나는 어제 아침 여덟시 삼십분에 일어났어요. 여덟 시 사십분에 아침 먹어서 오십분에 학교에 갔어요. 아홉 시부터 한 시까지 서울대에서 한국말을 배웠어요. 오후 한 시에 집에 가서 점심을 먹었어요. 그리고, 컴퓨터를 하고 한국어을 공부했어요.
여섯시 반에 신촌으로 지하찰 사호선을 타고 갔어요. 일곱시 반에 친구을 만나서 커피숍에 갔어요. 우리 커피숍에서 커피와 빵을 먹어서 한국어를 공부했어요. 우리 저기에서 이야기 해서 재미 있었어요. 열시에 길이 복잡해서 지하찰을 탔어요.
밤 열 시 반에 집에서 샤워 하고 어머니 께 전화 했어요. 그리고, 영어를 공부했어요. 새벽 한 시 삼십분쯤에 잤어요.
2012年1月11日 星期三
2012年1月10日 星期二
IELTS Writing Practice 2
Nowadays, a large number of advertisements are aimed at children. Some people think this brings some negative effects and should be banned. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
Stepping into the new generation of entertainment, the TV advertisement never fails to draw people's attention. Recently an ongoing debate which has become the center of controversy goes like this: "The TV commercials for children ought to be prohibited as they are detrimental to the mental development of kids." In my view, the advertisement on television is beneficial to us more than disadvantage.
First of all, with the information from TV advertisement, people are able to acquire the knowledge of latest goods. Particularly in contemporary world, businessmen are always persuading the their target clients to purchase. And children are one the critical customers by all means, while the one who pay usually are their parents. Among the TV advertisement, most of them concerned with educational purpose. Not only can children be informed of favorable contents, but parents are able to join the growth of their kids.
Nonetheless, there is an increasing number of TV advertisement aimed at children that can lead to addiction, such as fast food, therefore result in an unhealthy life. In addition, by the influence of amazing screen effects, children tend to demand parents buying toys or food showed on TV for them, developing an overconsumed behavior sequentially, which can affect their mind after growing up.
In summary, the TV advertisement for children is not necessary to be completely banned, but need to be under scrutiny of the authorities. With the cautious examination, it ends up children can enjoy a happy and healthy childhood.
Stepping into the new generation of entertainment, the TV advertisement never fails to draw people's attention. Recently an ongoing debate which has become the center of controversy goes like this: "The TV commercials for children ought to be prohibited as they are detrimental to the mental development of kids." In my view, the advertisement on television is beneficial to us more than disadvantage.
First of all, with the information from TV advertisement, people are able to acquire the knowledge of latest goods. Particularly in contemporary world, businessmen are always persuading the their target clients to purchase. And children are one the critical customers by all means, while the one who pay usually are their parents. Among the TV advertisement, most of them concerned with educational purpose. Not only can children be informed of favorable contents, but parents are able to join the growth of their kids.
Nonetheless, there is an increasing number of TV advertisement aimed at children that can lead to addiction, such as fast food, therefore result in an unhealthy life. In addition, by the influence of amazing screen effects, children tend to demand parents buying toys or food showed on TV for them, developing an overconsumed behavior sequentially, which can affect their mind after growing up.
In summary, the TV advertisement for children is not necessary to be completely banned, but need to be under scrutiny of the authorities. With the cautious examination, it ends up children can enjoy a happy and healthy childhood.
2012年1月8日 星期日
[KR] 關於韓國報導 Regarding Korea Reports
After reading these articles on Taiwanese prestigious business magazine-天下, I found that these kind of professional journalists do not know Korea more than I expect. Further, in these reports they evidently focus on the negative sides of Korean society, such as: competitiveness, overpressure, rocket soared living cost, seeking to be number one, social conflict, realism,... That is right, there is no doubt that these are real problems current Korean society faces. However, this is not all about Korea. The journalists would rather to observe and depict those they want. In my view, this is only compensation for their mind, or for Taiwanese as Korea has defeated us in many fields. To the reporters, working hard in Taiwan is deemed "diligent", while in Korea is "stressful". Don't they know Taiwan is also ranked one of the most stressful country in the world? If it is put this way: "There is a country in Asia, competitive, overworked, living cost has been risen, social conflict exacerbated, people becoming realistic..." Is this Taiwan or Korea?
From 2012, the basic salary in Taiwan has been raised to $18,780 NTD with merely $900 NTD increase. A good news seemingly. But it turns out that this is just the fourth time rise since 15 years ago. The government claimed that this is the highest increased amount compared with previous time. How pathetic! In that case, that means it takes every 3 years that Taiwanese labors can earn hundreds of Taiwanese dollars more than before. Nowadays the basic salary for Korean labor is around $23,500 NTD.(台灣基本工資低韓國2成) With this speed, then it would probably need another 15 years that Taiwan can catch up Korea, and Korea must cannot raise their salary within this period. Not to mention the wider gap of average salary...
In terms of Korean culture, the Korea government has put a lot of efforts on promoting to the world. Personally I am not a fan of Korean food and K-pop. To me, the balls on the hat tie of Korean oldtime soldier look funny; Korean palace is small and boring, way below than Chinese palace and Japanese castle. I know none of Korean stars. But Korean does have the confidence to be proud of themselves, and show the world, which is why their culture can prosper and enchant everyone.
