National Taiwan University College of Medicine

Remember when we interviewed the dean of the National Taiwan University? This time, we interviwed the dean of the National Taiwan University’s Medical School. (The NTU Medical School is one of the colleges within the NTU.)

During the interview, we asked two rounds of questions, and we learned about the importanceof integrity and about his views on GM (gene modification). Apparently, Dr. Yang has done much research in that field. After the interview, (as usual,) we took photos, and then were handed gifts. Afterwards, we left, and this year’s CKSAP program was declared offically over.

-Christina

The Taiwan Broadcasting Station

When we arrived at the TBS, we first took some pictures, and then we were given a tour of the TBS building. We started off touring the recording rooms, and we even saw a live show in progress! (Due to the reporter’s request for a pair of sunglasses, Tom’s sunglasses had a 10 second “moment of fame” on live TV. Afterwards, we visited the props room, which takes up a whole floor. We learned that most of the props are made of wood, and that all the plants they use are fake. After our tour, we were led to a meeting room, and we started the interview.

Ms. Feng, (sister of Ms. Feng at the Mandarin Daily News,) told us about the importance of integrity and teamwork. She also articulated about her job and how she managed her people. Quick-witted and extremely intelligent, Ms. Feng answered all our questions and more. After the interview, we tookpictures, and then left.

-Christina

Editor-in-Chief of the Mandarin Daily News

The Mandarin Daily News is unique. It’s nota newspaper aimed for an audience of everyone; it’s a children’s newspaper!

That morning, when we arrived in the lobby of the Mandarin Daily News office, we were greeted with a sight of many milling people, and a book shop. After staring at our surroundings for a full 30 seconds, we were greeted by a representative who led us up to a meeting room and showed us an introductory movie about the Mandarin Daily News. After the movie, we were led on a tour of the building.

The Mandarin Daily News building isn’t just an office; it’s a learning place for kids. The top floor is a recreation floor for kids resting between lessons, and waiting adults. The other floors contain a library, a music corner, an Arts corner, and various other areas and corners. After the tour, we ambled into Ms. Feng, the editor-in-chief’s, office. We sat down on the various couches and chairs, and the interview began. We discovered that Ms. Feng highly prizes integrity, and that she was influenced by the former editor-in-chief to take her current job. She answered the questions quickly and precisely. After two rounds of questions, we took pictures, and then left for our other interview.

-Christina

The Cathay Charity Group

When we entered the Cathay Charity Group headquarter meeting room, a long rectangular-shaped table, leather swivel chairs, and complimentary waters greeted our eyes. We sat down, and prepared to interview Mr. Chien. Five minutes later, he entered the room, and greetings resounded throughout the room. We stood up, handed him our presents, and the intereview commenced.

As usual, I started out the interview with my question: what qualities must a great leader have? “Integrity,” he replied. Mr. Chien taught us to not take things for granted; we have our life a whole lot easier than many other kids, especially the ones in underdeveloped countries. After a long conversation filled with many questions and interesting answers, we bade each other goodbye and left.

-Christina

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Tour of the Presidential Palace - and we meet the Vice President!

This morning, we were crowded in the meeting room at my aunt’s office when Mom dropped the bomb. “Guess what,” she proclaimed, “we may have a chance to meet the Vice President today!” After a few raised eyebrows and a few “whoa”s, we dogpiled into our private van and raced off to the Presidential Palace.

When we arrived, our belongings were checked and taken away for safekeeping. Simon forgot his wallet. (We will come to explore the significance of this event later.) We were not allowed to take bags in, so we had to carry our precious belongings by hand. After the check, we proceeded in and the tour started.

Did you know that the Presidential Palace is shaped in the shape of the Chinese character ri? Apparently, the building was built during the time Japan owned Taiwan, and the ri character was the first character in the word ri ben, which means “Japan”. We didn’t just learn about that. Along with other interesting facts, we saw the clothes that the previous presidents wore! After walking through multiple rooms and gazing at notebooks, we arrived at the gift shop. (Now, does anybody realize the importance of Simon’s wallet?) Within 30 seconds of entering the shoppe, Simon discovered that he forgot his wallet. After sulking for about five minutes, he was back to his energetic and perky self. Megan, however, brought her wallet with her.

Then, we were alerted: We would have the chance to have a quick two minute photo and handshake session with the Vice President! Excited, we tromped on to the meeting room and rested for a few minutes until he came in.

When the Vice President arrived, we all stood up and shook his hand, and then the photo session commenced. After the session, the Vice President left, and so did we.

~Christina

Yesterday

Yesterday we met two people, The editor in chief of the best kids newspaper in Taiwan and the President of a TV station that owns four channels. That was all very fun. They actually were sisters. They both seemed to say that in life you must be patient. We got lots of tours from them they had all kinds of departments. We got to see how they  need them when they were filming because we were in the room when they were filming. That was very fun. We also had a wonderful dinner. It was with legislator Liao. She was so nice and was very humble. She said that in life you have to take the chances that you get. After the dinner I was very full and I think everyone else was too. Sorry I didn’t write yesterday, I was planning on writing last night but i was to tired and went straight to bed.

Day 6

Today we met the Vice President. We didn’t stay long because he just shook our hand and said that it was a pleasure to meet us. But then we got to interview the head of the Cathay Charity.  He was very interesting, he also agreed that integrity is very important. We had a great time yesterday. We got to  go see the ocean.  I had to take 3 trains, plus walk for a little bit, then drive for about 15-20 min to get back to the house . We all got ice cream too, it was really good but not as sweet.  Simon got one bigger than his head.  We had a blast.

2 Days or Fun and relaxing!

Hello everyone! I have been away from the computer for two days because we had no interviews so we went to wu-lai. We had so much fun. We visited the real market and went to all the shops. we also rode a little fun train. it went fast for a train so small and 50 years old. I was a ball of fun the was a lake/river and we saw a waterfall. It was very beautiful. I didn’t get to take any pictures though because I forgot my camera, but Mrs. Yeh did. After all that we went to a hotel and it was top class. there was a spa, awesome rooms, and it was famous for its hot springs. There was even a place where you could lay in a hot spring like a bathtub in your room. That night we went to a real hot spring though in the spa. It was so cool they had four different places. One really hot one, one kinda hot, one regular temperature like the pool on a really hot day, and a FREEZING one that was like almost ice. That one would definitely wake you up and make you feel refreshed. After that we went to our hotel rooms and went to bed. The next day we woke up at 7:30 and had a yummy breakfast. I had lettuce, bacon, french fry like things, yogurt, and, bread with jelly. I was so full after that scrumptious breakfast. Later we went to bitan bridge. It was supposedly famous but I don’t know why. It wasn’t so great from my perspective,and it was kinda small, but hey, it was fun you know. Shortly after we visited the bridge, we went home. We were planning to go to the beach right when we got home but it was too late. So we went ice skating! It was COLD considering I only had on a short sleeved shirt and shorts. Yoyo and I play many things. We played tag on skates, pad gliding, we raced, and watched a figure skating competition. Finally the day ended with us going to Mickey D’s and eating that before the ride home. We had a BlAST today and yesterday! I am so worn out but it was worth it.

Day three!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone Megan and christina already wrote about yesterday so i guess ill have to be quicker but I will kep you informed. This is where you put any of your questins and I will answer them fast!

 

Happy fourth of july!