Regulars

Masthead

Letter from the Editor

From the Desk


Culture

The Tale of the Big, Big Pigs
By Doug Mitchell


Reflection

What It's Like to be Married to a Taiwanese Girl
By Andrew Crosthwaite


Toppers

Top Twenty Bizarre English Names in Taiwan
By Matt Gibson


Profile

An Interview with Cole Swanson
By Steve Williams


From the Road

Art in a Tropical Garden
By Ruth Kozak

Disabled and Displaced in Afghanistan
By Kloie Picot


Photofactual Essay

Kaohsiung Harbor
By Matt Gibson


Expresso Fiction

The Exile
By Chris Scott

Wages
By David Alexander

The Train People
By Albert Creak


The Homefront

The Taiwan Angels Tour for Toys"
By Matt Gibson

Walking in Taiwan
By Paul Andrew


Gettin' It Done

How to Get a Taiwanese Driver's License
By Sean Allingham


Comix

It's Just Not Cricket
By Whistlin' John Smith

Get Your War On
By David Rees

Poohat
By Leon

Bonus Web Features

Arabian Nights
By Marion Erskine

Best Friends
By Andrew Crosthwaite


Masthead

Publisher
漂流者出版社

Editor-in-Chief
Salvatore Paradisio
xpatmag@gmail.com

Managing Editor
Matt Gibson
xpatmatt@gmail.com

Assistant Editor
Paul Andrew
cheekytaiwan@yahoo.ca

Editor
Cindy Loo
taiwancindy@hotmail.com

Head Translator
Rebecca 蕭可欣
CrazyQstar8@hotmail.com

Assistant Translator
Emilie Warden
emiliewarden@hotmail.com

Sales Manager
Matt Gibson
xpatadvertising@gmail.com

Creative Director
Steve Williams
xpatpictures@hotmail.com

Head Designer
Annie Lin
cylin87@gmail.com

Web Design
Xpat Design
xpatdesign@gmail.com

Staff Photographers
Richard Matheson
Chris Scott www.exilephotography.com
Steven Vigar www.stevenvigar.com

Contributing Designers
Susan Butler www.brandcentraldesign.com
Tim Davis
Tessa Lennman
Brad MacDuff
Carl Westman

Ad Design
Xpat Design xpatdesign@gmail.com

Contributing Writers
David Alexander
Sean Allingham
Albert Creak
Andrew Crosthwaite
Ruth Kozak
Doug Mitchell
Kloie Picot
Steve Williams

Contributing Photographers
Kaid Ashton www.kaidashtonphotography.com
Ruth Kozak
Kloie Picot www.kloie.com
Doug Mitchell
Pawl English www.randomizedimages.com

Contributing Artists
Tim Davis
Leon poohat@gmail.com
Bridget O’Leary
Feras Qawasmi
David Rees www.getyourwaron.com
Whistlin’ John Smith

Corrections
In Volume 2 / Issue 1 / Spring 2007, the Beauty issue, we failed to credit Terry Williams as a contributing designer, and Lynn Beauchamp as the listings editors. Xpat would like to apologize for this oversight, as their work was very important to the issue.

Special Thanks To:
Shanwen for solid sales help in a time of need, Aniel for a much needed diplomatic and alcoholic connections from the Netherlands, Emilie for all the database input and translation help, and Rebecca for coming through in full bilingual force, Annie for steppin’ up as the new head designer, Brendon for coming on board to wrangle the web, and to all the future employees who will relieve me of my duties.

And, of course, thank you to all the xpat readers who’ve pitched in, helped out, encouraged me, put up with my bullshit and busyness, listened to me talk endlessly about the magazine and drone on with dark saggy eyes about ad sales and economic slumps over the past year and a half—I couldn’t have done it without you.

The views expressed within are the products of the creative insights of xpats into the nature of life, love, art and justice. They don’t necessarily reflect the views of Xpat Magazine, but have been created for us by our xpat brethren and deserve our respect.