I’ve been meaning to post a couple of things regarding things about Taiwan so I thought I just get it all out of the way with a roundup post.

First, the World Cup. Taiwan definitely has World Cup fever. We went out the other night and every bar/cafe we went to was packed with World Cup bandwagoners watching Brazil vs Portugal. This is the second time I’ve been in Taiwan when the World Cup was happening. I don’t really remember the last time, so I definitely  don’t remember how Bill Walton-esque the Taiwanese broadcasters are. While watching the final moments of USA vs Algeria, the broadcasters kept commenting, “Where is the Hollywood ending? Who is going to be the big American Hollywood hero?”. And every time Landon Donovan touched the ball, the broadcasters literally went gaga in their pants, “OMG, Landon Donovan just touched the ball!!!”. You can imagine how gaga they went when LD kicked in the winning goal in overtime.

On another sport related note, guess who kicked Andy Roddick out of Wimbledon. Yup, Lu Yen-Hsun! What, you’ve never heard of him? Neither have I. Mr. Lu, the first person from Chinese Taipei to ever each the Wimbledon quaterfinals, ousted Roddick and cemented himself as the greatest tennis player to ever come out of Taiwan. I don’t count since I was born in America.

Then there’s this:

First, a Taiwanese beating an American in tennis. Now, a Taiwanese ship that has the potential to suck up more oil in a day than all the oil that has been sucked up so far by American ships. Talk about losing the edge America. Where’s the can do spirit? Talk to me Goose, talk to me!

And lastly, I came across this on youtube last night:

I won’t say that this seems like a total waste of time, but it is. KISS. If I had to redo my census form again, I would still select Chinese. No need to water down Chinese just for the sake of making a statement. Money would be better spent by getting more Chinese people to actually fill out the census and sending it in.