Die Weatherman, die!

German, Deutsch: Taiwan, substropische Heimat naturverbundener Menschen in idylischer Umgebung [hysterisches Gelächter vom Band]. So, erstmal vom Hustenreiz vom Dachspaziergang in der zähen, feuchten Suppe erholen (Taipei-Jonghe). Laut Wetterdienst war das ein sonniges Wochenende und nicht die feuchte Drecksuppe die wir hatten, die mein Treppenhaus mit einem paranormalen Wiedergänger-Wasserfilm überzogen hat, der einfach nicht wegzufischen war respektive nach 1 Stunde wie eine Blutlache im Geisterfilm immer wieder kam. Bei zwei komplett eingefeuchteten Stockwerken ist das weniger lustig. Inklusive dem "Technikdepotraum". Na ja, der PC darin war eh schon mal wegen der Nässe explodiert.

English:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/03/15/2003468082

This was supposed to be a sunny weekend! And what did I get? Thunder, fog and rain. Without heating, that slippery tiny stone stair of ours was always covered with a moisture film. Moisture as in "a horde of school kids with wet feet and hair just trampled over the floor". Wet as in river Kwai. I washed it away, it came back. Everywhere wet foot prints. Wait a minute, what did you say? That was a ghost from the nearby lake? Holy friggin stinky dofu stand, I will investigate this. Where to get a crucifix here in Asia....?

Cold in Taiwan

In November it gets quite cold in Taiwan. Although even December or January temperature almost never falls below 10 degrees Celsius, this feels very cold in an average Taiwan apartment, because they have these slide windows, which are not totally proof and they have NO HEATING at home. So I found myself freezing at 10 degrees on my sofa in living room with a cold wind rushing through. Thank goodness we moved into a new house now with wind tight windows and we even have an air condition, which can be run in reverse mode to blow the warm air into the room. But as this costs a lot of power, I don't use it so often. Using air condition against summer heat is much more socially acceptable in Taiwan than to "waste" power for fighting the cold. And my wife is Taiwanese... The Taiwan branch of a German heater manufacturer had, without any approval from their German head quarter (they didn't even know about it) posted the following Hitler heating add in Taipei in 1999, which I have censored here not to make trouble to the company. They were totally embarrassed when they learned about this ad and made their Taiwan branch take it off the streets again. The text says "fight the cold front" or something like that. Dammit, they even had their company name on his arm binder (or however you call that in English) instead of the swastica. BTW, this is the first post where I cannot be sure if i can post it in my German blog without trouble, as depictions of Hitler often make lawyers and the DA rush in in Germany. We should pay back and have an ad with Chiang Kai Shek for hair growth meds I guess. Although the Green Party here would like that...