Sunday 31 January 2021

Grocery shopping in the UK: the epidemic episode

What could be the biggest essential fun during long-term lockdown? For many people living in the UK, the answer may be visiting supermarkets under movement restrictions. In fact, it is enjoyable to shop in different types of British supermarket chains.

According to YouGov Survey, the most five popular supermarket chains in the UK are: Morrisons, Lidl, M&S, Aldi and Tesco; and the 6 to 10 places are Asda, Tesco Express, Sainsbury, The Co-operation and Iceland. It is reasonable to assume that if a supermarket offers great ranges of grocery with acceptable and satisfactory quality, affordable price and regular promotions, then it would win the top one place in the vote.

By creating a supermarket-themed Facebook Page, some Taiwanese people living in the UK have regularly shared good stuffs that they discover in different local supermarkets, normally, they recommend food and cooking ingredients. For many immigrants, experiencing the exotic food in the destination country on the one hand, and occasionally DIY homeland cuisine on the other hand, which is good way to treat homesickness. 

Rice pudding is one of my favourites

Desserts are highly recommended, especially M&S choices

Different from Taiwan, some British supermarkets incorporate with a larger financial system to provide not only food but also bank and mobile service and petrol filling, such as Morrisons and Tesco. Marks and Spencer once wanted to expand their international business in Taiwan, which first store opened in the Southern port city Kaohsiung and two stores in metro Taipei area in 2007. However, after just 14 months, they decided to pull out all the stores in Taiwan due to the disappointing performance. 

M & S at York

Nevertheless, in the UK, Marks and Spencer is listed on my top three most favourite supermarkets, another two stores are Waitrose and Sainsbury are also appealing to me because each of them rolls out special selections of different products, including supermarket-owned brand and other selected products. 



Since the 'GoodfoodUK' FB page has gradually popular among Taiwanese migrants in the UK, especially during UK national lockdown, and reached over 10, 000 members today, I herein introduce it for your inference. 

FB: GoodfoodUK

什麼會在長期疫情封鎖期間最大的樂趣呢?對於許多住在英國的人來說也許是在行動限制情形下去逛超市。事實上, 在不同類型的英國連鎖超市購物是非常愉快的。 

根據YouGov Survey的調查,英國最受歡迎的五個連鎖超市是:MorrisonLidlMSAldiTesco。排名第610的分別是AsdaTesco ExpressSainsburyThe Co-operationIceland

可以合理地假設一家超市如果能提供的雜貨種類繁多,質量令人滿意,價格可承受且定期促銷的話,將贏得投票的第一名。

一些居住在英國的台灣人已透過立以超市為主題的Facebook網頁,定期分享在不同超市中發現的好東西,通常是食物和烹飪原料。對許多移民而言,一方面體驗移民國當地異國文化,偶而動手作家鄉菜也是一種治療思鄉病的好方法 

與台灣不同,一些英國超級市場採用了更大的金融體系,不僅提供食物,而且還提供銀行和移動服務以及加油服務,例如MorrisonsTescoMarks and Spencer曾經想擴大在台灣的國際業務,該公司於2007年在南部港口城市高雄開設了第一家商店,並在台北都會區開設了兩家商店。但是,在短短14個月後,他們決定撤出台灣的所有商店。由於令人失望的表現。 

不過,在英國,馬莎百貨是我最喜歡的三大超市之一,另外兩家是Waitrose 以及Sainsbury,它們對我也很有吸引力,因為它們各自都會推出特別選擇的不同產品,包括超市自有品牌和其他精選產品。 

由於“ GoodfoodUK FB已在英國的台灣移民中逐漸流行,特別是在英國全國封鎖期間,如今已達10,000個成員,因此在此介紹一下以供您參考。

https://www.facebook.com/groups/goodfooduk

Sunday 3 January 2021

A free rapid-result Covid-19 test before school reopen

COVID-19 became a pandemic in March 2020. Having suffering from long-period lockdown, for many people, new year message for 2021 is ‘back to normal’. 

As schools in the UK are to reopen next week, many schools have offered rapid-result Covid-19 tests before students and staffs return to the campus. It’s free and everyone who plans to enter the school buildings or socialise with their pupils is suggested to do so.   

Why? The Healthline media (2020) reported that about 80 percent of the UK's Covid-19 patients have no symptoms. They’re called ‘asymptomatic carriers’ and can still spread Covid-19 virus. Therefore, even though you feel pretty well, you might be one of them. That’s why Covid-19 test is so important before returning to schools.  

We are tired of lockdown life and don’t want this war endless, so the first thing on my New Year Resolution is getting a Covid-19 test to make sure my anti-Covid19 strategy is so far so right. So this afternoon, I have done the test and after two hours I received the result via email and text from NHS, which is negative. 

Keep safe and keep fighting! Only be cooperated, then we can fight against Covid-19 effectively. 

Book a time slot first


Trained staff on site help me register and proceed the test

Read the guide before test 


Got the result within 2 hours 



開學前COVID-19檢測

COVID-1920203月成為大流行病。由於長期封鎖,對於許多人來說,想想給2021年的新訊息是“恢復正常”。

由於英國學校將於下週重新開放,許多學校在學生和教職員工返回校園之前提供了快速有結果的Covid-19測試。它是免費的,建議要計劃進入學校建築物或與同學進行社交活動的每個人都去測試。 

為什麼? Healthline媒體(2020年)報導說,英國約80%的Covid-19患者沒有症狀。 它們被稱為“無症狀攜帶者”,並且仍然可以傳播Covid-19病毒。 因此,即使您感覺很好,您也可能是其中之一。 這就是為什麼Covid-19測試在返回學校之前如此重要的原因。 

我們已經厭倦了封鎖生活,不想讓這場戰爭無休止,所以我的“新年新志願”的第一件事就是進行Covid-19測試,以確保到目前為止我的抗Covid19策略是正確的。 因此,今天下午,我已經完成了測試,兩個小時後,我通過NHS的電子郵件和傳簡訊收到了測試結果,結果是陰性。 

保持安全並繼續戰鬥! 只有合作,我們才能有效對抗Covid-19