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Wan An Taipei 晚安台北

Life in Taipei, Taiwan. The writer tells you what"s new and what"s interesting to find out while living in this city. The best thing is: Learn Chinese easily!!

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CNN TÜRK brings you a special report on Taiwan

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2015/09/04

(Photo source: CNN TÜRK)A couple of weeks ago I heard from my Turkish teacher that there would be a CNN TÜRK special on Taiwan in 4 parts. The show is going introduce many different aspects of Taiwanese culture.I missed the first two episodes but fortunately all episodes are available onCNN TÜRK's website. Go visit and learn about Taiwan! Birkaç hafta önce Türkçe hocam CNN TÜRK'te tayvan hakkında toplam 4 bölümden oluşan bir program olacağını söyledi. Bu program Tayvan kültürünün pek çok

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Fun Taiwan! 瘋台灣 with Janet Hsieh, our beloved...

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2015/08/02

Hi there! 大家好！ "Fun Taiwan 瘋台灣" is a much-praised and favored local travel program here in Taiwan. The host,Janet Hsieh (謝怡芬), is much praised for her sweetness, wits, and bravery for taking challenges and introducing Taiwan with here untamed heart. Born and raised in Texas, not to mention also an MIT alumnus, Janet came to Taiwan to see her parents's homeland. She quickly adopted the culture here and visited nearly all corners of the island. To me, she has become our girl-next-door and the best

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I'm in New York!

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2007/10/08

After some intensive traveling across the globe, I am currently settling in New York for a while. Later this year, I will continue on my journey across the country (by plane :P). Join me if you like for the first-hand news from the big apple, along with my thoughts in Chinese, too. (I somehow need to do more Chinese stuff)Go to: wanannewyork.blogspot.comFeel free to comment in Chinese if you like! I found when I try to write in a foreign language, that's REALLY when I start to learn, about grammar

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MJN Podcast cross-over

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2007/03/02

Well, in case you forgot, I have another (amongst others) blog MyJapaneseNote.blogspot.com regarding my Japanese learning practice. It's purely for fun. If you are interested, you may check it out. I've attached "cross-over" podcast for your interest. The original post is here.Comments are always welcome. That's it!Last but not least, I hope you all enjoyed your Chinese New Year if you have been celebrating it. I just bought a new Logitech USB Headset 250 today and it's working hand-in-hand with my

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Chinese Zodiac Signs

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2007/02/16

As I was reading today's newspaper, it asked a few questions and some holiday solutions to this coming Chinese New Year. Here are few questions:"Do you know why people celebrate the Chinese New Year? What are some of the traditions surrounding the holiday? Can you name the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac? Do you even know what year this is in the lunar calendar? What are some of the poplar phrases and Chinese New Year salutations you'll hear?" (source: The China Post)Well, in case you didn't

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apple = peaceful

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2007/02/12

During the Chinese New Year, there are some phrases that you should say in order to bring good luck and fortune. "Gōng xĭ fā cái(恭喜發財)" is the ultimate phrase you should say. I say it to EVERYBODY including the taxi driver or even the cashier at the convenience store.Now, another symbol we use for the CNY is the apple(蘋果/ㄆ一ㄥ2 ㄍㄨㄛ3/píng guŏ). Because 蘋(píng) is pronounced same as 平(píng), which means peaceful. Therefore, people decorate their homes with apples and eat them in hopes to bring a

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Chinese New Year is Coming

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2007/02/10

In less than a week time comes the Chinese New Year!!I can hardly wait! Lately I found that not just me, but most of my Taiwanese friends are not in the mood for work. We're all keen on the coming annual holiday. (of course, and the annual BONUS too.. but not me...sob!) Due to the extra month from last year, the CNY comes almost 1 month late compared to last year. It falls on 18 February this year but the holiday should begin by the 17th, 除夕(chu2 xi4, new year's eve), when families gather and have

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Happy Anniversary & Happy New Year!

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/12/30

Wow, I can't believe I've got spammed on my site about two weeks ago. It's so low. Just low...Other than that, I want to celebrate the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of this fantastic (and slow!) homepage! I love telling stories and yet I haven't managed to write some interesting stuff (nor educational ones), so shame on me!! (ah~!) But according to BBC news the average update period of an "active" blog is within 3 months... so I'm pretty... um... somewhat... active! (haha)Other than that, I took my Japanese

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Review: Wah-Wah (Richard E. Grant, 2006)

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/11/20

Wah-Wah (Richard E. Grant, 2006) This was the first film that I watched during the Golden Horse Film Festival. Swaziland, a former-Brit-Colony was being handed over its autonomy for independence at the end of 60s. This is the era when a lot of British government officials or representatives were facing a big change of their lives, and so for their offspring. Based on the true story of Richard E. Grant, a brilliant English actor, raised and educated in South Africa (is he considered South African

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Herzlich Willkommen bei Wan An Taipei

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/10/28

With my buddy's help, a new promo is completed! It goes something like this:"...Wie Sie vielleicht schon wissen, bedeutet ,,Wan An" soviel wie guten Abend oder gute Nacht...."Download the new promo here (available now!!)Vielen Danke, Jan!