In brief, you can choose not to like Korea, but cannot neglect it.
看完天下雜誌的這系列四小龍文章報導後，我發現這些所謂專業記者報導的韓國並不如我預期深入。在這些文章裡，他們很明顯的聚焦在關於韓國負面的報導上，例如：競爭、壓力過大、高漲的生活成本、好勝心、社會衝突、現實...。沒錯，這些毫無疑問是韓國社會目前所面臨的問題。然而，這並不是全部的韓國。這些記者寧願記錄他們想看到的部份，在我看來，這只是對於他們心理的補償，或者應該說是對台灣人，畢竟韓國在許多方面都擊敗了我們。對於這些記者來說，努力工作在台灣叫「勤奮」；在韓國就變成「壓力過大」。他們難道不知道台灣同時也是世界上壓力最大的國家之一嗎？如果把報導換成：「在亞洲有一個國家，社會競爭激烈、每人工時過長、物價指數上漲、社會貧富衝突日益擴大、人心趨於現實...」請問這是指台灣還是韓國？
從2012年開始，台灣的基本薪資調漲至18,780台幣，只漲了九百元。表面上看起來是個好消息，但這只是自15年前以來的第四次調漲，政府還表示這已是調漲以來最高的幅度。多麼悲哀啊！這麼說的話，代表每三年，台灣勞工才能賺比以前多幾百塊。目前韓國的基本薪資是23,500台幣。照這種速度的話，也就表示台灣的基本薪資或許需要再15年才可以趕上韓國，而且期間韓國必須不可以調漲才行。更別提差異更大的平均薪資了。
至於韓國文化，韓國政府花了很多心思來推廣到全世界。但個人並不是韓國飲食或流行的愛好者。對我來說，韓國古代士兵帽帶上的珠珠看起來很滑稽；韓國宮殿又小又沒可看性，遠不如中國皇宮跟日本城堡。韓國明星我一個也不認識。但韓國人就是有這個自信，以他們的文化為榮，展示給全世界看。這也是為什麼他們的文化在今日得以流行並吸引大家。
最後，韓國在今日已是一個競爭激烈的社會，不僅學生被數以千計的考試所折磨；員工也想盡辦法要找更好的工作。父母花了大把金錢跟時間關心小孩；勞工們總是早出晚歸，台灣不也是如此嗎？差異只在於韓國人可以得到更富裕的生活；而台灣人卻只能為區區五斗米折腰。除此之外，也有越來越多的人在工作之餘，開始學習第二技能如外語。他們如此努力要成功。然而在社會發展的過程中，自殺率年年升高，同時也有許多衍生問題在韓國社會中產生。而三星、樂金、現代...等巨大怪獸也成為韓國的致命炸彈。這些大公司是如此強大，甚至可以在瞬時間控制整個國家。但如果有一天他們倒了，那麼韓國將會變成怎麼樣？儘管如此，韓國今日的成功也是因為這些擁有政府全力支持的大公司，或許，韓國人還沒準備好那一天的來臨吧。
總之，你可以不喜歡韓國，但不可以忽視它。
P.S. 看到天下雜誌稱韓國中年婦女為「歐巴桑」就覺得實在很沒有sense，歐巴桑這詞乃是日本傳過來的，而韓語本身就已經有特定的名稱來稱呼韓國中年婦女－「阿珠抹哩」或「阿珠媽」，她們可說是撐起韓國半邊天的偉大族群。在台灣用日語稱韓國的中年婦女；那還倒不如用韓語直接稱呼。
when I searched one of the reported person in the articles, I found this:
每天早起一小時，未來贏人一大步
2012年1月2日 星期一
[KR] 일기 1-13과
안녕하십니까? 저는 진홍주입니다, 대만사람입니다.
12월 2일에 한국에 왔습니다. 지금 서울대학교에서 한국어를 배웁니다.
한국어가 어려지만 재미있습니다.
제 방 은 혜하역 뒤와 5층에 있어요. 방에는 책상과 의자와 침대와 읏장이 있어요. 침대를 책상앞하고 텔레비전과 컴퓨터를 책상위에 있어요. 내 한국어 책은 컴퓨터 오른쪽에 있어요. 텔레비전 아래에 냉장고가 있어요. 그리고 세탁기와 청소기와 정수기와 화장실은 방 밖에 있어요. 부엌은 아래층에 있어요. 밥과 라면과 김치은 무료입니다.
서울은 요즈음 날씨가 아주 춥지만 눈이 오지 않습니다. 오늘 1월 1일, 일요일입니다. 월요일과 묵요일에 친구와 같이 커피숍에서 한국어를 공부했습니다. 화요일과 금요일에 집에서 한국어 책을 읽고 컴퓨터를 했습니다. 수요일에 마트가고 콜라하고 빵을 샀습니다. 어제 집에서 쉬었습니다. 내일도 학교에 가겠습니다.
12월 2일에 한국에 왔습니다. 지금 서울대학교에서 한국어를 배웁니다.
