What's up in Taiwan

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 constructed right now. She has been living in Taipei for 2 years; her status is single and unable to speak much Chinese. This is how she introduced herself in her e-mail to us after agreeing to do the interview. We were really anxious to meet her in person. Rebecca is extremely ambitious about her career; she accepted this job due to the uprising of China. She wanted to better her understandings of eastern and western law through this experience. She shared many of her observations during the interview. Scuba diving at Green Island is the event that Rebecca enjoys doing at the moment. She also recommended Jioufen as the starting point for understanding the traditional scenery of Taiwan. Rate Episode #050:***** **** *** ** *    Rebecca來自倫敦，受雇於日本公司，是負責台灣高鐵興建工程的日方法律代表，在台時間兩年半，不會說中文，目前單身。這是她答應受訪後，在email中的自我介紹，沒見面就令人充滿好奇。 Rebecca對於事業深具企圖心，她接受目前這份工作，便是基於“中國崛起”的考量，她想在東、西方的法律事務中學習更多的經驗。訪問中她也與我們分享了她的觀察。 去綠島浮潛是Rebecca目前熱衷的休閒活動，她也推薦九份，作為認識台灣傳統景觀的起點。

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 will be playing in the background, see if you can feel the vibes of the Caribbean. Link to Raffles Resort Canouan Island. PS, This interview was held on a windy afternoon, the sound quality was barely managable. We appologize to those whe actually cares (/K0?. Rate Episode #049:***** **** *** ** *    本週繼續是Jamali與Jeana訪問的第二部份，我們也讓這對來自遠方的朋友介紹一下他們的國家。Jamali特別Email了一些他們的音樂給我，在節目中當做背景播出，讓大家感受一下加勒比海的情調。 （訪問當天風大，導致音質不甚理想，請多包含。）

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 about Taiwan over the internet. In Jamali's opinion, his favorite program which can really give you a real honest image of the island is the one you are listening to now. A little over a month ago, Jamali came to Taiwan as well. He contacted us by e-mail and accepted our invitation for an interview. He is also the first guest we have had from the Caribbean. Taiwan only has diplomatic relations with 24 countries in the world; St. Vincent is one of them. October 27th marked the 27th birthday of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Rate Episode #048:***** **** *** ** *    Jeana兩年前來台灣念大學，她從事影像工作的男朋友 Jamali 為了能多認識台灣，便在網路上找一些相關資訊與介紹。其中他最喜歡，並且最能感受台灣真實面貌的，就是你現在收聽的節目。 一個多月前，Jamali也來到台灣。他用Email與我們連絡，同時接受我們的訪問。這是我們第一次訪問到來自加勒比海的朋友。 台灣目前擁有24個邦交國，聖文森是其中一個。10月27日，聖文森暨格瑞那丁剛剛渡過他們第27個獨立紀念日。

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 and asked her to be in our show. Linda has been in Taiwan for 25 years now, volunteering for many non-profit organizations. Currently, she works in The Garden of Hope Foundation which is working to end sexual abuse and domestic violence. We did the interview in her house, the same place that housed the many abused girls she helped to rescue. We pay our respects to Linda for her devotion to Taiwan. Rate Episode #047:***** **** *** ** *    Henry因為主持What's up in Taiwan，受到節目的聽眾、陽明大學學生Tom的邀請，擔任Toastmaster英語演講比賽的評審，當天我們認識了也是評審之一的Linda，經過邀約，她答應接受我們的訪問。 Linda來台已經25年，從事過各種社會服務工作，目前在勵馨社會福利事業基金會擔任義工，訪問在她家裡進行，同時也是她收容不幸少女的中途之家。 我們向Linda對台灣的奉獻致敬。

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 Asia, Tomer returned to New York while Jun went and visited her relatives back home. When Jun attempted to return to New York to meet with Tomer, her visa was denied by the U.S. customs. Also because of Tomer's nationality, he is unable to enter Malaysia. Due to all of these unpredicted elements, they decided to meet in Taiwan. This meant that they had to start everything from scratch, and brand new way of life had to emerge. They supported each other faithfully, and after 5 years of hard work and adjusting to the lifestyles In Taiwan, Tomer is now a co-owner of Sababa Pita Bar, and formed the rock band "Neon" with his wife Jun as the lead singer. They are also the proud parents of their beautiful baby girl named Mika. Neon's first album will be released by January 2007, produced by one of the most well-known musicians in Taiwan, Mr. Bobby Chen. Sababa Pita Bar might have just opened very recently, but there are already people saying great things about it on their personal blogs. Sababa Pita Bar (Photos by Orange) Rate Episode #046:***** **** *** ** *    Tomer（前）來自以色列，在紐約開餐廳並認識了來自馬來西亞的Jun（後），兩人相戀。一次亞洲的旅行後，Tomer返回紐約，Jun回馬來西亞探親。當Jun準備回紐約和Tomer見面時，美國政府卻沒有批准Jun的入境加簽，而Tomer也因為他的國籍，無法進入馬來西亞。因為這些意外，他們約在台灣碰面。 這幾乎是將一切歸零，而選擇重新開始的決定。經過五年的適應、努力與相互支持，現在Tomer開了自己的餐廳Sababa Pita Bar，和Jun組了自己的樂團Neon，還擁有一個寶貝女兒Mika。 Neon將於2007年1月發片，製作人是陳昇。Sababa Pita Bar雖然剛開幕，已經有網友在部落格裡報導了。

Filed Under: Self-evaluation. Download this episode! Double 10th Day is our nation's birthday, happy birthday to everyone. Music "Meeting Spring Wind" performed by Miss Cincin Lee Photo by Jesús Sandoval "望春風" 製作、編曲、演奏：李欣芸 照片拍攝：Jesús Sandoval