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2006 Golden Horse Film Festival (Nov 10-24)

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/10/28

At last, the long awaited Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival(2006台北金馬影展) will begin from November 10th to 24th, a full two-week film carnival. This year it's going to be held in Taipei Shing Kong Cineplex. It's somewhat the equivalent to Cannes or Berlin film fest in Taiwan showcasing some of the best (if not all) films in the world ranging from Krzysztof Zanussi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Peter Greenway, Francois Ozon, Asian, Russian, Hungarian, French, German, animation, short films, experimental films,

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A Big Hello to HC Friends

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/08/07

I'm a member of such group called Hospitality Club where people from all over the world can meet up and reach out a hand to those who also enjoy traveling and learning about different cultures. Thanks a lot, guys and gals!!I just wanna say a big Hi to my new friends at HC who are generously reaching out their hands to help the poor me (literaly!) :-PStarting from Wednesday, I'll be off to Greece and then Germany to visit my good friends and meeting up with my long-tern pen pal since 1998. It's going

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6th Night: Learning a Foreign Language /...

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/07/26

Night 6: I'm back! I've finally got the chance to sit down and gather my thoughts for this episode. It might not be as what you expected but I think I deserve to express my own opinions regarding language learning. After all, I am a teacher of foreign language and also learning a third (or fourth? fifth?) foreign language myself.第六晚: 我回來了! 我終於有機會坐下來好好想一想這一集要說什麼。不過可能會跟你想的有點出入, 原因也只不過是我想要稍微表達一下我的意見,因為畢竟我除了在從事外語教學之外,還仍然在學習第三(還是第四? 第五?)外語的同時,所得到的一些想法, 希望和大家一起分享。Dì liù wǎn: Wǒ huí lái le! Wǒ zhōng yú

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My Other New Blog Added ~ My Japanese Note ~

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/07/17

Hi there!I'm BACK!! And I've got a new site added to enhence my Japanese learning. It's nothing to do with Chinese but just for your curiosity, please take a short moment to have a look if you'd like to. The blog will be purely made for my Japanese learning. It's actually a personal learning note, but, hey, since you're here, why not let you guys take a look and maybe you'll get something out of it!URL: http://myjapanesenote.blogspot.com/And to let you know, a new episode is coming on its way! I

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Desperate Quake Victims Await Aid in Indonesia

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/05/29

Heavy rain and damaged roads were hindering efforts to help survivors of a major earthquake in Indonesia, as officials put the death toll at more than 5,100 dead, 6,500 seriously injured and thousands more left homeless.(statics were just released a while ago) This is really a devestating news. A co-worker of mine's girl friend is from there. Her village is no more than 15 minutes away from the worst destructive earthquake. Taiwan has already sent a First Aid Group on Saturday to the area. God bless

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A 50-Word Essay on a Sunday Afternoon

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/03/26

This afternoon, I battled with my private student on persuading him to write an essay for the China Post Writing Contest. He's a 6th grader in elementary school and, in this category, he is required to write within 50 words on the topic "The Future of the Internet". We already brainstormed last week regarding what can Internet do right now. And we covered from games, news, chatting, shopping etc due to my haggle skills. (So he can play with my Sony PSP for 30 minutes) I asked him to write

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My Day at the Exam

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/03/25

In case you didn't know (of course not, I didn't tell anyone!) about my taking the entrance exam for Shida Uni's Dept. of Translation, here's a big view of what happened today.After some serious nightmare and sort of paranoia, I made it through the days before the exam by filling up my time with reading both Chinese and English newspapers and trying to translate one another once in a while. The whole sequence comes down to today's result.Yes, you know I couldn't really sleep well and I've been toss

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The Wait is Over!

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/02/26

I've finally got the latest episode is up and running. After several trials and errors. But I'm glad that the baby is fine :)Let me know if you find any errors in the posts or suggestions for the episode. I'd be your humble servant to satisfy your needs (If they don't collide with mine!).You may wanna ask the question: What's the Japanese thingie got to do with this?>>Well, I've got some Japanese friends who listen to this show, too. So if you want me to put up other languages/versions, please let

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5th Night: Ordering Food, Numbers, Chinese Holidays

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/02/26

5th Night: Ordering Food, Numbers, Chinese Holiday. This is the longest show ever! I finally get to talk about numbers and how to order food upon desperate requests. I covered some current news in Taiwan and talked about the traditional Chinese holdaiys. Music in this episode is provided by Micheal Margio from Florida, USA. Thanks! a lot!第5晚: 如何點菜, 數字的說法, 中國人的節日. 本集實在有夠長! 花了我不少時間才完成. 在應許多人的要求下, 我終於將數字的說法以及如何在餐廳點菜在本集中加以說明. 我還提到了傳統的節日和最近的新聞. 本集中的音樂是由美國佛州的Miachal Margio所提供. 謝謝!Dì wŭ uăn: Rú hé

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Valentine in Taipei & Lantern Festival

Wan An Taipei 晚安台北 ·

2006/02/17

Congratulations and wish you full of richness! 恭喜發財! Gōng xĭ fā cái!Happy Valentine's Day! 情人節快樂! Qíngrén jié kuài lè!Upon returning from the sunny Philippines for my vacation, I cannot help but saying farewell to the sunshine. Although there are some shiny days, the weather has put me to a very cold mood.However, nothing should stop the heat of romantic love/friendship/affections from one to another/otheres. So here you go I've created a new header for Valentine's Day. (Yes, I took the picture on a

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