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                    <title>End of the line</title>
                    <description> Enough It is a wise man who knows when to stand and fight and when to walk away and after after much painful deliberating we have decided to end our stay in Taiwan and at the same time our ESL careers.  Ironically just as my job is getting busy Melissa39s is shutting down for winter break.  Coupled with the fact that neither of us will earn a dime over the 10 days of Chinese New Year and she</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-470013.html</link>
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                    <title>New Place photos</title>
                    <description>  Do we or don39t weDespite the initial good feelings about WeiWei39s place we are far more cautious about signing a contract than we were with Martin39s which came about through a combination of us running out of time and good old fashioned laziness.  There are things we need to check like water pressure bus times and journey lengths and we are going to try and haggle a bit.  All in </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-454979.html</link>
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                    <title>Apartment hunting again</title>
                    <description>Since we took the decision to move the apartment has really become a place neither of us enjoy spending a lot of time in.  I email Martin and tell him we39re not going to stay.  He phones up in a panic and starts offering discounts but it39s too late for that.  Since we moved in the entire street has turned into one noisy construction site rudely interrupting our lives for 13 hours each a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-454084.html</link>
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                    <title>Yehliu Geological Park  photos</title>
                    <description>2 month updateIt39s been two months since I arrived in Taiwan and I have to say I39m satisfied with the way things are going.  I39ve got a good job lined up even if I haven39t started it yet and we39ve found a new much cheaper apartment that we39re going to move to in the middle of next month.  More on this another time.  My visa issues appear to be resolved and I39m just wai</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-447432.html</link>
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                    <title>Substitute teaching and old man fairy drag queen.</title>
                    <description>Substitute TeachingSorry about the screwed up grammar in this one.  It keeps removing my apostrophes for some reason.Studies have shown that after four months of unemployment the average male is pretty much ready for the scrapheap.  At the four month mark self esteem and energy levels are so low that in many cases the professional stagnation is irreversible.  The last day I did a stroke of work d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-442916.html</link>
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                    <title>Xindian noshow typhoons and we may be moving again.</title>
                    <description>Not that it makes much difference to me be as I have yet to start work but it39s the weekend again and we decide to head down to Xindian.  Xindian is the southernmost point on the green MRT line.  Even further south than Gongguan and its wonderfully crap Musum of Drinking Water. By the way my crap museum entry has become by far my most popular blog in little over a week.  It is famous for the</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-442936.html</link>
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                    <title>Ximending and Longshan Temple</title>
                    <description>XimendingXimending isn39t that a nice word to say go on say it againis one of the last areas of the city we have left to explore.  It39s traditionally been the place to go to watch a film as it has so many cinemas.  From what I39ve read it was hit pretty hard by the opening of the more modern cinemas and shopping malls in the east of the city so the government pedestrianised the main s</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/Ximending/blog-440107.html</link>
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                    <title>Crap museums.</title>
                    <description>Melissa is covering Ron39s classes today so I39m left to amuse myself.  It39s been a while since I did any   sightseeing so I pick up the Rough Guide for some inspiration. It tells me that Gongguan has a night market.  Even though it39s only midafternoon I think it might be worth checking out.  It39s right down in the south of the city a part i39ve not been to yet. Now when I</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-440091.html</link>
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                    <title>We get a cat and I finally get some good news.</title>
                    <description> We get a catI39m not an enormous fan of cats.  I used to really like them well English cats at any rate. Then I met Melissa39s cat Nica.  In Korea I had a smallish flat which did me just fine.  Then when Melissa moved in her cat came as part of the package.  No problem I thought cat39s appreciate personal space as much as I do.  We39ll get along fine.  Sadly this wasn39t the cas</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-440020.html</link>
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                    <title>We sign a contract and have a fight in Ikea.</title>
                    <description>We only have a few more days before we have to move out the flat.  I still don't have a job so it's a risky process.  I'm reluctant to commit to anywhere too far from the centre as I don't want to be lumbered with a killer commute.  Melissa has found a few ads and we set up some viewings.  First up is one in Nangang.  This is about as far east as you can get so I'm already unenthused.  The apartme</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-439865.html</link>
