WuiT #040: Dieter Neumann (part 1)

Filed Under: Business Man, English.
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Mr. Dieter Neumann is the representative for the government of Hannover Germany in Taipei, and also the senior adviser of Hannover Pacific Corporation, which is responsible for some of the world's leading trade shows for information technology, telecommunications, software and services... such as CeBIT.

Mr. Neumann has been living in and out of Taiwan for the last 30 years; he mentioned that when he first got here, Sung-Chiang Road wasn’t even paved. He feels that the growth of the Taiwanese economy comes from the hard work of the people, as well as our “sexual” relationship with money, interesting, huh?

We have been very anxious to meet one of the many foreign businessmen from the Taipei World Trade Center, and through the introduction of Michael Turton, we had the privilege of completing this interview. Thanks again to Michael for all of his help. Because it is such a rare opportunity to have a guest such as Mr. Neumann, we want to present the interview in its entirety as much as possible, part 1 will be posted this week.

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Dieter Neumann 先生是德國漢諾威市政府的駐台代表，同時也是漢諾威展覽會台灣辦事處 (Hannover Pacific Corp.) 的資深顧問，該公司承辦許多全球性的商展，其中包括全球最大的資訊通訊展 CeBIT ， CeBIT 每年都是資訊通訊科技的趨勢指標，科技迷應該非常熟悉。

Dieter Neumann 先生陸陸續續往返或居住台灣已三十年。他剛到台北時，松江路還沒有鋪柏油，他覺得台灣的經濟成長，除了人民勤奮，還有華人視錢如『性』有關，很勁爆吧！

本節目覬覦台北世貿中心裡的外籍商務人士已有多時，終於在 Michael Turton 先生的介紹下，有機會能進入採訪，在此向 Michael 致謝！由於訪問得來不易，我們盡量保留完整播出，這個星期先播第一部份。

WuiT #039: Olivia Steyn

Filed Under: Night Market, Bargaining.
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It is a little surprising that someone as young and attractive as Olivia has such passion for the crowded and noisy night markets of Taiwan. She has a simple reason for her love of shopping at these lively spots, the opportunity of bargaining, bargaining, and more bargaining.

We can tell how sincere she is about her hobby when we met at the marketplace. Even though the primary objective was doing the interview, she purchased a belt, a pair of shoes. We also had a very reasonably priced meal of Thai food before we turned on the microphone.

It’s true that there is no place like the Taiwanese night markets in the world, and there is at least one in every city and every town of our island. You can get a fair selection of almost everything you need on a daily basis, and a great variety of Taiwanese cuisine, or even just to hang out and kill time with your buddies, the Taiwanese night markets will satisfied your every need.

There is an article about the Taiwanese night markets in The Bala Daily; we really think it is worth reading if you’re interested.

Photos of Tonghua Market by Danburg Murmur on flickr, or click here for some of the picture we took that evening.

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Olivia不是夜店女王，她是夜市女王。像Olivia這樣年輕、具吸引力的女孩，卻深深被喧鬧、擁擠、五味雜陳的台灣夜市吸引，因為在夜市血拼，可以不停地玩一個附帶的遊戲，殺價！ 殺價！ 殺價！

而且，Olivia是真心的喜歡逛夜市，雖然是約好做訪問，但是她還是精打細算的買了一條皮帶、一雙鞋子。還有，訪問前一餐經濟實惠的泰國料理。

的確，全世界找不到類似台灣夜市這樣的地方，幾乎每一個城鎮都會有一個、甚至好幾個。無論你想買任何生活必需品，或是想吃豐富多樣的台灣小吃，甚至只是想與朋友打發時間，台灣夜市都會滿足你的需要。

The Bala Daily有一篇關於台灣夜市的文章，我們認為很值得一讀！

flickr上由Danburg Murmur所拍攝的通化街夜市照片，或
點這裡觀看訪問時拍的部份照片。

WuiT #038: David Reid

Filed Under: Hiking, WuBai.
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If you followed our suggestion from last week and typed in “Taiwan Blog” as a keyword in any search engine, then you won’t be unfamiliar with the title David's Guide to Taiwan, so here is yet another blogger for you this week.

David resides on Banciao of Taipei County, and he asked us to meet at the top of Taipei County Hall for the interview. Although Banciao is only a river away from the city of Taipei, but we haven’t had the chance of visiting it for a while, and the improvements really astonished us. Wide streets, convenient MRT system, merging of the residential and business districts, all these are just some of the reasons why David decided to live in Taipei County.

After we finished the interview, David stayed to take some pictures, clearly another interest of his. We urge everyone to visit his blog site and perhaps bookmarking it, David's blog is very considerate and easy-going, much like his own personality. He has helped many of us in gathering information about Taiwan; it can really assist you in many ways.

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你有試著如上星期我們所建議的，用 "Taiwan Blog" 為關鍵字，輸入任何搜尋引擎嗎？如果有，這個網址必然也不陌生，就是David's Guide to Taiwan.

David是居住在台北縣板橋的Blogger，他約我們到台北縣府大樓的頂樓做訪問，板橋距離台北市僅一條淡水河之隔，但我們已經許久沒有造訪板橋，而當地的變化讓人吃驚，寬闊的街道、捷運系統、郊區與市區的樞紐，這些都是David選擇定居台北縣的原因。

當天訪問結束，David留下來拍照，這顯然也是他的興趣之一。我們呼籲大家前往他的部落格瀏覽，我們也相信你會將它Bookmark下來，因為David的部落格就像他的個性和氣質，非常客氣、友善，他幫大家蒐集了許多關於台灣實用的資訊，對你一定有幫助！

WuiT #037: Michael Turton (part 2)

Filed Under: People you meet, Politics.
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This week is the 2nd half of our interview with Michael Turton.

This interview was actually conducted over 6 months ago, and the reason for the delay is that we didn’t know how do deal with the vast amount of information given by Michael. The interview was originally over 50 minutes in length, and the content also involved political topics, something we did not chose to talk about at that stage ( Because there was already way too much politics occupying our lives).

Right now seems to be the best time to post this interview, and if you still don’t know who Michael Turton is; check out his blog right away.

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本週繼續是Michael Turton的第二段訪問。

其實這段訪問早在半年前就做完了，但遲遲沒有推出，原因是當時我們完全無法處理這樣份量的內容，Michael與我們做了50分鐘的錄音，其中提及政治的部份，也是當初我們不希望在What’s up in Taiwan出現的話題（因為我們生活中真的太多政治了）。

經過這一段時間，似乎現在聽正是時候。如果你還不知道Michael Turton是誰，趕快去訂閱他的部落格。