation I am travelling to, I try to visit the capital of the country. I am living and studying in Tainan, Taiwan so I am almost obliged to see its centre of power – Taipei. For my master thesis, which I am currently writing, I had to…
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Shanghai – Shangbye
So Jacqueline was visiting me 10 days over New Year’s Eve and we decided not to spend too much time in Taiwan. To make sure, I like this country very much but we are young and have to see the world. While spinning our imaginary globe to look for a…
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Merry Christmas – Shèngdàn kuaìlè
ꭉ Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Blog ꭉ Finally, Christmas is here, but unlike every former year I’d celebrated the birth of a child – who actually was born in summer, but the 24th of December had already been a paganic holiday for centuries, so we celebrate here –…
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Hong Kong in 6 Days
I was so excited! I had been in Taiwan for 3 months and hadn’t seen anything of the rest of Asia. So we did something about it and traveled to the metropolis Hong Kong and Macau! Day 1 Our flight from Taichung to Hong Kong arrived after 1.5 hours of…
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Feeling Home III – Goodbye, Dear East
Everything has an end, except π. Unluckily our trip to Hualien was no Greek letter. However, it was a #1 experience in Taiwan. We fought with nature, we laughed, we hiked, we got closer and eventually we drove home. On the last day of our journey we also had a…
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Feeling Home II – Marvelous Marble
… cliff hanger. That is funny, because in Taroko there are a lot of cliffs to hang from. However, we had been in the mountains on Saturday, my urge as an Austrian to experience hiking was still not fully pleased. As promised, Part II will be a firework of adventures,…
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Feeling Home I – An Austrian in the Taroko Gorge
ꭉ I am an alien. I am a legal alien. I am Austrian in the Taroko Gorge ꭉ For all of you singing the song in their head while reading, I sang it while writing too. And I keep singing it, because I am very happy that I saw this…
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Taiwan 2.0
This article is dedicated to the perception of time. Instead of improving the country via updates, I will talk about a second first résumé. The reason is, that I’ve already spent 2.0 months in Taiwan. Not 1.99; not 2.01; on the day, exactly 2.0 months. In these 61 days, a…
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Spiel des Lebens
„Bing“ … Dieses Geräusch … „Bing“ … Immer wieder dieses Geräusch … „Bing“. Emma führt eigentlich ein ganz normales Leben. Nicht ganz normal, denn sie hat bisher in ihrem Leben schon relativ viel erreicht. Die gebürtige Österreicherin erhielt schon mit 25 Jahren ihren Mastertitel in Mechatronik und ist heute, zwei…
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