Taiwanese news, again

Taiwanese Silverlight

Not to be outdone by Nanami, Taiwan's Microsoft has introduced their own version of Silverlight.

http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/default.htm


http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/resources.htm


http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/mission.htm


via Hachima

Live action Hayate no Gotoku...in Taiwan?

Taiwan?

More Taiwanese News

Who is making these!?

THE SEQUEL TO THE NUMBER ONE GOOGLE RESULT FOR "ikusat"

[22:19] <ikusat> so one of my friends is in japan for an exchange program
[22:19] <Aya-Shameimaru> aren't we all
[22:19] <ikusat> friend: there's this taiwanese guy who thinks he's a hotshot at japanese in the program w
[22:19] <ikusat> friend: and he's decent too
[22:19] <ikusat> me: punch him in the face
[22:19] <ikusat> friend: except that all his t are d...
[22:19] <ikusat> me: GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY
[22:19] <ikusat> me: there's a very obvious difference between t and d
[22:19] <ikusat> friend: i actually didn't really believe you until i heard him speak w
[22:19] <ikusat> friend: it was like mata ne
[22:19] <ikusat> friend: and he's like mada ne
[22:19] <ikusat> friend: and i was like lolwut
[22:19] <Aya-Shameimaru> LMAO
[22:19] <Aya-Shameimaru> oh ffs

Japanese in Taiwan :V

<ikusat> goddamn fucking taiwan tv
<ikusat> they're like japanese fanboys
<sibladeko> I thought everyone knew Taiwanese were more wannabe Japanese than anyone else :V
<ikusat> well
<ikusat> lots of americans are pretty wannabe
<ikusat> see: shrimemaiden probably
<ikusat> but ugh, tv has all these people trying to speak japanese, and doing it badly
<sibladeko> I'm not exactly sure that's wannabe-ism. More like home-grown gayness with a JP flag planted in the field.
<ikusat> for some reason no one here can pronounce stuff like ta, ka, and stuff
<sibladeko> TW though is yeah...
<sibladeko> ahahaha.
<ikusat> like if you're looking at the hiragana, you gotta add the quote things
<ikusat> so that becomes da, ga
<ikusat> so just like american fanboys, taiwanese people like to use baka
<ikusat> but it comes out as baga
<sibladeko> it's all bopomofo's fault
<sibladeko> lulz
<ikusat> no, it's not
<ikusat> there are equivalent sounds in chinese too
<ikusat> there's a sound for ta, ka etc
<ikusat> there's almost nothing you can't pronounce in japanese using chinese sounds
<ikusat> but they always do the vocalized? form of it
<ikusat> so the latest commercial is a girl saying over and over again
<ikusat> itadakimasu
<ikusat> but due to her being taiwanese it's
<ikusat> idadagimasu
<Kilvear> =V
<sibladeko> :V
<sibladeko> that's rather...
<Kilvear> why i wished i didn't know that
<sibladeko> that's really weird, considering there ARE equivalent sounds all over the place (TA DE PINGYING HEN CA) and shit :V
<ikusat> right
<ikusat> that's why i don't understand why this happens
<ikusat> they like using an english word that japanese people stole
<ikusat> so japanese take match and turn it into macchi
<ikusat> fair enough right?
<ikusat> oh taiwanese go oh look japanese wordd
<ikusat> and it's now maji
<ikusat> and they're like maji! maji!
<sibladeko> :V
<ikusat> and i'm like sure, i'm serious? what
<Kilvear> omg
<Kilvear> please stop
<ikusat> the pain will never stop
<Kilvear> you are killing me here.
<ikusat> it annoys me to no end
<Kilvear> STOP!!
<ikusat> and they always mix in the japanese words with the chinese ones
<ikusat> like
<ikusat> hong dou bing bang ijiban sugi!!!
<ikusat> then they have a dub of denpa otoko or something?
<ikusat> KIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
<sibladeko> ...
<sibladeko> oh ffs
<sibladeko> that's horrid. :V
<ikusat> it sounds worse than it looks
<sibladeko> you'd think since they were occupied they'd speak it better
<ikusat> i don't understand why they pronounce it wrong though
<ikusat> just no reason to
<sibladeko> intentional localization mixed with ignorance maybe?
<sibladeko> like let's make it ours!
<sibladeko> or something :V
<ikusat> yeah but
<ikusat> i just don't see why it happens
<ikusat> the sounds are obviously different
<ikusat> but they ignore that for some reason
<Kilvear> wtf is KIDA!?
<ikusat> kita
<ikusat> the whole kita-----------( ' v ' )----------!!! thing
<Kilvear> iku you got to stop
<ikusat> can't actually type it because lol trillian
<Kilvear> http://shanachan.konosutekinabasho.net/cosplay/src/1152697940285.jpg
<Kilvear> this is KITA!
<ikusat> if you go to taiwan
<ikusat> make sure to add " everywhere
<ikusat> otherwise they won't understand you
<Kilvear> add what?
<ikusat> whatever turns ta to da
<ikusat> and so on
<ikusat> doujida? aaa??? gorrrra
<sibladeko> idadagimasu i tried saying that and it just wouldn't come out that way
<ikusat> i can say it because i don't actually speak japanese
<Kilvear> =V
<ikusat> but i know it's wrong
* Kilvear bangs his head against the wall
<ikusat> dadaima! ogaeri

