The Bow and Grimace: Exploring the Human Side of a Globalized World: April 2006

Monday, April 24, 2006

Vive la France, and Blogger....

Thanks to impeccable service of Neuf Telcom, the internet company that take three weeks to set up reliable internet service, and to the spam protection of Blogger that erased The Bow and Grimace fearing it was spam (we wish we received spam as thought-provoking and engaging as The B&G!), we have been on forced hiatus. We missed out on the whole French CPE debate!

We will be back as soon as possible with more on the wonderful world of…..whatever it is we’re getting at here.

About Me

Name: Robert

Location: Taipei, Taiwan

I met a beautiful, intelligent Taiwanese girl named Fanfan when I was studying in Angers, France in 2004. That summer, I went back to the US to finish my last year of college, and she moved to Paris. Things blossomed, and a year later I moved to Paris to be with her. I studied philosophy, and she studied cultural mediation. After a year had passed and all of our money had run out, we moved to Taiwan. Fanfan worked as writer, teacher and French-Chinese translator. I taught English, worked as a freelance journalist and studied Mandarin. On the side, I study Chinese and Taiwanese history on my own, which is why I maintain this site, because the interaction it provides gives me a better understanding of these subjects as a whole. To be clear, I am not a professional, and I welcome comments and criticisms ....Oh, and I know I'm not the ONLY redhead in Taiwan, and I know that's a stupid name for a blog. This was meant to be a way for my family and friends to keep up with what I was doing, but it became much more....In the summer of 2009, we'll be moving to D.C., as I'll beginning a Master's in International Relations.