Koolan Posted February 19, 2006 at 03:57 AM Posted February 19, 2006 at 03:57 AM Drunk drivers in Taiwan can now choose their penalty: Pay a fine or play mahjong with the elderly. Petty criminals in Taiwan are increasingly being handed a variety of civil duties rather than serving time in prison or cleaning the streets, said Hsu Yi-ling, an official at the Taoyuan Prosecutors Office in northern Taiwan. Playing the popular Chinese tile game of mahjong with token money has taught offenders to love and care for the elderly, Hsu said. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2006...1446257-ap.html what a penalty Quote Please support the forum by ordering through our Amazon.com referral link below. Click here to go to the Amazon homepage.
Bellamy Posted February 19, 2006 at 04:24 AM Posted February 19, 2006 at 04:24 AM play mahjong with the elderly. Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
Clari Posted February 19, 2006 at 09:01 AM Posted February 19, 2006 at 09:01 AM LMAO That game must be really boring, I'd probably pay the fine. Quote http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/CelineSmiles/hamster.gif CLARiSSA Xxx... "Music touches every sense. It can move you to tears, bring joy to your heart, stir sexual passion, evoke memories, and prompt physical responses of all kinds." -Benoît Jutras
Mozinha Posted February 19, 2006 at 09:12 AM Posted February 19, 2006 at 09:12 AM I actually like to play this game Quote http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v487/welovecelinedion/howcute5gv2.jpghttp://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10501;104/st/20080413/e/my+graduation/dt/4/k/f5ff/event.png "And really - isn't NOT caring about what others think of you the hallmark of a cool person?"
nano Posted February 19, 2006 at 10:41 AM Posted February 19, 2006 at 10:41 AM Quote "Today, I’m a person on a path of connecting with my source and understanding that I am on the leading edge of creation.."
Célinefull Posted February 19, 2006 at 10:47 AM Posted February 19, 2006 at 10:47 AM MAHJONG IS THE COOLEST! Quote http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7108/ziegfieldgirlbanner.jpg
Bellamy Posted February 19, 2006 at 11:48 AM Posted February 19, 2006 at 11:48 AM LMAO That game must be really boring, I'd probably pay the fine. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Mahjong is not boring at all. It's a game kind of like Poker. People can play it for many hours and still want to play.BTW, how you guys play Mahjong? Can you read CHinese on it? Or you have English version Mahjong? Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
vallier Posted February 19, 2006 at 02:28 PM Posted February 19, 2006 at 02:28 PM lol!!! why i didn't know this at all!!!! it's very fuuny to hear strange things about your country and you know nothing about it... so i did a little research... okay. it's in today's news. so it's real but there're some minor differences... it's like a social service for those who are sentenced "prosecuted later" (sorry, know little about the legal terms...)... and there's no mentioning of choosing between paying the penalty and playing mahjong. (but it could be true. if you cross the red light here, you can choose a 10US fine or a 1-hour (or 2?) "road crossing safty" lesson.... but actually now everyone here crosses the red light, so.... haha) and it's not for the whole taiwan, it's a plan in Taoyuan Prosecutors office... i doubt if drunken driver can choose that... since it's not a "petty crime" (there's no mentioning of this in the news i found either) drunken driving get really serious here in taiwan. so many people died from this.... maybe what they mean is those who don't pass the "alcohol test" when driving. not those who really cause accidents... haha.. it's fun though.... the news i found (in traditional chinese):http://www.ttv.com.tw/news/html/095/02/095...2164403203I.htm Quote
vallier Posted February 19, 2006 at 02:31 PM Posted February 19, 2006 at 02:31 PM oh and by the way, mahjong should be very very fun!!though it's really complicated for me.... you have to invest time on playing it as well! Quote
Koolan Posted February 19, 2006 at 07:28 PM Author Posted February 19, 2006 at 07:28 PM many older Asian people play mahjong for money here. I've never played it before, not really into these thinking games. In the US, we refer to crossing the red light as "jay walking" so many do it that no one cares even though you could be fined. Quote Please support the forum by ordering through our Amazon.com referral link below. Click here to go to the Amazon homepage.
Celine-Express Posted February 20, 2006 at 12:30 AM Posted February 20, 2006 at 12:30 AM ok Quote Encore un soir..Encore une heure..Encore une larme de bonheur..Un soir..
Célinefull Posted February 20, 2006 at 06:19 AM Posted February 20, 2006 at 06:19 AM lol, it's the same here, Bellamy. Quote http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7108/ziegfieldgirlbanner.jpg
Bellamy Posted February 20, 2006 at 07:27 AM Posted February 20, 2006 at 07:27 AM lol, it's the same here, Bellamy.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> good to know you learn some Chinese words from Mahjong. Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
Krys Posted February 20, 2006 at 10:41 AM Posted February 20, 2006 at 10:41 AM lol, it's the same here, Bellamy.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> good to know you learn some Chinese words from Mahjong. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bellamy, although i am Chinese, i do not know how to read i know what is north and south and those stuff but i dont shout the pong or the kong or whatever it is i must go and learn from my great-aunt Quote
Koolan Posted February 20, 2006 at 11:19 PM Author Posted February 20, 2006 at 11:19 PM lol, it's the same here, Bellamy.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> good to know you learn some Chinese words from Mahjong. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bellamy, although i am Chinese, i do not know how to read i know what is north and south and those stuff but i dont shout the pong or the kong or whatever it is i must go and learn from my great-aunt <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can't read or write either but I could speak it Quote Please support the forum by ordering through our Amazon.com referral link below. Click here to go to the Amazon homepage.
Krys Posted February 21, 2006 at 07:38 AM Posted February 21, 2006 at 07:38 AM lol, it's the same here, Bellamy.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> good to know you learn some Chinese words from Mahjong. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bellamy, although i am Chinese, i do not know how to read i know what is north and south and those stuff but i dont shout the pong or the kong or whatever it is i must go and learn from my great-aunt <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can't read or write either but I could speak it <{POST_SNAPBACK}> same here. we are all bananas!!! Quote
bobo Posted February 24, 2006 at 10:14 AM Posted February 24, 2006 at 10:14 AM lol~mahjong is really an interesting game!my parents usually spend a whole night playing it. rules are different among different regions. i think rules in Taiwan are more complicated than ours in Shanghai. HK's may be the most complicated ones. what about yours, bellamy? but i wonder if you knew the mahjong game before? Quote 海綿寶寶又快來了*___________*
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