Guitar never seemed so hard (English)

Just something I found to be worthwhile putting on this blog.
All references to the artist!!!

glumbert.com - Guitar never seemed so hard

同學們等一下 - or the FarEast Tone commercial shot (English)

A new star is born, or an old star sparkles yet again...haha!
Today was my first TV Commercial shooting ever in my life. I had to get up really early in the morning to be at the set at 8.30. I was there a bit earlier though and changed clothes right away. Today's mission: I am an office guy advertising the great goods and services of the telecommunication company FarEast Tone. I actually have no idea what the advertisment in detail is all about, nor do I know if I will be visible or cut out by the director.

It was a nice experience anyway. Nice atmosphere in a nice office building in the nice and new business district called Neihu in Taipei. But most off all the crew and the other actors were really nice and fun to get to know. One funny thing for me to learn was that the crew calls the actors 同學們 (classmates, fellow students), a way to address a younger person or your students (being a teacher), I thought this sounded quite funny.

The job was really relaxing, just standing around and walking in the right moment, or getting out of a crowded lift. I had no lines, so had no one else any lines.
The best part was that we were done after 2,5 h, instead of the estimated 5 h.



The full album:

FarEastTone_Reklame

Nachschlag: Der zweite Bericht über die Tarokoschlucht mit Ton (Deutsch)

Nachschlag: Der erste Bericht über die Tarokoschlucht mit Ton (Deutsch)

Chinesepod.com (English)

This is a tip for people who want to practice their listening ability of Chinese. The site is called www.Chinesepod.com and offer a variety of free accessible pod casts on different levels. And a great variety of topics, such as Chinese medicine, comedy, and other common textbook content.

Here an example from the site (advanced level):

	高级21 Chinese Medicine
	Visit ChinesePod.com

A short clip about Happiness

Hoofd, schouders, knie en teen (English)

What a lucky guy I was. Right time, right place, to film this example of the great power of the Dutch colonization:
They make Japanese sing Dutch songs for children. Isn`t that great and cute????

Happy New Year 2007 (English)

2006 is history. 2007 has begun.

There is a lot to write about it, but I just upload my film of our new years celebration for now. We partied in front of Taipei 101 (the world tallest building, until they are finished with the new one in Shanghai) and then on the rooftop of Ashwin`s house.
The movie shows the fireworks coming from 101, the traffic after the estimated 500.000 visitors returned home and pictures from the Kraut (say: crowd) partying to welcome the new year!

Watch and enjoy:

Happy new year 2007

Frohes Neues Jahr 2007

Gelukig nieuw jaar 2007

Bonne année 2007

2007 新年快樂

Elf yourself (English)

Nothing to do?

Just do it as I did and morph yourself to become an Elf.
No idea what I am talking about? Just click here and you will know...

Life in Taipei III

Life in Taipei II (English)

As promised the first second episode of Life in Taipei. This time I went to a performance of my sign-language club. On the way to the venue I stopped by at the famous Shida Nightmarket and had a snack....

A movie about life in Taipei (English)

I just experimented a bit with making these .gifs a bit more interesting. It is a beginning, maybe not the end. Watch and tell me what you think about it.