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About What's up in Taiwan

I've discovered “Podcast” over the internet around July 2005, and soon become a regular listener to Daily Source Code, podcast411, 5 Minutes with Wichita, Digital Flotsam, Catholic Insider... and I started observing its development ever since. One day I w

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WuiT #064: Terry Hornsby (prequel)

Filed Under: Expat. Download this interview! It’s Chinese New Year again! And here is Terry Hornsby to help you celebrate this important holiday for the second time. We shameless present the prequel of “Kung Hsi Fa Tsai” (May prosperity be with you) to y

WuiT #063: Travis & Vega

Filed Under: Video Game, Women, Learning Chinese. Download this interview! “Male Bonding” is the topic of this week, and it could exist no matter what country or culture you’re from. Travis and Vega have been friends for years, and they are honestly two

WuiT #062: Catherine & Miranda

Filed Under: Central Taiwan, Girls Talk. Download this interview! Many of the foreigners in Taiwan prefer to stay in the big cities when they visit Taiwan, but there are exceptions. Catherine is a young lady from Florida; she actually asked the school sh

WuiT #061: Chris & Feelin

Filed Under: Sailing, Learning English. Download this interview! Like many of our loyal listeners, Feelin has set up a link in her personal blog to our podcast. We tracked back as always and noticed that she has a great spirit for adventure. Feelin enjoy

WuiT #060: David M. Niddam (part 2)

Filed Under: Metrosexual, Shopping Spots for Men. Download this interview! Here is the second half of our interview with David, along with some links that he has sent us. Both of them are interviews he did with Taipei Times (a local English Newspaper). C

WuiT #059: David M. Niddam (part 1)

Filed Under: Brain Research, Diving and Surfing. Download this interview! David is originally from Denmark and has been working and living in Taiwan for the last 5 years. He accepted our invitation and arranged a lovely little tour of his operations in t

WuiT #058: Elias Ek (part 2)

Filed Under: How to Promo Taiwan. Download this interview! This week’s episode is a continuation of our interview with Elias. It is quite a thrilling experience talking with an enthusiastic entrepreneur, and Elisa shared his thoughts about Taiwan without

WuiT #057: Elias Ek (part 1)

Filed Under: Enspyre, Business. Download this interview! Elias Ek is originally from Sweden, he has traveled and resided in many countries such as the US and Japan, that is until he met his Taiwanese wife and moved here. The Taiwanese entrepreneurial spi

WuiT #056: Orchid Island

Filed Under: Travel Recommendation. Download this interview! The show for this week is a special report of Orchid Island(A.K.A. Lanyu), Father Barry was gracious enough to share his memory of the island with us. He thinks of the island as the most beauti

WuiT #055: Fr. Barry Martinson S. J.

Filed Under: Christmas, Chingchuan, Aborigines. Download this interview! It’s Christmas time again; this is the second Christmas since we started this podcast. What can we say? Time flies when you’re having fun! Last year, we had Father Jerry on our show

WuiT #054: Tony Masalonis

Filed Under: Learning Chinese, Lu-Wei, Matzu. Download this interview! Tony Masalonis if from The U.S. and currently working in Taiwan as an aviation safety consultant. He is very serious about studying Chinese during his leisure hours and gave us a very

WuiT #053: Robin Erik Ruizendaal

Filed Under: Puppet Theatre, Museum. Download this interview! Robin Erik Ruizendaal is the Administrator of the Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum; he has been living in Taiwan for the last 13 years. Dr. Ruizendaal earned a Ph.D. in Chinese studies from

WuiT #052: One-Year Anniversary

Filed Under: Henry. Download this interview! Happy Birthday "What's up in Taiwan"! Rate Episode #052:***** **** *** ** *    節目做滿一週年。

WuiT #051: Rebecca Redhead (part 2)

Filed Under: Women in the Workplace, Approaching Western Women. Download this interview! We are unmasking the lovely Rebecca out of her scuba gear this week, and sharing her with the rest of the world. She doesn’t denied the fact of being a feminist, als

"Grandma Can't Sleep!" (Find out why!)

To listen to a funny novelty song in Taiwanese, dreamed up by a
longtime expat in Taiwan, click here:

http://amahsong101.blogspot.com

WuiT #050: Rebecca Redhead (part 1)

Filed Under: Lawyer, The Art of War, Scuba Diving. Download this interview! Rebecca is originally from London; currently the legal representative of a Japanese company that is distributing parts to the new Taiwan High Speed Rail, which is being construct

WuiT #049: Jamali Jack & Jeana Noel (part 2)

Filed Under: Differences, Tourism for Our Friends. Download this interview! This week is the second part of our interview with Jamali and Jeana, we asked the lovely couple to introduce their beautiful island. Jamali sent us some special music that we wil

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WuiT #048: Jamali Jack & Jeana Noel (part 1)

Filed Under: First Impression, Eslite Bookstore, Earthquake. Download this interview! Jeana came to Taiwan 2 years ago to attend undergraduate school. In order for her boyfriend Jamali to learn more about Taiwan, she started researching for information a

Happy Birthday! St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Check it out if you're in town.
歡迎大家光臨！

WuiT #047: Linda Hinderer

Filed Under: Family Issues, Senior Friendly. Download this interview! One of our listeners, a student at Yang Ming University invited Henry to be a judge in the Toastmaster English Speech Competition. There, we met Linda who was one of the other judges a

WuiT #046: Tomer Feldman

Filed Under: Love Story, Sababa Pita, Neon. Download this interview! Tomer(front) is originally from Israel, worked as a chef in New York and fell in love with his current wife Jun(back) from Malaysia during their time there. After a trip together in Asi