Let the World See Taiwan

It was the last day Ms. Jana Barnhill, the International President 2008-2009, was in town. I listened to her speech, "Why communication is so important and relative to career diplomats?" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

After Jana's speech, Mr. Pierre Chen, President of MOFA Toastmasters Club recommended me to see Mr. Guo-nan Chin, Section Chief, Third Section, Department of European Affairs. Mr. Chin was nice to give me 60 ROC-100 pins as souvenirs for the Regensburger Domspatzen. Mr. Chin also lent me ten DVDs about Taiwan for our German friends to watch on the charter buses.

1. Greeting the Lunar New Year on Taiwan, 48 minutes, March 2003
2. An Index of Culture—The Museums of Taiwan, 25 minutes, July 2003
3. Taiwan's National Palace Museum in Transition, 25 minutes, July 2003
4. The Fragrant Fruits of Taiwan, 27 minutes, March 2004
5. Between Heaven and Earth—The Temples of Taiwan, 28 minutes, February 2006
6. Taiwan's Festivals: Links with the Past, Bridges to the Future, 28 minutes, July 2007
7. Taiwan Where Mountains Meet Sea, six minutes and forty seconds, September 2009
8. Let's be Friends, 30 minutes, December 2009
9. Tradition Meets Modernity—New Energy for Taiwanese Music, 28 minutes, December 2009
10. Savor the Flavors of Taiwan, 26 minutes, December 2010

The ten DVDs are in many language versions, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese. It will take me at least three lives to be able to know about Taiwan in all the above languages.

Even though I am not a career diplomat working for MOFA, I am excited that I could apply the communication and leadership skills I learned in Toastmasters to serve my country as a civilian Ambassador–at-large to Let the World See Taiwan whenever possible!