by PGDADDY » Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:04 pm
Yes, excellently said, Super Hans. It looks like you know Taiwan a lot better than most, including the locals.
I am always suspicious of foreigners that say "I love Taiwan" especially those that gave up their own passports and took citizenship in Taiwan. A Taiwanese person, sure, it's their country, and it is such an idiosyncratic place that has many things a Taiwanese person would miss if they live abroad- the convenience culture, the feeling of safety always being close to other people, whether it is your family or a crowded night market, the cheapness of things in every life, in some ways the easiness of living.
But when a foreigner says "I love Taiwan", I just don't buy it. Not just from my own experiences when I lived in Taiwan, but from my observations of the dynamics between other foreigners- I would say that most foreigners who live in Taiwan for more than a couple of years, who decide to stay, if they were to give their honest view, would say the following:
"I tolerate life in Taiwan. There's a lot of shit that goes on here and life can be incredibly difficult. But I have settled here, have a family and a good circle of friends. It could be worse, look at (enter relevant country here) where I come from, life is even more shitty than Taiwan. Besides, if I wanted to move back home or to another country, I don't know if I could find a suitable job or support myself. My life here is secure and predictable and I do not want to take any risks by jumping into the unknown, especially as I enter middle/ old age."
One time this liitle 4 or 5 year old girl called me a foreigner and pointed at me. Buy did I rip her and her parents new arseholes and told them how uncultured and barbaric they were to do that. I had that little girl crying in no time at all. Fucking racists in this country.
When I hear "I love Taiwan" from a foreigner I read one of the following:
1. "Taiwan is great. The locals always tell me I am good looking and the girls love me. I never got that kind of treatment in my own country. I don't feel like a loser any more. I really love Taiwan."
2. "In Taiwan I can be exactly who and what I want. I could walk down the street wearing a monkey suit and people would still treat me the same. Like a freak, sure, but that's not the point. I don't have to take much responsibility for what I do or say. I love Taiwan indeed."
3. I lurrrrrrv Taiwan. Another bottle of Tsingtao, please .....
I'd like to come back to Taiwan too but I'm afraid of some jail time and being deported so I fled first. I have children from 2 Taiwanese bitches and they both had the courts give them sole custody of my kids. One court in the UK and another court run by gangsters in Taiwan.