Xpat Magazine June, 2007
“Some of these kids are really poor,” Robert told me. “Some don’t even have shoes. If you see it you might cry.”
I was in the Cosby Saloon in Tainan talking to the owner, Robert Lo. He stood behind the bar with his back straight and his chin up. His black shirt was tucked tightly into his jeans beneath a prominent belt buckle.
Xpat Magazine June, 2007
The largest retail company in the word: 7-11
Amount of money American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class: USD$40,000
Published under the pseudonym Salvatore Paradisio
Xpat Magazine March, 2007
“…there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and not try to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain.”
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) American Beauty (1999)
Xpat Magazine December, 2006
The fastest elevators in the world : Taipei 101’s high speed lifts, which travel at 17m per second
The world’s tallest building : Taipei 101 at 509m tall
The world’s largest proposed building : Burj Dubai in Dubai, UAE, expected to be completed in 2008, will be 800m tall
Xpat Magazine September, 2006
On Jan. 29, 2004, the largest whale ever recorded in Taiwan exploded on a busy Tainan city street drenching cars, storefronts, and bystanders with rotten blood and entrails. It was awesome.
Xpat Magazine September, 2006
Tyco executive Dennis Kozlowski’s brother-in-law’s defense for an extravagant bachelor party held for his son with Tyco company money: “It wasn’t like a three-ring circus…there was only one dwarf.”
Xpat Magazine June, 2006
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olume of soft drinks consumed by the average North American in 1999 : 48 gallons
Top grossing soft drink company in the world : Coca Cola