Yu-Chiang

I'm a 32-year-old female, and I live in Taipei, Taiwan .

I speak English, Chinese (Mandarin)

Current level: Expert

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• Cities and countries I have visited

  Having spent more than 30 years living on a small and crowded island, I almost never traveled abroad and have only been to Singapore once in 1997. I'd definitely love to revisit there one day in the future to relive some of my favorite childhood memories.

• My interests in other cultures

  In addition to exploring East Asian culture, I am also interested in learning about European languages, cultures, beliefs, and philosophies—and this of course includes food.

• Favourite books/authors/films

  1.My favorite books are:
  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  Cryptography From the Third-Floor Secretariat by Thae Yong-ho
  Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne by Ben Hills
  The Illiterate(L’analphabete) by Ágota Kristóf
  A Passage to India by E.M.Forster
  India: A Wounded Civilization by V.S.Naipaul
  The Copy Cat by Miyabe Miyuki
  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

  2.My favorite authors are V.S.Naipaul and Jhumpa Lahiri.

  3.My favorite films:
  Vertigo
  M. Butterfly
  Farewell My Concubine
  The English Patient
  Gattaca
  Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
  Gladiator
  Le Silence de la mer
  Atonement
  Lust, Caution
  Dunkirk
  Tenet
  1917
  Decision to Leave
  
  

• I always enjoy talking about...

  Everything surrounds and affects us.
  Hobbies and interests, life experiences, dreams and goals, social issues...etc.
  Above all, I'm not afraid to address controversial topics.

• Living abroad for one year

  I'd like to stay in South Korea for a year to improve my spoken Korean.

• Something to tell the world!

  "It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you."

• I recently learnt...

  The art of saying no to others.

• A career without obstacles

  Such career doesn't exist.

• Personal skills

  I'm pretty good at memorizing people's names, voices and their birthdays.

• My feeling about the future

  Not feeling optimistic about the future; to be honest, I think everything, including humanity, is going backwards. The whole world is becoming more dangerous now than ever before.

• A personal challenge

  A day without coffee.

• Something uncommon about me

  I can always recognize certain people's face even when they're in disguise.

• Improving the school system

  Critical thinking should have been taught and promoted in most Asian schools.

• I wish people knew more about...

  As a long-time volunteer in a dog shelter, I wish people would understand more about animal welfare.

• As a child, I wish...

  I wish I could adopt every stray dog I meet on the street.

• My opinion on human nature

  Don't admire people too much, they'll disappoint you sometimes.

• Making the world a better place

  "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."