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EggBanana
by Ryan, Marc & Edward
Calling someone an Egg refers to a person who is Caucasian on the outside but is Asian on the inside. A Banana has an opposite meaning which means someone who is Asian but has a Western mindset.1 Egg (Ryan) and 2 Bananas (Marc & Edward) all hail from the US, with different backgrounds, have united to discuss our life experiences living and working in different parts of Asia and now reside in Taiwan.We want to help English learners with new phrases, idioms and slang, while incorporating some Mandarin and Japanese while discussing various topics in our lives.
Episodes
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Our Podcasting Journey
In this episode, Ryan, Marc & Edward talk about their individual and collective experience doing the podcast. Starting with Season 1, they talk about the expected and unexpected challenges they faced while doing this project. They also discuss the continued evolution and changes that was...
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Unique Experiences Overseas
So you’re living abroad. You have a job, are making friends and trying to get acclimated to a new culture. The next thing is to try new things and experiences that you may have never done before or wanted to try. In this episode, we talk about some of the unique experiences we have had in Asia…
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Learning a Foreign Language
Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. Second-language acquisition (SLA),...
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Zombie Apocalypse in TW
The Zombie apocalypse is a genre of fiction in which civilization collapses due to overwhelming swarms of zombies. Typically only a few individuals or small bands of survivors are left living. Usually this extraordinary situation happens because of a specific parasite or infection. Because of…
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Food We Like in Taiwan
Food is something that provides nutrients. Nutrients are substances that provide: energy for activity, growth, and all functions of the body such as breathing, digesting food, and keeping warm; materials for the growth and repair of the body, and for keeping the immune system healthy. Food is...
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Popular Spots in Taipei
Taipei is the political, economic, educational and cultural center of Taiwan and one of the major hubs in East Asia. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha − City by GaWC, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area. Railways, highways, airports and bus lines connect Taipei...
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Favorite Destinations in Taiwan
Taiwan has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanized population is concentrated. The capital is Taipei, which, along with New Taipei and Keelung, forms the largest...
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Looking for a Job in Taiwan
So you find yourself loving Taiwan and would like to stay here. In a previous podcast, we went over all of the various ways that would allow you to stay on this beautiful island. One of the most common ways is to look for a job which offers visa sponsorship. However, the question is how do we go...
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COVID-19 Taiwan Update
It’s quite interesting how things can change so dramatically within the span of just a few weeks. In Season 1, we did a podcast which detailed what it was like to live in Taiwan during what can be deemed the COVID-19 Era. We had talked about how the Taiwan government implemented certain…
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EggBanana VR-Cast · Season 2 Teaser
Hey Everyone, your favorite podcast, EggBanana is back and better than ever! First and foremost we wanted to thank all of you, the listeners in subscribing to the podcast and in downloading the episodes. We are also very appreciative of all of the comments and positive feedback we got on all of…
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Staying in Taiwan
You've been living in Taiwan and love the culture, food and everything that it has to offer. So an important question arises: How do I go about staying in Taiwan? In Taiwan, you have 90 days upon landing with your passport to figure this out. It can be a nerve-wracking, intimidating...
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Public Transportation
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport, in contrast to private transport, for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public, typically managed on a schedule, operated on...
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Cost of Living
Cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living. Changes in the cost of living over time are often operationalized in a cost-of-living index. Cost of living calculations are also used to compare the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living in different geographic...
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Discrimination (part 2)
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between human beings based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they are perceived to belong to. People may be discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation, as well as other...
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Discrimination
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between human beings based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they are perceived to belong to. People may be discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation, as well as other...
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Night Markets
The concept of the night market traces its roots back to the Chinese Tang dynasty. Taiwanese night markets are street markets in Taiwan that operate in urban or suburban areas between sunset and sunrise. Most night markets operate daily and feature a mixture of individual stalls selling clothing,...
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COVID in Taiwan
Coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19 is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2). The first case was identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The disease has since spread globally, leading to an ongoing pandemic. During this Covid-19 time…
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Dreams
At the turn of the last century, Sigmund Freud published his book, The Interpretation of Dreams, arguing that our dreams are nothing more than wishes that we are looking to fulfill in our waking lives. Some of these wishes are relatively innocent, and in these cases our dreams picture the wish…
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The Toilet
For a lot of travellers and business people when traveling to another country, it's important to know how to ask essential questions such as "How much is this?" "How do I get to this location?" But one of the most undervalued and underappreciated questions that face us all no matter what age…
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EggBanana (Trailer)
The definition of calling someone an Egg derives from someone who is Caucasian but has lived in Asia for a number of years and has adopted or shown interest in Asian cultures or mindset, where as calling someone a Banana has an opposite meaning which refers to Asians who have grown up in Western...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Calling someone an Egg refers to a person who is Caucasian on the outside but is Asian on the inside. A Banana has an opposite meaning which means someone who is Asian but has a Western mindset.1 Egg (Ryan) and 2 Bananas (Marc & Edward) all hail from the US, with different backgrounds, have united to discuss our life experiences living and working in different parts of Asia and now reside in Taiwan.We want to help English learners with new phrases, idioms and slang, while incorporating some Mandarin and Japanese while discussing various topics in our lives.
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Ryan, Marc & Edward
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What is EggBanana about?
Calling someone an Egg refers to a person who is Caucasian on the outside but is Asian on the inside. A Banana has an opposite meaning which means someone who is Asian but has a Western mindset.1 Egg (Ryan) and 2 Bananas (Marc & Edward) all hail from the US, with different backgrounds, have united...
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EggBanana is created and hosted by Ryan, Marc & Edward.
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