Taiwan 101

Greetings from Taiwan fools. Anyway I'll have pictures and whatever up. Turns out one of my cousins (he's already graduated) plays ro...a pity I don't have his password to see his characters. Anyway you know what's fun?

Waiting four hours inside an airplane to take off cause JFK is completely rained out. That's fun. I managed to beat bomberman in my supreme boredom. It also screwed up our transfer flight so we got to stay in Japan for one day free. Cept we had to wake up at 6am and we got there at like 10pm so there wasn't that much to do. I just took dorky pictures anyway of stupid things.

Taiwan is hot. Not humid though, which is good and makes the heat somewhat variable. The food is good we went to the former president's favorite dumpling house.

Anyway it has come to my attention that my grad cousin bots. That's why his computer is DAMN SLOW NOW CAUSE HE'S RUNNING THREE AT A TIME. Haha oh geez what can I say in broken Chinese that indicates "You suck."

edit: what the fuck blogger? you still didn't post this? I swear I published this.

RECOUNT!

Taiwanese Recount

Well bloody hell that's NOT what I wanted to read when I woke up. Anyway the opposition party is demanding a recount etc. annul the election etc. When you have 11 times the margin of victory of invalid votes, shits going to fly.

The opposition party did bring up a real winner though, by saying that the shooting might have been staged to garner support for the existing president. Who knows?

ELECTION

And so right now, the Taiwanese elections are going on. In case you do not know about Taiwan/Chinese politics, the two countries maintain a very delicate status with each other. Taiwan sort of hangs around and hides behind the USA fleet and ignores China, while China continually says it owns Taiwan but NEVER actually makes good on that statement. They do however point a ton of missiles in the island's general direction. So basically what everyone argues about is who gets bragging rights, i.e. what the official status is. For all intents and purposes, Taiwan's already independant. Just if it SAYS it is independant, China gets all surly, abusive parent style.

History wise, it's the leftovers of an elaborate tango with Japan. Japan in WW2 went basically apeshit on its area of Asia, and so after it withdrew, it "forgot" to say "We return Taiwan to China." More like they let the island's citizens sort of decide for themselves. This is why Taiwan's status is not recognized, cause China keeps whining about their former property.

Anyway, the current president of Taiwan, Chen Shui-Bian, is getting all combative and bringing up the topic of independance again, while the opposition party is basically going the appeasement route. He and the VP were also shot. Now the interesting thing to me is how the investigation could have so quickly ruled out China's involvement OR political motive in the shooting. They don't have the shooters, how could they know!

*Footnotes*
From what I gather, Taiwanese view the Japanese occupation as actually MORE tolerable than when the Chinese held the island, which is why there is a marked LACK of anti Japanese feeling. You will not find this in Korea, who seems to be still bitter about their occupation, or China, considering Japan FUCKED up China really badly. (The rape of Nanking is all you need to read about.)