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The best gym (if you ask me) is Taipei gym. That's only cos all I want to do is work out though. If you want fancy salad bars, lights and hot chicks or guys to look at then California is the place for you. I have listened to plenty of scary stories about men comming into shower cubicles in California to hit on other guys or the shower curtains being peppered with peep holes [shudder]. Taipei gym has a special at this time, buy two years get one free. I believe two years costs a small fraction of a California membership too. Taipei gym locations are now Hsi-Men-Ding, Ba-Du road, and another branch on Shing-Shun South road (opposite Tai-Da university). As far as protein, the biggest supplier is behind California gym (Chung-Shiao-East road location) and I think is called "Power House". There you may also find other suppliments and accesories.
Taipei gym will do a better discount than most gyms, if you are buying from a gym directly though. A large tub of quality protein powder (various brands) will cost around 2,500nt. That covers most varieties. Costco offers the cheapest tubs, although I forgot the price, and the quality is said to be not so good, sometimes resulting in stomach ache after extended usage. The best brands can be found at Power House.





The community center has counseling services in English.

here are also quite a few doctors, including psychiatrists, who speak English quite well. Many were trained in Western schools, after all. There's a Dr. 萬芳榮 Wan4 Fang1rong2 at the 三軍總醫院 San3 Jun1 Zong3 Yi1yuan4 (triservices veteran's) hospital on 民權東路 Minquan and 成功路 Chenggong Sec. 2 in 內湖 Neihu, Taipei who is fluent in English; he's a psychiatrist who takes time to talk with patients. I'm sure he'll help prescribe Zoloft for you if you tell him you're responding well to it and would like to continue on the same medication.

The phone number for making appointments is 8792-3311; the extensions for reservations and the help desk respectively are 88037 and 88125. You might need a local to help you make the call.

If you end up in Gaoxiong, try the Veterans' General there and ask for Dr. Lu4 Ti, 陸悌. This is a 2nd hand recommendation, so I can't vouch for him.