I lived in Taibei from 1996 to 2004, with a summer at the Stanford Center in 1995. So my knowledge is fairly in-depth, but getting out of date.
First off, you have a copy of the latest Lonely Planet for Taiwan, right? It's indispensable; the other travel guides are poor in comparison. I still found myself using my LP guide after many years in Taiwan.
The ICLP has a student guide, which you have probably already checked out. Looks like it's not as good as when I was there -- no listings for GLBT hangouts, for example -- but it's worth using.
Check out Forumosa, a forum for ex-pats in Taiwan. As with anything on the net, view all the information there with skepticism; the noise to signal ratio is very high. But there's a lot of useful information there, too
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Wow! Thanks so much for all the info. I'll definitely check those things out and will explore SO MUCH.
I'm not sure what professors will be in my program but I don't mind picking up the Taiwanese accent. I plan to work a bit in the mainland in the future to get a broader idea of the range of accents. Thanks for the suggestion. If it becomes an issue, I will try to seek her out.
I am currently studying traditional characters but can recognize all of their simplified counterparts due to the structure of my Chinese classes this far. Thanks for the tips, though, I do plan to use Chinese in my future career.
How much do scooters generally run for in Taiwan (what is a reasonable price to pay)?
Wow! Thanks so much for all the info. I'll definitely check those things out and will explore SO MUCH.
Good to hear. There's a lot of cool stuff to see in Taiwan; I didn't get out enough, really, so there were a lot of things I never got to see.
Just to be clear, Chén Lìyuán is a teacher in the ICLP. (In the picture, she's in the front row, wearing a red, somewhat low-cut shirt and a black skirt.) Whether or not she'll be available to you is a different question; I'm not clear what the selection criteria are. I don't think I got to choose who my teachers would be when I studied there, but that could conceivably have changed.
I honestly don't know how much scooters are! This is a "do what I say, not what I do" situation -- I never owned one while I lived there. I was just too afraid of driving on the roads. You might ask at Forumosa to find out what prices are running.
Also, by the way, something tells me my page on gaming in Taiwan might be of use to you. :)
Ohhh I see. I'll definitely try to look out for her, then. I will be going into 4th year equivalent of Chinese when I go there (if I don't bomb the placement exams) so hopefully she is available for that.
You guessed correctly, haha! Thanks for the link, lots of extremely useful information to feed my addiction. >:D
First off, you have a copy of the latest Lonely Planet for Taiwan, right? It's indispensable; the other travel guides are poor in comparison. I still found myself using my LP guide after many years in Taiwan.
The ICLP has a student guide, which you have probably already checked out. Looks like it's not as good as when I was there -- no listings for GLBT hangouts, for example -- but it's worth using.
Check out Forumosa, a forum for ex-pats in Taiwan. As with anything on the net, view all the information there with skepticism; the noise to signal ratio is very high. But there's a lot of useful information there, too ( ... )
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I'm not sure what professors will be in my program but I don't mind picking up the Taiwanese accent. I plan to work a bit in the mainland in the future to get a broader idea of the range of accents. Thanks for the suggestion. If it becomes an issue, I will try to seek her out.
I am currently studying traditional characters but can recognize all of their simplified counterparts due to the structure of my Chinese classes this far. Thanks for the tips, though, I do plan to use Chinese in my future career.
How much do scooters generally run for in Taiwan (what is a reasonable price to pay)?
Thanks again!
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Good to hear. There's a lot of cool stuff to see in Taiwan; I didn't get out enough, really, so there were a lot of things I never got to see.
Just to be clear, Chén Lìyuán is a teacher in the ICLP. (In the picture, she's in the front row, wearing a red, somewhat low-cut shirt and a black skirt.) Whether or not she'll be available to you is a different question; I'm not clear what the selection criteria are. I don't think I got to choose who my teachers would be when I studied there, but that could conceivably have changed.
I honestly don't know how much scooters are! This is a "do what I say, not what I do" situation -- I never owned one while I lived there. I was just too afraid of driving on the roads. You might ask at Forumosa to find out what prices are running.
Also, by the way, something tells me my page on gaming in Taiwan might be of use to you. :)
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You guessed correctly, haha! Thanks for the link, lots of extremely useful information to feed my addiction. >:D
Thanks again for all the help. ^_^
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