한국어가 어려지만 재미있습니다.
제 방 은 혜하역 뒤와 5층에 있어요. 방에는 책상과 의자와 침대와 읏장이 있어요. 침대를 책상앞하고 텔레비전과 컴퓨터를 책상위에 있어요. 내 한국어 책은 컴퓨터 오른쪽에 있어요. 텔레비전 아래에 냉장고가 있어요. 그리고 세탁기와 청소기와 정수기와 화장실은 방 밖에 있어요. 부엌은 아래층에 있어요. 밥과 라면과 김치은 무료입니다.
서울은 요즈음 날씨가 아주 춥지만 눈이 오지 않습니다. 오늘 1월 1일, 일요일입니다. 월요일과 묵요일에 친구와 같이 커피숍에서 한국어를 공부했습니다. 화요일과 금요일에 집에서 한국어 책을 읽고 컴퓨터를 했습니다. 수요일에 마트가고 콜라하고 빵을 샀습니다. 어제 집에서 쉬었습니다. 내일도 학교에 가겠습니다.
2012年1月1日 星期日
IELTS Writing Practice 1
IELTS 20111031:
The environment problems facing today's world are so great that there is little ordinary people can do to improve the situation. Government and large companies should be responsible for reducing the amount of damage being done to the environment.
Stepping into the new millennium, the environmental issue never fails to attract people's concern. Recently an ongoing debate which has become the center of controversy goes like this: "who is responsible for the environmental preservation: the authority, the enterprise, or the individual? In my view, these three perspectives are equally crucial.(inextricably intertwined)
It is an indisputable fact that the authority plays an important role in protecting the environment. With all the revenues contributed by taxpayers, government is capable of engaging great projects to improve our environment, such as urban renewal, water preservation, resource recycling... Furthermore the authority has the power to manipulate the environmental protection laws and regulations, and punish those who contaminated our living spaces.
On the other hand, the responsibility of enterprise should not be neglected. It is commonly believed that the majority of pollution comes along with the production process from each factory. Our land is suffering from the detrimental substance while the corporations making profits, which is absolutely intolerable. The corporations should therefore realize the benefit of being friendly to the environment. By doing so, corporation can not only prompt self-image, but to build the mouth reputation from consumers.
Meanwhile, some may argue that there is little individuals can do to save our planet. However, if everyone is willing to act, then the power of seventy billion people can be massive, thus the influence. The behavior of environment conservation can range from turning off lights after use, depleting less resource...etc.
To conclude, I believe by coordinating and cooperating the endeavors of government, large companies and ordinary people, the green world will be in just around the corner.
Meanwhile, some may argue that there is little individuals can do to save our planet. However, if everyone is willing to act, then the power of seventy billion people can be massive, thus the influence. The behavior of environment conservation can range from turning off lights after use, depleting less resource...etc.
To conclude, I believe by coordinating and cooperating the endeavors of government, large companies and ordinary people, the green world will be in just around the corner.
2011年12月31日 星期六
[KR] 我眼中的韓國 What I See Korea
其實想寫這篇文章很久了，最近又看到Cheers這篇批評別人來自爽的報導
我在今年28歲，這個全球最典型臉孔，共有九百萬漢族男子的平均年齡。母親於這麼大時產下我。陳柏霖、賀軍翔、郭惠妮、陳妍希...等與我同年生的人都已經在舞台上發光發亮，就連北韓的金正銀也接任當上領導。前陣子看報導，中國大陸有位同樣年紀，殘而不廢的男子正靠歌唱四處賺錢生活著......大家都在努力為生活打拼。很多人不明白為何我在這年齡還要到韓國來，或許以下就是我部分的答案...
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As a Taiwanese, after living abroad for 2 years, I am really sick of the islander-mind. In Taiwan island, seems Taiwan is almost about everything. It is hard to know what happened outside this island, because nobody cares.
These years, it is easy to become a target once you mention "Korean" in Taiwan. It usually comes along with "xx dog", "xx kimchi"..., even the head of finest IT company in Taiwan dare to declare a war publicly, said that "Korea is everyone's enemy." Korean has already literally become the public enemy, a taboo in Taiwan.
Not to mention the net, anything related to Korea posted always follows with criticism and dirty words from those patriots. For instance, a news said that a Korean women was physically abused in Taipei, there were even some so-called patriots commented: "Hurrah!", this kind of worse-than-beasts words fulfilled the whole page. Through this I can see how petty their mind is. Those patriots always yell "I LOVE Taiwan", but how much have they really done for Taiwan? (hate Korea counts?) Have they ever really known any Korean people?
After the vent, then?
Acer's touch monitor team was dismissed unexpectedly. Samsung is still one of the prevalent bands worldwide.
Taiwanese girls continue to rush to the trend of K-pop overwhelmingly. Many of them married Korean guys.
Taiwanese guys still dream they were in the "Girls' Generation", and pray Korean won't come here.
In fact, I used to be one of those who dislike Korean. Because they can cheat on games, do whatever it takes to win, they claim shamelessly that Confucius, the Dragon Boat Festival and Pizza are from Korea. However, all the information source is from our media.
