The typhoon’s here, and although Tainan somehow manages to escape all major weather annoyances of the island, there’s still a lot of rain that makes it a bit more difficult for the Taiwanese to express their inner selves with artistic BBQing.
But, not to worry, if we can’t do it outdoors, we’ll BBQ it indoors… in [...]
The typhoon’s here, and although Tainan somehow continues to stay away from all the big problems on the island, there’s still a lot of rain that makes it a bit more difficult for the Taiwanese to express their inner selves with artistic BBQing.
But, not to worry, if we can’t do it outdoors, we’ll do it [...]
One of the biggest problems in cross cultural interactions and studying in a foreign country has to do with the lack of cultural sensitivity.
It was quite by accident, that I joined the IIMBA freshmen orientation this week, organized by the senior students who wanted to give the freshmen some of the introduction they didn’t have. [...]
A few weeks back, during the Olympic games in Beijing, I wrote about China bashing in some of the Israeli media and my concern over the uprising trend of biased if not ignorant reporting about China. I was attempting to promote more cultural understanding and sensitivity in media reporting and highlight some of the [...]
As part of the visit of Technion president to NCKU, we were invited for a presentation of a new project currently being developed in NCKU, combining Electrical Engineering, Industrial Design and Creative Design of professors from the Tainan area universities, led by NCKU.
I got permission to take a few videos and post them here. They [...]
I’m the only Israeli student in southern Taiwan, as far as I’m aware, and although it sounds a bit culturally lonely, it does bring up some unique opportunities. During Friday and Saturday I joined the Israeli Technion president, Dr. Yitzhak Apeloig, while he was visiting NCKU with his charming wife – Mrs. Tzippi Apeloig. It [...]
