WuiT #036: Michael Turton (part 1)

Filed Under: Education, Museums, Advices.
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If you type in “Taiwan blog” on any search engine as a keyword, Michael Turton’s personal blog will always be on the 1st page of the results. And on the 2nd page, also on the 3rd page…and so forth and so forth, he is everywhere!

We posted a short 30 seconds promo right before we started running the show last November, and Michael Turton introduced us on his bog in less than 2 hours after the moment we clicked the upload button. God bless the man!

We have been subscribing RSS Feeds from many different blogs for a while now, which of course includes Michael’s "The View from Taiwan". If there are any articles marked unread on display; it’s almost always from Michael, completing this much work all by himself is simply incredible.

Michael has been living in Taiwan as a resident since 1989. He is now married to a Taiwanese wife with 2 beautiful children, and currently teaching in Chaoyang University.

A foreigner (although he probably doesn’t consider himself as a foreigner anymore) that has dedicated this much time, effort and energy to Taiwan makes this particular episode a must, there is no good reason to miss it!

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當你在網路上使用任何一個搜尋引擎，用”Taiwan blog”當關鍵字去找，Michael Turton的部落格永遠會出現在第一頁的結果之中，還有第二頁… 還有第三頁…還有… 怎麼到處都是？

去年11月我們準備開播這個節目時，先在網路上公佈了一段30秒的預告，大概在公佈的兩個小時之後，Michael已經在他的部落格裡簡短地報導了我們，阿門！

長期以來，我訂閱了好幾個部落格的 RSS Feed，當然包括Michael的The View from Taiwan，每天電腦上如果顯示有新的文章未讀，幾乎都是來自Michael 的部落格，我開始懷疑有好幾個Michael TurtonS，這決不是一個人的工作量…

1989年後 Michael 定居台灣，娶了台灣老婆，有兩個可愛的孩子，目前在台中的朝陽大學教書。

這一集是What’s up in Taiwan必聽的訪問，一個花了這麼多時間、精力、心思向全世界介紹台灣的老外，你沒有理由錯過。

WuiT #035: Matthias and Angela Reetz (part 2)

Filed Under: Branding, TV News, Pearl Milk Tea, Mahjong.
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This is the continuation of the interview with Matthias and Angela from last week.

Other than visiting friends and family, Matthias also shot footages for a popular German video podcast, it hasn’t been posted, but check it out when you can: Around the World Video Podcast.

We have an introduction of Taiwan from yet another beautiful girl from our island. Her name is Natalie, and she will be recommending some historical sites in Tainan to everyone.

Please come join the fun!

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本週繼續未完的Matthias and Angela的訪問。

Matthias此行還幫一位德國的Video Podcaster拍攝介紹台灣的短片，大家也許可以留意一下：Around the World Video Podcast，雖然目前尚未發佈。

同時介紹第二位幫忙推銷台灣的女學生，來自台南的Natalie，特別向大家推薦台南的古蹟。

WuiT #034: Matthias and Angela Reetz (part 1)

Filed Under: Study Chinese, Love at First Sight, Taiwanese Haircut.
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[Show Notes]
Our listeners truly come from all over the world! This is becoming sort of the unofficial month for our supporters, sharing their feelings about Taiwan in the interviews.

The story is almost identical to that of Damon and Katherine. We have been receiving letters of support and useful comments from Matthias and his Taiwanese wife Angela since the early stages of “What’s up in Taiwan”. They met in Taiwan years ago and got married pretty quickly. Currently residing in Zürich, this was their vacation visiting family and friends, and we managed to get in touch for an interview.

We met at Angela’s brother’s coffee shop, where we were greeted by the warmest Taiwanese hospitality and free coffee. Matthias asked Angela if she cared to response first whenever we presented a question, a true gentleman. It might have been love at first sight over a decade ago, but we are sure the feelings have lasted. Speaking if “love at first sight”, you can pick up a little German lesson as a bonus for this episode.

Learning Chinese is certainly a global trend that has been really heating up recently, there are parents in New York forking out big money to hire Chinese baby-sitters so their children can grow up in a Chinese-speaking environment. There are many heated debates about learning traditional Chinese or simplified Chinese over the internet constantly. Matthias shared that 90% of the Chinese students in Germany decided to go to China; you can hear what he has to say being the minority.

Angela’s brother’s coffee is called KC Café in Taipei City; the phone number is (02)2393-6188. Pay them a visit, the coffee is excellent and there is free wireless internet access.

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我們的聽眾真的遍佈全球，不是蓋的！這個月可以說What's up in Taiwan的忠實聽眾分享月。本週我們將繼續推出WuiT忠實聽眾的訪問。

幾乎與Damon和Katherine一樣的故事，從What's up in Taiwan推出不久，我們就常常接到Matthias來信鼓勵與建議，Matthias的太太Angela是台灣人，兩人在台灣相識、很短的時間就步入禮堂，目前定居瑞士蘇黎世。今年夏天回台灣探親，便與我們聯繫並安排訪問。

訪問的地點是Angela哥哥開的咖啡館，我們當然受到熱情的招待與免費咖啡，在過程中Matthias每個問題都會請示Angela是否要先回答，非常有紳士風度，似乎十幾年前的一見鍾情，持續到現在... 說到一見鍾情，你將可以透過本節目學會德語版本，也算是聽我們節目的附加價值。