It is until I met some REAL Korean overseas, then I realize that this is not as simple as people see. Actually, most of Korean don't know much about those arrogant opinions. They are just confused that why there are people on a southern island hate them so much. Nevertheless, the truth is that the majority of Korean know Philippines and Thailand, but they never heard of Taiwan, don't even know where Taiwan is. They only care about Japan, America and China. It turns out that those intolerant views are from some specific groups in Korea, not the pubic. In other words, it is only another gossip to them. Ends up being spread by Chinese media.
Speaking of which, I could not help wondering that while WWII, Japan had killed thousands of people in Taiwan; they dare to crash Taiwanese fishing boat to claim the faraway Diaoyu island's sovereign of right. Why do not Taiwanese deem Japan bad? (Personally I am okay with Japan.)
Business as war. Businessmen's job is to do whatever necessary to win. The issue of "Samsung as informer" occurred twice is merely a significant battle. Many Korean don't know this. In the end, not just Taiwanese companies were hurt, but also Samsung's foe: LG, another Korean company was punished, which indicates that this is obviously a business matter. In moral view, Samsung's behavior of being an informer is nasty indeed. But is it real that Taiwanese enterprises never cheat? Come on, let's not deceive yourself.
In the same furious athletic field, take Taekwondo, the most competitive between Taiwan and Korea for example. I got black tie since I learned from childhood. A lot of Taiwanese doesn't know the Taekwondo is from Korea(true!). Taekwondo is a treasure to Korean that they might seek the victory more seriously than usual. It is shame that the Korean umpire is not fair, totally unacceptable. However, this is not so incomprehensible. Since victory is such important to the Korean, and they are so patriotic, no wonder this could happen. There is nothing wrong people loving their country.(but just in a bad way) Moreover it is not only the Korean could be unfair, everybody in this world loves their own country. The point is whether it is discovered and reported by the media or not. Personally I would rather to start cooperate with Korean or engage other sports than being meaningless angry. There is a wide range of sports in the world. Why does Taiwan have to choose Taekwondo and fight with determined Korea? Taiwan is good at Golf, Billiard, Table tennis, Badminton......which can beat Korea undoubtedly. On the other hand, the most popular Baseball and Basketball sport in Taiwan now are no longer strong like before. As for the most globally widespread sport: Soccer, Taiwan soccer team? Never heard of it.
It is such a pity that today Taiwan against Korea as both have so many similar parts that we can share each other:
1. Both are small countries, the interaction between China, Japan and the US is critical.
2. Both are democratic nations, in the front line of communist nations.
3. Both lack natural resource, rely on external trade extremely.
4. Both produce identical products.
5. Both prefer creative design, and head the same way in the future.
6. Both have similar environment. When I arrived Korea in 2004, I was surprised the surroundings look like Taiwan a lot, even within the Seoul city. It could be kind of Taipei after change the Korean with Chinese character on the shop signs. (personal opinion)
I remember when I was in school 10 years ago. The Japanese and American stuff are so popular in Taiwan. Korea was nothing but a small country no one cares. But few months ago, when I came back from Australia after 2 years, it is totally different: Walking on the street, Korean songs and dramas are everywhere. The prevalence of K-pop impressed me!
After the serious lesson of financial crisis 97', Korea not only climbed back from the bottom, but step into the limelight of the world. Korea's GDP surpassed Taiwan's easily within few years. Although Taiwan had survived from the crisis, but since then went downward until now. The primary salary for Korean university graduates can range from 60,000 NTD per month; Taiwanese university graduates only can receive no more than 30,000 NTD in one month.....Is all of this not enough to teach Taiwan a good lesson? The former Minister of Economic Affairs, current CEO of External Trade Development Council agrees so, thus prompting the cooperation of Taiwan and Korea. Meanwhile the Representative of Korea in Taipei office also wrote an article to indicate that "The relationship of Korea-Taiwan is underestimated".(低평가된 한·대만 관계)
From the perspective of history, thanks to Korea that Taiwan can maintain the freedom and democracy today. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Korean had sacrificed thousands of lives to fight with Chinese communists, which kept them away from Taiwan. In the meantime, this also urged the Americans to pay more attention to the importance of Taiwan defense. Hence they sent the US seventh fleet to Taiwan simultaneously.
The current Korea society is extreme competitive with negative influence accordingly. But it is because every Korean willing to give and win that Korea can be strong nowadays. If we can understand and observe Korea objectively, then it is no more difficult to comprehend their behavior.
