Pigeon's Foreign Service
Planning a trip, moving to Taiwan, already here and stuck, or picking a language school? I've made every mistake so you don't have to.
American immigrant in Taiwan 🇺🇸🇹🇼
Hi, I'm 小貝
XiaoBei, a.k.a. Pigeon: your weird foreign friend who lives in Taiwan. I make short videos about learning Mandarin, rating 7-Eleven snacks and popsicles, and figuring out Taipei one mistake at a time. I also help newcomers land on their feet, sell t-shirts for fellow language learners, and publish exactly how much all of it pays.
Links
T-Shirts
Shirts for Mandarin learners: 對牛彈琴, 摸魚, "My Chinese is bad", and 70-odd other designs on Etsy. Ships worldwide.
YouTube
141 videos of a weird foreigner learning Taiwan the hard way. Popsicle reviews included.
19K friends and counting. POV clips, 7-Eleven finds, and Mandarin fails, daily.
Buy me a 大冰美
A large iced Americano keeps the videos coming. Every cup shows up in the ledger below, so you can watch your coffee turn into content.
Pigeon Earns
Open-source income. Every dollar I make as a creator in Taipei, where it came from, updated as it happens.
Nobody tells you what a small creator in Taiwan actually makes. So here's mine, all of it. Tap a slice or a bar to dig in.
🚧 Sample numbers for now. Real ones coming soon.
Earned so far
NT$202,800
Latest month
NT$41,600
Aug 2026
Months tracked
12
Biggest source
🗺️ Tour guiding
50% of everything
Month by month
Where it comes from
✨ Everything
NT$202,800
NT$16,900 per month on average
Tap a source to see its story.
Show the raw numbers
| Month | 🗺️ Tour guiding | ▶️ YouTube | 📸 Instagram ads | 🧋 Coffee donations | 👕 T-shirt sales | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | – | – | – | NT$300 | – | NT$300 |
| Oct 2025 | – | – | – | NT$600 | NT$450 | NT$1,050 |
| Nov 2025 | NT$3,000 | – | – | NT$900 | NT$800 | NT$4,700 |
| Dec 2025 | NT$6,000 | NT$400 | – | NT$1,500 | NT$2,200 | NT$10,100 |
| Jan 2026 | NT$4,500 | NT$750 | – | NT$1,200 | NT$900 | NT$7,350 |
| Feb 2026 | NT$9,000 | NT$1,100 | NT$5,000 | NT$2,100 | NT$1,300 | NT$18,500 |
| Mar 2026 | NT$7,500 | NT$1,600 | – | NT$1,800 | NT$1,100 | NT$12,000 |
| Apr 2026 | NT$12,000 | NT$2,300 | NT$8,000 | NT$2,400 | NT$1,700 | NT$26,400 |
| May 2026 | NT$10,500 | NT$2,900 | – | NT$2,000 | NT$1,500 | NT$16,900 |
| Jun 2026 | NT$15,000 | NT$3,800 | NT$12,000 | NT$3,300 | NT$2,600 | NT$36,700 |
| Jul 2026 | NT$18,000 | NT$4,200 | – | NT$2,900 | NT$2,100 | NT$27,200 |
| Aug 2026 | NT$16,500 | NT$4,600 | NT$15,000 | NT$3,100 | NT$2,400 | NT$41,600 |
| Total | NT$102,000 | NT$21,650 | NT$40,000 | NT$22,100 | NT$17,050 | NT$202,800 |