Since I was just at the beach in Kenting (pronounced Ken-Ding) and the Taiwanese beach culture was presenting itself loud and clear, I present to you Taiwanese 101 - Beach Edition
You might be Taiwanese if you...
1) Think to yourself, "I'm going to the beach, better grab a jacket, scarf and umbrella."
2) You go to the beach. Stand and look at the beach. Stand and look at the ocean. Take pictures of the beach. Take pictures of the ocean. Laugh and point and exclaim at how amazing everything is. Then you leave. Why go in the amazing cool, refreshing, and clean water? That would be no fun.
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| This couple also adhered to Rule #5. It's just hard to tell in this photo. |
3) Live on a tropical island but don't know how to swim.
4) Live on a tropical island but refuse to go in water over your head.
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| This ladies were so funny! They kept posing for funny photos and would scream like little girls every time a tiny wave came in. The center woman is a prime example of Rule #6. What is she taking a photo of anyway? |
5) Go to the beach wearing a matching suit to your boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend, or all of your friends!
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| If you look closely you can see his swim trunks are the same pattern as her top. This is just only one of many examples. |
6) Heedlessly rush into the water while holding your digital camera, iphone, or ipad to photograph the shocking position of you in the ocean.
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7) Engage in the "Taiwanese selfie" by posing for a photo of yourself, most often involving one or two peace signs.
See above!
8) Use an old, brightly colored tractor to pull your jetski around the beach. (Trailer optional)
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9) Rush from the shade of your umbrella to take a photo in the sun and then scramble to get back into the shade, spending no more than 30 seconds in the sun.
10) Do science experiments on the beach (!?!?!?!)
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| She was at this for a good twenty minutes. I have no idea what she was doing but occasionally she would take a photo of whatever was in that little yellow scoop. |
I am sure I missed some but these are the trends I picked up in just two days at the beach!
Are you tanning your pale hide or trying to maintain your Pale Goddess status with the Taiwanese?
ReplyDeleteAttempting to maintain Pale Goddess status. I am learning to like the attention. I got very blatantly hit on the other day in broken English. There is a high entertainment factor to be sure.
ReplyDeleteI want to go vacation there! You and I could get all the men with our death warmed over skin color!
ReplyDeleteYour skin would draw them in but I think they would notice your height first. You would dwarf the majority of all people here. However, I've heard the population is slowing growing taller as their eating habits and access to appropriate nutrition (meat and milk) improves.
DeleteLove the tractor pulling the jetski! I assume that all the picture takers are people on vacation. The matchie matchie swimsuits is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on having pictures to go with these.
Ya know, you could have a "fill in the caption" contest on some of these photos...
ReplyDeleteYou sir, are absolutely right. I shall be implementing that as soon as I have some more goofy photos that would derive some funny captions! Thanks for the great idea Steve!
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