In Seoul, Korea. 2011.12.31
身為台灣人，到國外生活兩年後，實在對於那種島民心態很反感，在台灣島內，彷彿全天下只有台灣最大。在台灣很難知道國外發生什麼事，因為沒有人在意。
最近這幾年，在台灣，只要你一提起「韓國人」，馬上就會淪為眾矢之的，什麼「狗」、什麼「菜」、什麼「棒子」...歧視的字眼就會批哩趴啦射過來，就連身為全國指標性公司的領導人都敢直接在電視上嗆聲宣戰：「韓國是每個人的敵人」。「韓國人」基本上已經成為台灣人的全民公敵，是一道不可碰觸的禁忌話題。
在網路上更是無法無天，任何只要跟韓國有關的話題，下面隨之而來的一定會有所謂愛國人士的批評謾罵，難聽不堪入耳，甚至連韓國人在台灣慘遭猥褻的新聞，竟還有人大聲叫好，這種「別人的小孩死不了」，連禽獸都不如的話都能占滿整個版面，已經讓我看清這些台灣所謂「鄉民」心眼之狹小。試問這些所謂愛國人士口口聲聲喊愛台灣，又真正為台灣做了多少事(討厭韓國也算？)，又真的有曾經去認識任何一個韓國人嗎？
罵完自high了然後呢？
宏碁觸控部門慘遭裁撤，人家三星照樣在全世界賣得嚇嚇叫。
台灣少女們繼續奮不顧身，前仆後繼地一波一波湧向這股韓流，紛紛嫁到韓國去。
台灣鄉民們依舊只能夢見自己在「少女時代」，醒來卻發現自己只能每天唱「保庇」，祈禱韓國人不要來。
不可諱言的是，曾經我也對韓國人很反感，因為他們可以為了比賽獲勝不擇手段、當抓靶仔，可以寡廉鮮恥的說孔子是他們家祖宗、端午節和披薩等都是他們發明的。但是，這些消息來源通通都是新聞媒體講的！
等到我在國外認識真正的韓國人以後，才發現事情並不是憨人想得那麼簡單。其實大部分的韓國人並不知道有這回事，他們只對為什麼南邊有一個小島，上面的人這麼討厭韓國而感到困惑。台灣人在那邊對他們咬牙切齒，但實際上許多一般韓國人知道菲律賓和泰國，卻聽都沒聽過「台灣」，不知道台灣在哪裡，他們唯一在意的只有日本、美國和中國。原來剛剛以上的「韓國發明」都是韓國內部某些小團體的傑作，對於每個韓國人本身來說也純屬有益無害的八卦話題，結果被各中文媒體拿來刻意大肆炒作。
不禁好奇地想，日本人二戰在台灣殺了那麼多人；不惜衝撞漁船，硬說遠方的釣魚台是他們的，為什麼台灣人就不會認為日本是壞蛋？(我個人並不討厭日本)
商場如戰場，孫子兵法有云：「兵者，詭道也。」，在商業世界裡為了取勝，本來就會不擇手段，之前三星二度當抓耙仔這件事也不過是其中較為重大的「戰役」，許多韓國人並不知道有這件事。事件最後不只台灣公司，就連同為韓國企業的競爭對手LG也中箭落馬，就說明了這只是件單純商業世界裡的攻防行為。就道德面來看，當然是很下流，但台灣企業本身難道就完全是清白的嗎(不管是這單case或是其他方面)？別自欺欺人了。
同樣競爭激烈的運動場上，就拿台韓間競爭最激烈的跆拳道來說，我從小學到黑帶，許多台灣人都不知道跆拳道其實是韓國人發明的(這是事實)，跆拳道對於韓國人來說就是一項國粹，得失心本來就會相對更大。裁判不公，當然很無恥，不可接受，但這也不是不能理解，既然勝利對他們來說如此重要，韓國人又這麼愛國，會做出這種行為也不奇怪，人家愛自己的國家不行嗎？(只是方法有錯) 更何況全世界的裁判也不是惟有韓國籍才有可能不公平，人人都愛自己的國家，只是有沒有發生及被媒體報導出來罷了。所以台灣人與其在那邊憤慨不平地埋怨、抗議、生悶氣，倒不如想想該如何與韓國加強合作交流，或是轉換跑道，此處不留爺自有留爺處，世上有那麼多的運動項目，為何偏偏要選跆拳道跟韓國槓呢？台灣人在高爾夫、撞球、桌球、羽球...仍然可以打敗韓國，倒是棒球、籃球十年至今一蹶不振，全球最流行的足球就更不用說了，台灣足球代表隊？聽都沒聽過。
其實台灣和韓國今天走到這一步相當可惜，因為台韓之間有許多相似之處可以互相借鏡：
1. 同樣是小國家，與中國、日本、美國的互動很重要。
2. 同樣身為民主國家，位處面對共產國家的戰爭前線。
3. 同樣缺乏天然資源，非常倚賴對外貿易。
4. 同樣生產許多類似商品，產品線重疊性相當高。
5. 同樣注重創意設計，將來還是會走同樣的路線。
6. 同樣擁有類似的都市環境，我2004剛到韓國時，在高速公路就很驚訝為何週遭環境一眼望去跟台灣這麼像？首爾市裡也差不多，把招牌上火星文的韓文換成中文，就跟台北市相去不遠。(這點純屬個人感覺)
記得十年前在學校的時候，當時台灣流行圈還是日本與美國的天下，韓國只不過是默默無名的一個小國。但是在幾個月之前，從澳洲兩年後回到台灣完全不一樣，走在路上，每家店裡幾乎都在放韓文歌、韓劇，韓流氾濫之程度令我印象深刻。
韓國在經歷過97金融危機慘痛的教訓後，不只重新站了起來，還成功走上世界舞台，短短幾年之內輕鬆超越台灣GDP產值；反觀台灣當時雖然得以低空飛過，卻也從此開始走下坡至今。韓國大學畢業生起薪可以有6萬台幣；台灣大學畢業生有3萬就要偷笑了，仁川國際機場連續6年獲得「全球服務最佳機場」第一名；桃園國際機場卻總是「屋漏偏逢連夜雨」，釜山港一躍成為世界前五大裝箱吞吐量的港口；高雄港則在十名之外，且節節敗退中......這等等箇中原因難道不值得台灣好好反省學習？就連前經濟部長，現外貿協會董事長王志剛也是這麼認為的：新聞－王志剛促加強台韓經貿合作。韓國駐台代表同樣也撰文表示：台韓關係被低估 (低평가된 한·대만 관계)
就歷史上來看，台灣能保有今天的自由民主，應該感謝韓國。1950年韓戰爆發，韓國人犧牲了成千上萬的生命，牽制住了當時正旺的中共軍事力量，使其是役後元氣大傷，無力進攻台灣；並同時也提醒了美國，開始注重協防台灣的重要性，派出第七艦隊就是明證。
現在的韓國社會是一個非常競爭的世界，相對的也有許多短處。不過也因為每個人都願意付出求勝，韓國現今才能在世上如此強盛。如果能多加客觀地認識並觀察韓國，那麼對於韓國人的行為也就不難理解了。
2011.12.31.記於韓國首爾
(【韓國連線】採訪日記 Day2：英文無用？)，實在讓人搖搖頭，要知道全中文世界的台北市同時也被多少外國人抱怨旅遊不便，英文路標的翻譯標示亂七八糟，台灣人普遍的英文程度也好不到那裡去，根本是五十步笑百步。唯一公認較優的地方是態度友善，熱心幫忙，這才是值得稱許的。
我在今年28歲，這個全球最典型臉孔，共有九百萬漢族男子的平均年齡。母親於這麼大時產下我。陳柏霖、賀軍翔、郭惠妮、陳妍希...等與我同年生的人都已經在舞台上發光發亮，就連北韓的金正銀也接任當上領導。前陣子看報導，中國大陸有位同樣年紀，殘而不廢的男子正靠歌唱四處賺錢生活著......大家都在努力為生活打拼。很多人不明白為何我在這年齡還要到韓國來，或許以下就是我部分的答案...
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As a Taiwanese, after living abroad for 2 years, I am really sick of the islander-mind. In Taiwan island, seems Taiwan is almost about everything. It is hard to know what happened outside this island, because nobody cares.
