Bob Lai

5 days ago | tawcan.com | Bob Lai

I have always enjoyed hearing from readers, whether it’s via comments or emails. Quite often, I learn a few things through these reader interactions and sometimes a blog post comes out as a result. That’s how the $360k dividend income/living off dividend post with Reader B got started – with a simple email exchange…Anyway, I received a few emails recently that had a similar tone. They went along the lines below:“Congratulations on getting sizable dividends.

1 week ago | tawcan.com | Bob Lai

Welcome to our latest monthly dividend income update! We have been doing these monthly updates since the birth of this blog to track our financial independence progress. It is our way of showing that it is possible to build up a sizable dividend portfolio over time that can generate sufficient dividend income to sustain our annual expenses and support our lifestyle.

2 weeks ago | tawcan.com | Bob Lai

Welcome to Part 3 and the final part of our 20-day Taiwan trip report. I hope you have enjoyed reading about our trip and seeing all the pictures so far. Visiting Taiwan for 20 days – our itinerary & experience (Part 1)Visiting Taiwan for 20 days – our itinerary & experience (Part 2)After 8 days in Taiwan, we visited Taipei and Jiaoxi and finally made our way to Taichung where we’d spend the next 7 days, visiting relatives, and celebrating the Lunar New Year.

3 weeks ago | tawcan.com | Bob Lai

Last week I shared the first three days of our Taiwan trip with a lot of pictures to give readers an idea of what our trip was about. Taiwan is very tourist-friendly and thus is a great place to visit. Visiting Taiwan for 20 days – our itinerary & experience (Part 1)Taiwan’s central location in Asia also makes it a great home base to use for travelling around Asia. For the first three days of the trip, we stayed in Beitou, a suburb of Taipei. Let’s pick up where we left off.

1 month ago | tawcan.com | Bob Lai

As many of you know, years ago I created the word Tawcan by combining Taiwan and Canada (it should have been Taican but that’s not very original for me so I changed it slightly). The word reflects my cultural background – Taiwanese Canadian. Thanks to work, I have been visiting Taiwan regularly since 2014, typically between one to three times a year. On the other hand, Mrs. T had only visited Taiwan twice and the kids only once.