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 (old) iMac. Now I have no excuse but to start writing for the next episode of WAT. Stay tuned.Wan an, or should I say, "Sayonara!"JT

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!

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.???: ????! ???????????????????????????????????, ????????????????????,????????????????,????????(????? ???)?????,????????, ????????? ?Dì liù w?n: W? huí lái le! W? zh?ng yú y?u j? cuì zuò xià lái h?o h?o xi?ng y? xi?ng zh? y? jí yào shu? shí me. Bù guò k? néng huì g?n n? zi?ng de y?u di?n ch? rù, yuán y?n y? zh? bú guò shì w? zi?ng yào sh?o wéi bi?o dá y? xià w? de yì jiàn, y?n wéi bì jiàn w? chú le zài cóng shì wài y? jiào zué zh? wài, hái réng rán zài wué xí dì s?n ( hái shì dì sì ? dì w? ?) wài y? de tóng shí, su? dé dào de y? xi? xi?ng f?, x? wàng hé hàn dà ji? yì q? f?n xi?ng.In this episode, I also included some basic phonetic practices -- the initials and the finals. Please refer to the chart here:?????, ??????(??)???--?????? ????????:Zài zhè y? jí l? , w? fù shàng le p?n y?n ( zhù y?n ) de liàn xí -- sh?ng fú hé yùn fú. Q?ng c?n zhào zhè l? de bi?o gé:Click here (right-click the mouse and choose SAVE LINK AS... I use FireFox) to download or go to MY PICKLE PAGE to stream it.? ?? (?????"????") ?? MY PICKLE PAGE ???????.àn zhè l? ( àn huásh? yòu jiàn "chú cún mùbi?o" ) huò dào MY PICKLE PAGE y? w?nglù chuàn liú sh?u t?ng.RSS FeedQuestions and comments please send to me or leave a message here. Your suggestions and support are my strength!Enjoy the podcast and ??(w?n ?n)!

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!?5?: ????, ?????, ??????. ???????! ??????????. ?????????, ??????????????????????????. ????????????????. ?????????????Miachal Margio???. ??!Dì w? u?n: Rú hé di?n cài, shù zì de shu? f?, zh?ng guó rén de jié rì. B?n jí sh zài i? gòu cháng! Hu? le u? bù sh?o shí ji?n cái wán chéng. Zài ìng x? du? rén de i?o qóu xià, u? zh?ng yú ji?ng shù zì de shu? f? y? jí rú hé zài c?n t?ng di?n cài zài b?n jí zh?ng ji? y? shu? míng. U? hái tí dào le chuán t?ng de jié rì hàn zuì jìn de sh?n ún. B?n jí zh?ng de y?n üè shì iú m?i guó fó zh?u de Michael Margio su? tí gòng. Xiè xiè!Click here (right-click the mouse and choose SAVE LINK AS... I use FireFox) to download or go to MY PICKLE PAGE to stream it.? ?? (?????"????") ?? MY PICKLE PAGE ???????.àn zhè-l? ( àn huásh? yòu jiàn "chú cún mùbi?o" ) huò dào MY PICKLE PAGE y? w?nglù chuàn liú sh?u t?ng.*Links mentioned in this episode are:My pal Mark : toshuo.comCheck out the Amazing Hunt in Vancouver: www.theamazinghunt.comMichael Margio from mamargio.blogspot.comNews comes from www.taipeitimes.comAbout the Yanmingshan Flower Festival visit here english.taipei.gov.tw/dot/index.jsp

Happy 2006!! ????!! x?n nián kuài lè!!Night 4: Updates since last Christmas and hear an audio commercial clip from the famous . Tell people that you are looking for a bathroom and ask where it is. Keep listening! Wan An!?4?: ????????????! ???????????. ??????????????????, ??????????????, ??????????, ?????email ??, ??????! ??!J?n w?n lái t?ng yì t?ng zhongwén de gu?nggào ba! Dì y? cì de gu?nggào w?mén t?ng de shì . B?njí de nèiróng hái y?u xúdu? zì shèngdànjié y?lái de gèngx?n, y?jí gào sù n? rúgu? xi?ng shàng cèsu? z?n m? shu?. X? wàng dàjia du? du? p?ng ch?ng zh? jiào. K?-y? liú yán huò email g?i w?. Bìng q?ng jìxù sh?u t?ng! W?n ?n!Click here (right-click the mouse and choose SAVE LINK AS... I use FireFox) to download or go to MY PICKLE PAGE to stream it.? ?? (?????"????") ?? MY PICKLE PAGE ???????.àn zhè-l? ( àn huásh? yòu jiàn "chú cún mùbi?o" ) huò dào MY PICKLE PAGE y? w?nglù chuàn liú sh?u t?ng. *Say "Zài jiàn(Good-bye)" to the Season's Greetings Header...

**Episode 3 is available now!! Click the icon to download or stream it online by visiting my PodcastPickle or Odeo pages.** (and gimme a quick vote!)After several struggles of gathering ideas and sorting information, I am finally putting together all the pieces to make a good show for you. I?ve been extremely busy and handling so many projects altogether. All I know is that a man can only do what a man can do? that is: STOP GIVING ME ALL THE EXTRA WORK!!! Don?t expect me to show up on a free-service at 8 o?clock on Saturday morning while I only got home half-dead every Friday night at 11p.m.! And yes, I will try to do something to my jammed-packed schedule. There?s just too much to handle at the moment. I need more time and space. Ok, enough for the bitching.For the couple of weeks, I successfully (I don?t know if I should say that) got some more emails and comments. Some people suggest me to put out the printable material for reviewing which I agree. So if you out there who need this, please let me know, ok? But considering this is the similar approach that I pick up some basic German and French, I would strongly recommend you to listen to it tons of times. Preferablely 3 times in a row daily! This will deepen your impression and train your ears to get used to the Chinese sound. And in the near future, I will put up a special session focusing on the Chinese tones with its Pin-Yin systems. So stay tuned!I?ve updated my website and added more banners which enable you to Auto-Subscribe if you have newsreaders like NewsBurst, Rojo, Newsgator or Bloglines. But most importantly, you should definitely check out my Podcast Pickles page as well as my Odeo and Yahoo Podcast pages. The links are right on the side bars. If you happen to be on those pages, don?t forget to vote for me if you think my Podcast is cool. Thanks in advance!Aside from that, you can now leave a message without needing to sign up for Blogger because I?ve disabled the function after realizing that I can actually save my audience?s time. So just leave a comment. This would really put a smile on my face :-) And one should never under-estimate the power of word-of-mouth.Take the poll and tell me what you think is the most important quality that you look for in this site? Click here or use the link below:http://www.forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.php?t=40492Enjoy and Wan An!