Hi. This is Ms. Wu, the person behind WuHahn.com. My daily life with Mr. Hahn inspires me to start this blog. I am from Taipei, he is from Germany, therefore we always try to explain “why” we behave or think differently in order to understand each other better. Through my culture blog, I hope you […]
Germans are rigorous, so does their language!
I just completed the German course of A1 at the Goethe-Institute. Before properly learning this language, I sensed that the Germans did everything efficiently and carefully. In one of my previous blog mentioned, they care about punctuality (https://wuhahn.com/2019/07/27/the-man-walking-on-the-clock/). By learning German makes me realize the preciseness of Germans. Their language, grammar and tense have no […]
Comparison of Consumer Behavior Psychology Among German, British and Ethnic Chinese
On the evening of the first day of the Chinese new year, it rained lightly in Taipei. I, Mr. Hahn (my partner, German), my younger sister, my younger brother-in-law, and my parents were preparing hotpot at my younger brother’s. My younger sister marries a British man and they live and work in London for years. […]
Biedermeier
It seems that I would have a sudden understanding of insignificant things that I failed to notice in childhood at the most unexpected moment! I am on holiday in Phuket. What I read by the pool in the daytime is Berliner Kindheit um Neunzehnhundert written by Walter Benjamin. In the chapter of peepshow, Benjamin described his childhood experience of visiting […]
Gecko and Me
In recent years, I start to enjoy Stand Up Paddle (SUP). With the paddling skill, I can easily get into the ocean (if it is flat), the middle of lake or the depth of river in the speed I love. There, the view over the world will be completely different from the land. When taking […]
Learn “Price Performance Ratio” from Buying Milk
My partner, Mr. Hahn, admits that he is a bit “uncomfortable” every time when seeing the milk and toilet paper I bring home. Because the brand and product size I chose may not be the most cost-effective in his view. Yes. German will pay close attention to “price performance ratio” when they purchase, order and […]
Recommended German Patented Brand “Bite Away”
Since I was young, I have often suffered from severe mosquito stings. Probably my blood was mosquitos’ favorite. What’s worse, not only mosquito bit, but also fleas and unknown bad bugs suck my blood. It turned out that whenever I am out with family, friends or Mr. Hahn in the city or in nature, I […]
The man walking on the clock
German people are punctual, which is not a stereotype but a fact. My partner Mr. Hahn is a living example. We got acquainted with each other through Tinder. When deciding to meet each other, we agreed to see each other in an American bar/restaurant at 17:00. It was the first time that I visited that […]
Why “Postnatal Confinement” is important to ethnic Chinese?
In our daily life in Asia, my partner Mr. Hahn couldn’t fully grasp the concept of “postnatal confinement”, especially when his friend who had just become a novice mother praised the postnatal care centers. I believe the concept of “postnatal confinement” is deep-rooted and perfectly justified in our generation and the last generation in Taiwan. […]
Big Nudes Created by Helmut Newton the German Photographer
If some painters were said to be famous for painting women, Helmut Newton (1920-2003) was famous as a photographer for women. The women in front of his camera are mature, independent and determined. I like the way he showed women. Compared with the famous portraitists of his generation, such as Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, […]
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