Making Friends in Taiwan

Making friends in Taiwan. For the first year that I lived in Taiwan, I didn't have friends outside of work. So on the weekends I usually went to then it was Warner Village to hang out and watch movies or go to Ximen to get a massage. The good kind of massage, not the naughty kind.

The life I lived in Banciao in Taiwan was Home, Work, Home and Sleep. I ate in between those times, but it was usually get home at around 8 or 9 and then in bed by 11 or 12. It literally felt like I was living Groundhogs day.  The change came toward the end of my first year in Taiwan where I met a friend and she introduced me to Tina Khoe, the then president of CAPT. Tina and CAPT members saved me from a life of boredom and introduced me into a world of events, friends and connections and eventually meeting my wife.


I actually met my wife's friends through Oriented. Through her friends, my wife and I actually met at a friends house party, but that's a story for another day. Through CAPT and Oriented, i started making connections and making more and more friends.  By the end of my second year in Taiwan, I was on the in crowd of the events circuit in Taipei. I would go to wine tastings and trips to different parts of Taiwan that I wouldn't normally go to. It was pretty fun. There are other groups in the Taipei Organization sphere, but in my mind, CAPT and Oriented are the constants in events per month.

 I believe that CAPT and Oriented has enough of a difference that you could have friends from different groups. Everyone is different, and you'll have to play the organization field to make friends and keep them. Good Luck!