These years, it is easy to become a target once you mention "Korean" in Taiwan. It usually comes along with "xx dog", "xx kimchi"..., even the head of finest IT company in Taiwan dare to declare a war publicly, said that "Korea is everyone's enemy." Korean has already literally become the public enemy, a taboo in Taiwan.
Not to mention the net, anything related to Korea posted always follows with criticism and dirty words from those patriots. For instance, a news said that a Korean women was physically abused in Taipei, there were even some so-called patriots commented: "Hurrah!", this kind of worse-than-beasts words fulfilled the whole page. Through this I can see how petty their mind is. Those patriots always yell "I LOVE Taiwan", but how much have they really done for Taiwan? (hate Korea counts?) Have they ever really known any Korean people?
After the vent, then?
Acer's touch monitor team was dismissed unexpectedly. Samsung is still one of the prevalent bands worldwide.
Taiwanese girls continue to rush to the trend of K-pop overwhelmingly. Many of them married Korean guys.
Taiwanese guys still dream they were in the "Girls' Generation", and pray Korean won't come here.
In fact, I used to be one of those who dislike Korean. Because they can cheat on games, do whatever it takes to win, they claim shamelessly that Confucius, the Dragon Boat Festival and Pizza are from Korea. However, all the information source is from our media.
It is until I met some REAL Korean overseas, then I realize that this is not as simple as people see. Actually, most of Korean don't know much about those arrogant opinions. They are just confused that why there are people on a southern island hate them so much. Nevertheless, the truth is that the majority of Korean know Philippines and Thailand, but they never heard of Taiwan, don't even know where Taiwan is. They only care about Japan, America and China. It turns out that those intolerant views are from some specific groups in Korea, not the pubic. In other words, it is only another gossip to them. Ends up being spread by Chinese media.
Speaking of which, I could not help wondering that while WWII, Japan had killed thousands of people in Taiwan; they dare to crash Taiwanese fishing boat to claim the faraway Diaoyu island's sovereign of right. Why do not Taiwanese deem Japan bad? (Personally I am okay with Japan.)
Business as war. Businessmen's job is to do whatever necessary to win. The issue of "Samsung as informer" occurred twice is merely a significant battle. Many Korean don't know this. In the end, not just Taiwanese companies were hurt, but also Samsung's foe: LG, another Korean company was punished, which indicates that this is obviously a business matter. In moral view, Samsung's behavior of being an informer is nasty indeed. But is it real that Taiwanese enterprises never cheat? Come on, let's not deceive yourself.
