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Taiwan exists in a grey area. For all intents and purposes, it operates as a completely sovereign nation. They have their own elections, own military, own healthcare, own industries (the semi conductor capital of the world), passports that are universally accepted around the world etc...

I'm a big, BIG fan of Mr Richard Dawkins. I have read his books, viewed his lectures and am convinced that if more prominent figures displayed his enthusiasm towards atheism we'd be living in a drastically different world. Anyway, rather than go down the slippery slope of religious beliefs...

When you're entering the subway and the ticket collector isn't in the booth what do you do? I ask this as it's been happening to me quite a bit lately, usually when boarding the train at Yonge/Bloor around 1:30 to catch the last trains there's nobody in the ticket booth, it also happened to me...

So what is the general consensus here on netbooks? I really didn't really need a netbook as I have a fairly powerful 15.4" laptop with a 12-cell power for plenty of juice, but Future Shop had the high capacity 6-cell Aspire One with the N280 processor, windows 7 and 250gb HD for $329 last...

As some of you know I recently returned to Toronto from Korea at the beginning of the month. My 2 best friends are renting the top unit in a house on Davenport and agreed to let me stay free of charge upon my return until I figured out what's next (realistically 2-3 months at most). The...

Both are big, strong, fast, agile and can take down much larger and stronger predicators. Lions have a fascinating social structure and together can take out just about any animal in the African wild (ie. mammoth elephants). They are the most fearless animals on land and have no equal in the...

Hi, forgive me for posting this here of all places... I'm not into any sports boards. I was following the Coyotes situation through the Star online and azcentral.com from here in Seoul... but it seems as if for the past few weeks there hasn't been any stories on the auction at all. What's...

I headed out to Busan from August 14th - 18th. It is South Korea's second largest city (think of it as being to Seoul what Vancouver is to Toronto - nicer weather, on the ocean, more beautiful setting - yet smaller in terms of population, size, cultural activity and economic pull). It has a...

For the second leg of my mini vacation we headed off to Patong Beach in Phuket for 3 nights. We stayed at the Patong Paragon, a fabulous hotel plagued by horrible service. It was right next to the beach. This is an area that was devastated by the Tsunami in '05 and lost many locals and...

I just returned from my trip to Bangkok. Went there for two nights and then to Phuket for 3. Was a fun little trip and I wouldn't hesitate to go back! I got to see the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain weird that Thailand has to offer and have a few crazy stories to tell as well :D...

I'm going to be heading off to Thailand on Saturday (Bangkok 2 nights, then Phuket for 3 then back to Seoul). I am not really bringing anything, just a pair of shorts, some tshirts, socks/underwear and my toothbrush and electric shaver. I'm gonna pick up some swim trunks and sandals there. I...

Shopping wars: 'Screw it, I need some bags' Three testy weeks into Toronto's new regime: fear, love and loathing The city's five-cent plastic bags now carry a lot of emotion Jun 21, 2009 04:30 AM Be the first to comment on this article... LESLIE SCRIVENER STAFF REPORTER Small changes in our...

Pretty chilling if true... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/opinion/14rich.html OP-ED COLUMNIST The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers By FRANK RICH Published: June 13, 2009 WHEN a Fox News anchor, reacting to his own network’s surging e-mail traffic, warns urgently on-camera of a...

What's the standard subway platform gap in Toronto? I remember reading an article that a station in NYC that was remodeled wasn't able to open on time because the gap ended up being larger than 2 inches. I would imagine Toronto has a similar tolerance? I don't ever remember this being an issue...

Hey, those of you that know me are aware that I packed up and left Toronto to teach in Seoul for a year. Up until now the experience has been terrific and everything has been really great. I've learned to read/write Korean and communicate (albeit in a fairly basic form) verbally, I've learned...

I was in Taipei from the 24th to 28th this year. It was a great deal, $350/round trip from Seoul and $12/night for a private room hostel downtown. I'll let the pictures do the talking but here are my impressions... It seemed tiny compared to Seoul (and even Toronto), at approx 200 square km...

I'm off to Taepei for the holidays, it was a pretty random and last minute decision. I grabbed a return plane ticket for $350 US and found a hostel downtown for $12/night (single room, going for 4 nights). I've been searching online but have found mostly touristy stuff to see and do. Has...

Cool music vid, local too... http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=rUwwWmcCr-U Although... riding around Seoul's transit system daily I can't say I miss the TTC one bit!

I've been navigating my way through Seoul's crazy subway system (just google image search it to see how insane it is) and have been most impressed by one thing Toronto doesn't seem to have (well about a dozen or so things we don't have in TO)... multiple entrances for each Subway station. What...

I was wandering around all day with a friend and had my pocket cam on me and ended up taking over 200 snaps today. I thought I'd share some. Most of these are vantage points you've already seen before, but what sets them apart from the rest is the purely amateur photoshop skills applied...