Archive for August, 2006
I spent the afternoon in Sears at the Ala Moana Mall, searching out an aloha shirt for my older brother who recently moved to Honolulu. The shirts ranged in quality and price, but I had heard from various friends that Sears was a good place to find aloha shirts. I consulted as many locals as […]
Meeting recently with Ching, I learned that online payments with credit cards are quite common in Taiwan, especially on sites such as PCHome and books.com. Second to online payments are payments made at local 7-11s. Ching mentioned this method of payment requires vendors to give as much as a 30% cut to 7-11. Ouch.
According to […]