Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Monthly archive October, 2018
Vlog #8: Cancer Kills, Department Store Anniversaries and Sugarcane Straws!

Vlog #8: Cancer Kills, Department Store Anniversaries and Sugarcane Straws!

This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some of the fun aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week, we chat about major causes of death in...Continue reading
ICRT Vlog #7: YouTube Outage, Taiwanese Art at the Louvre (羅浮宮) and Savory Tapioca Pearls (珍珠)!

ICRT Vlog #7: YouTube Outage, Taiwanese Art at the Louvre (羅浮宮) and Savory Tapioca Pearls (珍珠)!

This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some of the fun aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week, we chat about being robbed of YouTube, Taiwanese...Continue reading
Kaohsiung Rails Go Underground

Kaohsiung Rails Go Underground

Residents across downtown Kaohsiung awoke on Sunday to an unfamiliar silence. After roughly seven decades, the sights and sounds Taiwan Rail Administration – or TRA – trains are history … after the completion of a near-decade-long project. From New Zuoying to Fongshan, Kaohsiung TRA train lines now run underground, freeing the city from noise and...Continue reading
Vlog #6: Double Ten Day, Chow Yun Fat (周潤發) and 2019 New Years Eve Fireworks!

Vlog #6: Double Ten Day, Chow Yun Fat (周潤發) and 2019 New Years Eve Fireworks!

This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some of the fun aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week, we chat about Double Ten festivities, thirst trap...Continue reading
English in the News--Tit for Tat 以牙還牙,一報還一報

English in the News–Tit for Tat 以牙還牙,一報還一報

  Tit for tat: (n.) an equivalent given in return (as for an injury); retaliation in kind; something bad that you do to someone because they have done something bad to you 以牙還牙;同等報復 A tit-for-tat action (Adj.用法) is one where someone takes revenge on another person for what they have done by doing something similar to them. 以相似手法回敬別人,一報還一報 Examples: 1) He...Continue reading
Vlog #5: Biting Camels, Marathon Waste and Pokemon GO Safari Zone!!

Vlog #5: Biting Camels, Marathon Waste and Pokemon GO Safari Zone!!

This is our new ICRT Vlog where we cover some more interesting aspects of news, lifestyle, happenings and entertainment in Taiwan. Now we get to kick back and relax and talk about some of the more trendy and hip things going on around the island! This week, we chat about a camel that gets a mouthful,...Continue reading