Spanish people are know for their “special” pronunciation of the English language. That includes using Spanish sounds for English people, music groups, cities, etc…. in a way that is impossible to understand for anyone who doesn’t speak Spanish (or Catalan). It won’t come as a surprise that Chinese people do exactly the same… use Chinese […]
When we decided to come to Taiwan, my first intention was to study a bit of Chinese and right away to look for a job. But as the research of a job was getting more difficult than expected and I got into the Chinese course… I stopped and I was fully dedicated to Chinese. 9 […]
Almost one month ago but… last 29th September I had a triple celebration. Birthday! Actually it was a week busy with birthdays and we ended full of eating cakes and different sweets. Consecutively, it was our teacher of Chinese’s birthday and also of three students, so I ask them to do not bring any more […]
So, it was my turn to celebrate my 33rd birthday at Taipei and I did it twice. Traditionally, Chinese people do not pay a lot of attention to birthdays until they are 60 years old. The 60th birthday is regarded as a very important point of life and therefore there is often a big celebration. […]
It has been five months since I arrived at Taipei and I still remember the sensation of being completely lost in the middle of the city, surrounded by people and signs/posters that I couldn’t understand. Five months and I am half way on the second course. That means that I am able to understand the […]
I can not recall when or why, Anna and I said “chinita tu, chinita yo” (chinese little girl you, chinese little boy me). After using Google to find the source of this sentence from the back of our memory we found “Chinita de Amol” from a famous clowns group in Spain on the 80’s (“Los […]
Via Miguel Salas, a teacher of Spanish Language at Taichung I could learn that “Andaluces por el mundo” (Andaluces around the world) recently broadcast a chapter about Taiwan. Click on the image below to see the program(50 min) and get to know Taiwan and Taipei a little bit better. You can also have some good […]
To be more integrated between Taiwanese people, and try to make us undesrtand, Albert and me we have started our respective Chineses lessons. But, in different schools, different timetable and different places. It’s impressive how many things you can do with three hours everyday, from Monday to Friday!! Albert, due to his complicated timetable and […]