In the same furious athletic field, take Taekwondo, the most competitive between Taiwan and Korea for example. I got black tie since I learned from childhood. A lot of Taiwanese doesn't know the Taekwondo is from Korea(true!). Taekwondo is a treasure to Korean that they might seek the victory more seriously than usual. It is shame that the Korean umpire is not fair, totally unacceptable. However, this is not so incomprehensible. Since victory is such important to the Korean, and they are so patriotic, no wonder this could happen. There is nothing wrong people loving their country.(but just in a bad way) Moreover it is not only the Korean could be unfair, everybody in this world loves their own country. The point is whether it is discovered and reported by the media or not. Personally I would rather to start cooperate with Korean or engage other sports than being meaningless angry. There is a wide range of sports in the world. Why does Taiwan have to choose Taekwondo and fight with determined Korea? Taiwan is good at Golf, Billiard, Table tennis, Badminton......which can beat Korea undoubtedly. On the other hand, the most popular Baseball and Basketball sport in Taiwan now are no longer strong like before. As for the most globally widespread sport: Soccer, Taiwan soccer team? Never heard of it.
It is such a pity that today Taiwan against Korea as both have so many similar parts that we can share each other:
1. Both are small countries, the interaction between China, Japan and the US is critical.
2. Both are democratic nations, in the front line of communist nations.
3. Both lack natural resource, rely on external trade extremely.
4. Both produce identical products.
5. Both prefer creative design, and head the same way in the future.
6. Both have similar environment. When I arrived Korea in 2004, I was surprised the surroundings look like Taiwan a lot, even within the Seoul city. It could be kind of Taipei after change the Korean with Chinese character on the shop signs. (personal opinion)
I remember when I was in school 10 years ago. The Japanese and American stuff are so popular in Taiwan. Korea was nothing but a small country no one cares. But few months ago, when I came back from Australia after 2 years, it is totally different: Walking on the street, Korean songs and dramas are everywhere. The prevalence of K-pop impressed me!
After the serious lesson of financial crisis 97', Korea not only climbed back from the bottom, but step into the limelight of the world. Korea's GDP surpassed Taiwan's easily within few years. Although Taiwan had survived from the crisis, but since then went downward until now. The primary salary for Korean university graduates can range from 60,000 NTD per month; Taiwanese university graduates only can receive no more than 30,000 NTD in one month.....Is all of this not enough to teach Taiwan a good lesson? The former Minister of Economic Affairs, current CEO of External Trade Development Council agrees so, thus prompting the cooperation of Taiwan and Korea. Meanwhile the Representative of Korea in Taipei office also wrote an article to indicate that "The relationship of Korea-Taiwan is underestimated".(低평가된 한·대만 관계)