全球掀起一陣學習中文的熱潮，在紐約有人以天價聘請華人保姆，只為了讓孩子在熟習中文的環境中成長。繁體字與簡體字孰優孰劣，也在網路上引發熱烈的討論，Matthias班上想學中文的人，90%都選擇前往北京，讓我們聽聽10%的說法。

Angela哥哥開的Cafe叫「侃奇咖啡館」（KC Café），地址：台北市杭州南路1段99號1樓，電話：(02)2393-6188，咖啡好喝、又可無線上網。

《數位時代》雙週刊介紹本節目

在Google找到這個連結，才知道What's up in Taiwan四月份曾被《數位時代》介紹過。

出於好奇，透過網路買了一本 Zinio 電子雜誌版本，台幣150元，30分鐘後已下載至我的Powerbook。

文章由謝哲豪執筆，謝先生在文中提及：“此播客在去年11月才開始經營，不到半年的時間，已經變成台灣播客的代表，也可以在iTunes網路音樂商店上訂閱收聽。看樣子我們的觀光局該好好想想，是不是需要用部落格或是播客來推廣台灣的觀光。”

感謝《數位時代》的推薦與介紹，但是他們將Henry與我混在一起了，這是大部分聽眾剛開始都有的誤會，Henry是What's up in Taiwan的主持人，十歲搬到美國居住，念完大學後回台灣工作，大家聽到極富磁性的聲音是他；至於我，則是這個podcast的製作人，沒住過美國，決定製作這個節目前，也沒認識半個外國人。

有興趣的朋友可以點下圖閱讀該文內容。

你也可以推銷台灣觀光

如果你也有興趣向外國朋友推銷台灣，歡迎你留語音給我們，簡短地介紹一下你自己，以及你想要分享的台灣特色，我們會在節目中播出。

大家一起來推銷台灣觀光吧！留言請點下圖：


1. 請以英語留言。
2. 每段留言長度只有15秒。

如果你的留言較長，請先行分段，或是你自己有更好的錄音設備，歡迎你自行錄製成MP3檔案 寄給我們。

順便留下你的旅遊照片，我們也會一併刊登。

WuiT #033: Damon and Katherine Douglas (part 2)

Filed Under: Mid-Cross Highway, Kaohsiung, Loyal Listeners.
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This week’s “What’s up in Taiwan” is the 2nd half of the interview with Damon and Katherine. Other than sharing their trip around the island in June, the also told us how important this show means to them towards the end, which was especially significant to us.




See some of the photos that Damon and Kathrine took for this trip. Click here!。


Starting this week, we will play greetings from our buddies in Taiwan irregularly. Please encourage your friends that maybe interested in participating in the promotion for tourism for Taiwan with us.

Clik here for ways to get involved.

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本週節目是Damon與Katherine訪問的下半段。他們除了繼續分享今年六月份的環島之旅，並在結尾告訴我們這個podcast對他們的重要性，對製作小組而言，有特別的紀念意義。

Katherine和Damon返回美國後，寄了部份這次旅遊的照片給我們，有興趣的朋友可以前往觀賞。

自本週開始，我們將不定期播放台灣朋友的語音留言，第一次的留言是美麗的Jill小姐（右圖），她特別推薦墾丁、Luxy。歡迎有興趣做推薦的朋友踴躍來信，一起參與我們，推動台灣觀光。參與方法請點這裡。

WuiT #032: Damon and Katherine Douglas (part 1)

Filed Under: Taichung, Hsinchu, Taipei, Hualien.
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Damon is currently studying for his doctorate in Pharmiceuticals in Philadelphina, his wife Katherine is a Taiwanese-American working as a nurse.

Katherine discovered “What’s up in Taiwan” while going through the directory of iTunes Podcast and soon became a loyal listener. Every weekend, she would download the latest episode and share it with her husband. Maybe it’s somewhat of a comfort for her nostalgia, and to help Damon in his education in becoming the perfect Taiwanese son in-law. We have also been receiving letters of encouragement and helpful comments from the wonderful couple for quite sometime now.

Damon and Katherine decided to visit Taiwan in June; they made plans to tour around the island in just 9 days, but we managed to meet them for an interview in Taichung right before they departed for home. Damon’s introduction of Taiwan was very touching; we can tell he really did a great share of research as he traveled through out the island. He wanted to express some of the close observations of what the Taiwanese people have been feeling recently at the end of the interview, which we have posted earlier as a separate segment.

Thanks to these genuine admirers of Taiwan, and please ask those with interesting stories about Taiwan to contact us.

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來自費城的Damon還是一位研究生，他的太太Katherine是台灣移民，目前在費城醫院擔任護士工作。

去年Katherine在iTunes Podcast目錄中發現我們後，就立刻成為忠實聽眾。每個週末，Katherine會下載最新一集的節目與Damon一起收聽，也許Katherine可以解解鄉愁，而Damon可以更像台灣女婿... 當然，我們也就不斷地收到Damon和Katherine的來信，有鼓勵，有支持，也有對節目的意見。

六月間Damon與Katherine來台旅遊，九天的行程環島了一圈，在離台前與我們在台中碰面做了訪問，Damon的確在旅遊期間做了功課，他對台灣的介紹詳細並讓人印象深刻。訪問結束後，Damon還要求我們錄製了一段他對台灣鼓勵的話，已於美國獨立紀念日掛出兩天，我接到許多表達感動的來信...

謝謝這些真誠欣賞台灣的朋友，也希望大家推薦有精彩故事分享的外國人與我們聯繫！