Why, you may be asking, do I have all those receipts strewn across the table? Because it's time to check the receipt lottery, of course! And what is the receipt lottery? It's the Taiwan government's way of ensuring that merchants pay their taxes. They've given the consumer an incentive to demand a receipt for their purchases which means the transaction goes into the books, not under the table.

Here's how it works: Every receipt has an eight digit number printed on it and every other month three of those numbers are randomly drawn. You can win anywhere from NT$200 to NT$10,000,000, which sounds like a lot until you divide by 30 and realize it's less than US$7 to US$300,000. Still more than pocket change though!

So I dutifully save all my receipts, where they pile up in the desk drawer until the end of the odd numbered months. Then I sort them, cross my fingers and hope that I've got a match. And guess what?! Out of the 50 or so receipts I had two NT$200 winners!

Yes, the one on the left did come from pizza hut. What can I say, you can't watch football without pizza. And now I get to go down to the post office and collect my winnings. Maybe I'll treat my colleagues to a round of bubble tea!