From the perspective of history, thanks to Korea that Taiwan can maintain the freedom and democracy today. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Korean had sacrificed thousands of lives to fight with Chinese communists, which kept them away from Taiwan. In the meantime, this also urged the Americans to pay more attention to the importance of Taiwan defense. Hence they sent the US seventh fleet to Taiwan simultaneously.
The current Korea society is extreme competitive with negative influence accordingly. But it is because every Korean willing to give and win that Korea can be strong nowadays. If we can understand and observe Korea objectively, then it is no more difficult to comprehend their behavior.
In Seoul, Korea. 2011.12.31
身為台灣人，到國外生活兩年後，實在對於那種島民心態很反感，在台灣島內，彷彿全天下只有台灣最大。在台灣很難知道國外發生什麼事，因為沒有人在意。
最近這幾年，在台灣，只要你一提起「韓國人」，馬上就會淪為眾矢之的，什麼「狗」、什麼「菜」、什麼「棒子」...歧視的字眼就會批哩趴啦射過來，就連身為全國指標性公司的領導人都敢直接在電視上嗆聲宣戰：「韓國是每個人的敵人」。「韓國人」基本上已經成為台灣人的全民公敵，是一道不可碰觸的禁忌話題。
在網路上更是無法無天，任何只要跟韓國有關的話題，下面隨之而來的一定會有所謂愛國人士的批評謾罵，難聽不堪入耳，甚至連韓國人在台灣慘遭猥褻的新聞，竟還有人大聲叫好，這種「別人的小孩死不了」，連禽獸都不如的話都能占滿整個版面，已經讓我看清這些台灣所謂「鄉民」心眼之狹小。試問這些所謂愛國人士口口聲聲喊愛台灣，又真正為台灣做了多少事(討厭韓國也算？)，又真的有曾經去認識任何一個韓國人嗎？
罵完自high了然後呢？
宏碁觸控部門慘遭裁撤，人家三星照樣在全世界賣得嚇嚇叫。
台灣少女們繼續奮不顧身，前仆後繼地一波一波湧向這股韓流，紛紛嫁到韓國去。
台灣鄉民們依舊只能夢見自己在「少女時代」，醒來卻發現自己只能每天唱「保庇」，祈禱韓國人不要來。
不可諱言的是，曾經我也對韓國人很反感，因為他們可以為了比賽獲勝不擇手段、當抓靶仔，可以寡廉鮮恥的說孔子是他們家祖宗、端午節和披薩等都是他們發明的。但是，這些消息來源通通都是新聞媒體講的！
等到我在國外認識真正的韓國人以後，才發現事情並不是憨人想得那麼簡單。其實大部分的韓國人並不知道有這回事，他們只對為什麼南邊有一個小島，上面的人這麼討厭韓國而感到困惑。台灣人在那邊對他們咬牙切齒，但實際上許多一般韓國人知道菲律賓和泰國，卻聽都沒聽過「台灣」，不知道台灣在哪裡，他們唯一在意的只有日本、美國和中國。原來剛剛以上的「韓國發明」都是韓國內部某些小團體的傑作，對於每個韓國人本身來說也純屬有益無害的八卦話題，結果被各中文媒體拿來刻意大肆炒作。
不禁好奇地想，日本人二戰在台灣殺了那麼多人；不惜衝撞漁船，硬說遠方的釣魚台是他們的，為什麼台灣人就不會認為日本是壞蛋？(我個人並不討厭日本)
商場如戰場，孫子兵法有云：「兵者，詭道也。」，在商業世界裡為了取勝，本來就會不擇手段，之前三星二度當抓耙仔這件事也不過是其中較為重大的「戰役」，許多韓國人並不知道有這件事。事件最後不只台灣公司，就連同為韓國企業的競爭對手LG也中箭落馬，就說明了這只是件單純商業世界裡的攻防行為。就道德面來看，當然是很下流，但台灣企業本身難道就完全是清白的嗎(不管是這單case或是其他方面)？別自欺欺人了。
同樣競爭激烈的運動場上，就拿台韓間競爭最激烈的跆拳道來說，我從小學到黑帶，許多台灣人都不知道跆拳道其實是韓國人發明的(這是事實)，跆拳道對於韓國人來說就是一項國粹，得失心本來就會相對更大。裁判不公，當然很無恥，不可接受，但這也不是不能理解，既然勝利對他們來說如此重要，韓國人又這麼愛國，會做出這種行為也不奇怪，人家愛自己的國家不行嗎？(只是方法有錯) 更何況全世界的裁判也不是惟有韓國籍才有可能不公平，人人都愛自己的國家，只是有沒有發生及被媒體報導出來罷了。所以台灣人與其在那邊憤慨不平地埋怨、抗議、生悶氣，倒不如想想該如何與韓國加強合作交流，或是轉換跑道，此處不留爺自有留爺處，世上有那麼多的運動項目，為何偏偏要選跆拳道跟韓國槓呢？台灣人在高爾夫、撞球、桌球、羽球...仍然可以打敗韓國，倒是棒球、籃球十年至今一蹶不振，全球最流行的足球就更不用說了，台灣足球代表隊？聽都沒聽過。
其實台灣和韓國今天走到這一步相當可惜，因為台韓之間有許多相似之處可以互相借鏡：
1. 同樣是小國家，與中國、日本、美國的互動很重要。
2. 同樣身為民主國家，位處面對共產國家的戰爭前線。
3. 同樣缺乏天然資源，非常倚賴對外貿易。
4. 同樣生產許多類似商品，產品線重疊性相當高。
5. 同樣注重創意設計，將來還是會走同樣的路線。
6. 同樣擁有類似的都市環境，我2004剛到韓國時，在高速公路就很驚訝為何週遭環境一眼望去跟台灣這麼像？首爾市裡也差不多，把招牌上火星文的韓文換成中文，就跟台北市相去不遠。(這點純屬個人感覺)
記得十年前在學校的時候，當時台灣流行圈還是日本與美國的天下，韓國只不過是默默無名的一個小國。但是在幾個月之前，從澳洲兩年後回到台灣完全不一樣，走在路上，每家店裡幾乎都在放韓文歌、韓劇，韓流氾濫之程度令我印象深刻。
韓國在經歷過97金融危機慘痛的教訓後，不只重新站了起來，還成功走上世界舞台，短短幾年之內輕鬆超越台灣GDP產值；反觀台灣當時雖然得以低空飛過，卻也從此開始走下坡至今。韓國大學畢業生起薪可以有6萬台幣；台灣大學畢業生有3萬就要偷笑了，仁川國際機場連續6年獲得「全球服務最佳機場」第一名；桃園國際機場卻總是「屋漏偏逢連夜雨」，釜山港一躍成為世界前五大裝箱吞吐量的港口；高雄港則在十名之外，且節節敗退中......這等等箇中原因難道不值得台灣好好反省學習？就連前經濟部長，現外貿協會董事長王志剛也是這麼認為的：新聞－王志剛促加強台韓經貿合作。韓國駐台代表同樣也撰文表示：台韓關係被低估 (低평가된 한·대만 관계)
就歷史上來看，台灣能保有今天的自由民主，應該感謝韓國。1950年韓戰爆發，韓國人犧牲了成千上萬的生命，牽制住了當時正旺的中共軍事力量，使其是役後元氣大傷，無力進攻台灣；並同時也提醒了美國，開始注重協防台灣的重要性，派出第七艦隊就是明證。
現在的韓國社會是一個非常競爭的世界，相對的也有許多短處。不過也因為每個人都願意付出求勝，韓國現今才能在世上如此強盛。如果能多加客觀地認識並觀察韓國，那麼對於韓國人的行為也就不難理解了。
2011.12.31.記於韓國首爾
2011年12月30日 星期五
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