Archive for July, 2009

Daily Recap: Wednesday

July 30th, 2009

We’re already halfway through the week!? Here is a quick glimpse at the Wednesday that just flew by.

Produced by tafMedia in conjunction with tafLabs
Edited by Anna Wu
Narrated by Alison Yang

Daily Recap: Tuesday

July 30th, 2009

Travel with the TAF Juniors as they venture through time and space, collecting facts about Taiwan history and culture in an effort to save the future. It’s just another creative way that our program takes advantage of the imagination of our elementary age children in order to effectively engage them in the lessons.

Produced by tafMedia in conjunction with tafLabs
Edited by Anna Wu
Video by Jon Lee and Captain Ho Chie

Snapshots from Tuesday

July 29th, 2009

aJesse Kao of the JH Program dresses up in his winning costume for Project TAFway

bClarice Lin and Group 4 of the Youth Program celebrate their Taiwan 101 Trivia victory, after answering such questions as, “What is the exact population of Taiwan?” (23 million) and “How many mopeds are there in Taiwan?” (10 million).

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Daily Recap: Monday

July 28th, 2009

Join us for this first installation in our new series of video blogs charting our daily TAF explorations.

Produced by tafMedia in conjunction with tafLabs
Edited by Andrew Kuo and Steven Wang
Commentary by Christina Chou

Who’s at TAF?

July 28th, 2009

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Here are some fun unscientific facts about the attendees of TAF 2009:

TAFers by Region

  • As usual, Illinois and Michigan are strong in representation. Which one brings more TAFers? This year, Illinois takes the win with 74 TAFers. A measly 65 from Michigan.
  • Missouri has a strong showing at 29.
  • There are more TAFers from California (13) than Ohio (10), but New York beats them both at 16!
  • Sadly, Juniors Speaker Nick Huang is our lone TAFer from Indiana.
  • No Canadians this year.
  • TAFers by name

  • Winning the title of most powerful family, we have 23 Chens, followed closely by 20 Lins.
  • There are more De la Paz’s (4) than Youngs (1) and Yaos (1) combined.
  • There are 9 John/Jons, in various spellings.
  • There are just as many Tiffany’s as Kevins: 6 each.
  • TAFers old and new

  • We welcome 47 brand new campers this year!
  • And the grand total at TAF 2009 is 245 TAFers. Feel the love!
  • Welcome to the TAF Blog!

    July 28th, 2009

    Welcome to the brand new TAF blog! Follow us here for exciting updates throughout the week of TAF and beyond. We have some awesome treats in store for you. To kick things off, we’d like to share the introduction video from this year’s welcome ceremony.

    Follow young Brussell as he meets the Taiwanese American Fountainnn and learns about ethics and values and what it means to SPROUT!