Where can I meet FRIENDS

[ceevee369]

Housecat did a good job combining all the future Call me Maybe posts here
I feel spring is in the air.

[ibluff]

I'm a white girl from NYU studying Mandarin at NTU. Why are all the Taiwanese guys afraid of me!?

im not afraid, lets meet up

[yuhsueh]

Hi there

I'm a Taiwanese male working in the UK currently. I will be back in TW to visit my family early August and stay for a while. Just wondering if there's any English speaking folk I can hang out with? And of course I don't mind helping practice your Mandarin if you wish. I'll live in Hsinchu but will be through in Taipei quite frequently I suppose. Feel free to PM me or reply here. Let's speak soonest either on FB or via email. Hopefully hear from any of you shortly.


YH

[irenelin]

Im Irene, a Taiwanese, was living in Australia for a while and I love traveling, making some friends from all over the world.
It's also hard for me to meet some foreigners in Taipei, I didnt mean there's no any foreigners here but what I said is I don't think it's easy to get close to you since
hanging out with people from same country or sharing same language is always easier.

Im quite bad at teaching Mandrine if you're eager to learn grammer... but happy to practice with and share some culture to.
Im working in Taipei near 饒河 night market. Welcome any of you send me a msg and we may have a cup of coffee or drink then.

[bismarck]

Im Irene, a Taiwanese, was living in Australia for a while and I love traveling, making some friends from all over the world.
It's also hard for me to meet some foreigners in Taipei, I didnt mean there's no any foreigners here but what I said is I don't think it's easy to get close to you since
hanging out with people from same country or sharing same language is always easier.

Im quite bad at teaching Mandrine if you're eager to learn grammer... but happy to practice with and share some culture to.
Im working in Taipei near 饒河 night market. Welcome any of you send me a msg and we may have a cup of coffee or drink then.

Good luck, and all that. You seem really sweet. But here's some advice. People respond better if they aren't branded as foreigners, adogah, laowai, or waiguoren all the time.

[pgdaddy1]

Im Irene, a Taiwanese, was living in Australia for a while and I love traveling, making some friends from all over the world.
It's also hard for me to meet some foreigners in Taipei, I didnt mean there's no any foreigners here but what I said is I don't think it's easy to get close to you since
hanging out with people from same country or sharing same language is always easier.

Im quite bad at teaching Mandrine if you're eager to learn grammer... but happy to practice with and share some culture to.
Im working in Taipei near 饒河 night market. Welcome any of you send me a msg and we may have a cup of coffee or drink then.

Good luck, and all that. You seem really sweet. But here's some advice. People respond better if they aren't branded as foreigners, adogah, laowai, or waiguoren all the time.

You know Bis, this is actually one situation where I wouldn't be offended in being referred to as a "foreigner". And that's what we would call ourselves in this kind of conversation, no ? What other word or phrase do you suggest that she use: "people from other countries" ? Bit of a waste of words, it means exactly the same as "foreigner".

[bismarck]

Im Irene, a Taiwanese, was living in Australia for a while and I love traveling, making some friends from all over the world.
It's also hard for me to meet some foreigners in Taipei, I didnt mean there's no any foreigners here but what I said is I don't think it's easy to get close to you since
hanging out with people from same country or sharing same language is always easier.

Im quite bad at teaching Mandrine if you're eager to learn grammer... but happy to practice with and share some culture to.
Im working in Taipei near 饒河 night market. Welcome any of you send me a msg and we may have a cup of coffee or drink then.

Good luck, and all that. You seem really sweet. But here's some advice. People respond better if they aren't branded as foreigners, adogah, laowai, or waiguoren all the time.

You know Bis, this is actually one situation where I wouldn't be offended in being referred to as a "foreigner". And that's what we would call ourselves in this kind of conversation, no ? What other word or phrase do you suggest that she use: "people from other countries" ? Bit of a waste of words, it means exactly the same as "foreigner".

Indeed, and I didn't mean to come over as negative. Sorry if it did. I was just making a general statement.

[ROZA]

hello guys! I'm Roza and foreign student who study in kaohsiung first year. I'm gonna stay this summer here. so I want to make friend more!
let's introduce each other!

[Kh_cincy]

I am moving to Taiwan in mid-August to teach English. I enjoy a pretty active and social lifestyle right now, and I don't want that to diminish while living in Taiwan. I am hoping to be able to meet some new friends, ex-pats would be cool, but I am open as long as you are not a psycho weirdo. I would just like to find some cool people to hang out with while I'm there. Would love to hear about your Taiwan experiences as well.

[zender]

Dear Kh_cincy,

Welcome to the forum, and welcome to Taiwan!

I'm sure if you were able to find friends back home, you'll find more here. Sometimes people who start out with a school that's got a number of teachers quickly make friends with them (so a bigger school might be better for this). Other people sign up for Chinese classes and quickly find like-minded individuals to hang out with.

I'd be happy to have you as a friend.

Unfortunately, I'm one of those psycho weirdos.