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                    <title>Buxiban street  another interview.</title>
                    <description> Knocking on doorsI39ve decided that the only way I39m going to find a job is by knocking on doors.  With every job on Tealit receiving dozens of applications from better qualified better looking people with North American accents I need to up my game a bit.  I knock up a three page brochure about moi which consists of a cover letter my cv and a letter of recommendation from my last scho</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-439839.html</link>
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                    <title>Neihu  worst place in Taipei</title>
                    <description>To all Neihu lovers please accept my apologies for the following.  It was written when I had only recently arrived in Taipei and was still getting my bearings.  The responses I39ve received to this post suggest that Melissa and I were not in fact in Neihu but in a neighbouring district.  I39m not changing the title of the post as that would affect the authenticity of the blog but am willing </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-434855.html</link>
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                    <title>Job hunting </title>
                    <description>Over the next couple of days there is a flurry of activity on the job front.  Melissa is offered a job by the lady she went to see over at Dazhi and I get called up by a school called Uncle Jason39s.  Aside from the name which is supposed to sound friendly but from my cynical viewpoint sounds like a perverted family member.  Anyway Irene from Uncle Jason assures me that they will sort out th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-434839.html</link>
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                    <title>Green noodles wet concrete tragedy and good news on the job front.</title>
                    <description>So the plan is to do job applications in the morning and explore the city during the afternoon. We now have a phone which is a godsend.  I take Melissa over to Taipei 101 where we discover Jason's supermarket in the basement which sells everything you could ever wish for Shillin night market where we eat the biggest fried chicken in the world and Taipei Main station where we finally try the d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-433272.html</link>
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                    <title>Peking Duck</title>
                    <description> I feel like I should credit this food blog that is directing us to such fantastic places as we explore the city.  If you're interested please go to httphungryintaipei.blogspot.com or if the link is stripped simply google a hungry girl's guide to Taipei.  This occasion takes us to a restaurant in Zhongshang near the Mitsukoshi department store called Celestial which lays claim to the best Pe</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-433264.html</link>
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                    <title>New apartment Melissa arrives and Mexican food</title>
                    <description>  Ok so a lot has happened since I last wrote anything on this site.  Melissa has finally arrived and we39ve moved to a bigger apartment. We39ve also eaten some fantastic food and explored some really cool parts of the city.  First the apartment.  Basically I had initially agreed to rent the studio from Martin for a month.  A couple of days before I arrived however he emailed me to let me k</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/Danshui/blog-433256.html</link>
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                    <title>Da'an park and Beitou hot springs.</title>
                    <description>Da39an ParkI39m starting to wake up at slightly more respectable time of day than I did when I first arrived.  The last couple of days it39s been around 930 so i39m feeling like less of a teenager.  Anyway when it39s 35 C outside being surrounded by concrete and constant traffic becomes pretty oppressive so I flick through the guidebook to see if I can escape from it all.  Da39a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-431022.html</link>
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                    <title>Shabu Shabu steam bowl buffet and greatest poster of all time</title>
                    <description>Today is all about food.  I've decided that i've not been eating properly and it's starting to affect my mood.  No more Big Macs for me at least not for a while.  I take a stroll over to Taipei Main Station stopping via Mr Donut to pick up one of the strawberry frosted variety.  This is just a quick snack to keep me going i'm not trying to pretend that this constitutes eating properly.  About ha</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-430184.html</link>
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                    <title>Highs and Lows</title>
                    <description>Despite what it says on my cv I39m a naturally pessimistic person prone to bouts of depression and sulking so it shouldn39t really come as a surprise that I39m finding things a little tough in Taiwan.  I used to quite relish my own company being free to do what I wanted when I wanted but since I met Melissa the last person I want to spend long periods of time with is myself.  She39s n</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/blog-429998.html</link>
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                    <title>The masterplan begins.</title>
                    <description>Wahey my first day in Taipei.  I wake up at 1130 having slept a near solid 12 hours.  Time to start work on the masterplan.  First things first I need a sim card.  I head out into the baking midday sun stopping to grab a rice triangle at the 711.  They had these things in Korea.  They come wrapped in seaweed that always comes off in the wrapping so you can39t eat it.  They39re an extremel</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Taiwan/Taipei/blog-429955.html</link>
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