. Flerick

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Leaving Taiwan

. Flerick posted an article on - Jun 14, 2010, 10:46 am
Don’t have much time to write, but I’ll be leaving Taiwan on the 17th (this Thursday) at 9:30 AM! Hopefully I’ll finish all my blog post ideas in the near future.
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Negative Emotion Sounds Universally Understandable

. Flerick posted an article on - May 19, 2010, 11:15 pm
This was very interesting to come across, as I have found out through my own experience that I came to understand these types of common Taiwanese/Chinese exclamatory grunts and yelps, yet I was never formally taught them in Chinese class. One such example: When a Taiwanese (no matter what age) i...
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Taichung Metropolitan Opera

. Flerick posted an article on - May 4, 2010, 8:16 pm
Well… I’m sure this will bring Taichung some more prestige and tourism! Too bad I can’t see it yet, because it isn’t built now. Lol Pictures at this >blog
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My School Featured on TV

. Flerick posted an article on - May 4, 2010, 11:56 am
My school, 明台高中, isn’t extremely prestigious (even for being a private vocational school), but it gets it’s 15 minutes of fame every now and then… This is a television show about a boy and girl (I think they are siblings?) who visit high schools around Taiwan and learn about them and ...
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End of Month Report: April '10

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 30, 2010, 12:48 pm
DATE OF REPORT: 4/30/2010 FOR MONTH OF: April HOST COUNTRY: Taiwan NAME: Eric Andrew Fleck MY HOST FAMILY INFORMATION IS: Huan-Wen CHANG No. 58-2, Changyi St., Taiping City, Taichung County 411 Taiwan Tel: +886-4-22781140 (Res.) MY HOST CLUB COUNSELOR INFORMATION IS: “Andy” Kuo-Hsun LIU ...
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I'ma Noodle Cowboy!!!! xD

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 27, 2010, 11:47 am
Made me LOL
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Couldn't stop laughing

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 27, 2010, 11:39 am
LOOOL! Obviously not for realz, but omg =D
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Iranian speaks great Chinese

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 27, 2010, 10:48 am
He speaks incredibly fluent Mandarin and Cantonese! He starts briefly in English, then Cantonese. Mandarin starts at 1:47 and he continues Cantonese after 2:51 …. He was talking about how a pair of Chinese girls thought he was cute. The one said to her friend how she thought he was handsome, thi...
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Just when you thought you'd seen it all….

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 20, 2010, 10:30 am
(Takes a while to load, but be patient!) So… technically, there is a way to practice suicide bombing? lol….
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Seeing "Europe" in Asia

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 18, 2010, 4:14 am
On April 4th, a friend and I went to the Swedish 80′s Rock band, Europe, concert. It was a great concert and the finale was, of course, “It’s The Final Countdown”. I never dreamed I’d ever hear that awesome song played live by Europe. After it was over, my friend and I went to the back...
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Hah! You can say that again..

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 18, 2010, 3:13 am
Read this from “Toshuo.com” … It sounds all too familiar I’ve been living in Taiwan for about 3 years now. I’ve been teaching English at least part time the whole time I’ve been here. I spent 10 months in language classes at a mediocre language school that employs audio-ling...
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Steve Kaufmann, a polyglot

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 18, 2010, 2:55 am

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Chinese using English names

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 18, 2010, 1:02 am
Not sure I would watch all of her videos hahaha.. but this is an interesting subject. And quite funny. And here’s a blog post from Toshuo.com about learning Chinese names: http://toshuo.com/2006/learning-chinese-names/
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You know you're Taiwanese/Chinese…

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 13, 2010, 11:18 am
1. You look like you are 18. 2. You like to eat chicken feet. 3. You suck on fish heads and fish fins. 4. You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging on your rear view mirror. 5. You sing Karaoke. 6. Your house is covered with tile. 7. Your kitchen is covered by a sticky film of grease. 8. Your st...
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San Zhi UFO houses are destroyed! (三芝飛碟屋 拆毁)

. Flerick posted an article on - Apr 5, 2010, 5:51 am
Most of you are probably wondering… “What the hell are Sanzhi UFO houses?!” … Well, take a second to read this Wikipedia excerpt and find out: The UFO houses were constructed beginning in 1978. They were intended as a vacation resort in a part of the northern coast adjac...
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End of Month Report: March '10

. Flerick posted an article on - Mar 31, 2010, 2:21 pm
DATE OF REPORT: 3/31/2010 FOR MONTH OF: March HOST COUNTRY: Taiwan NAME: Eric Andrew Fleck MY HOST FAMILY INFORMATION IS: Huan-Wen CHANG No. 58-2, Changyi St., Taiping City, Taichung County 411 Taiwan Tel: +886-4-22781140 (Res.) MY HOST CLUB COUNSELOR INFORMATION IS: “Andy” Kuo-Hsun LIU ...
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