Mandarin Monkey Podcast

It's story time again and this time we talk about the rising virus cases in Taiwan. Also about getting a vaccine. You will learn a bunch of word surrounding this topic. There is the obviously and usua...

17 Touko 20211h 2min

It's not as bad as you think. But a drought, rolling power cuts, increased Covid cases and really hot weather have made for some interesting times here in Taichung, Taiwan. We discuss as such. But als...

14 Touko 20211h 6min

It another story episode this week! We discuss what Mandarin you would need to use to discuss sending a package somewhere, getting it signed for, notarized and visiting the embassy. Also lawyers and h...

10 Touko 20211h 7min

We are interviewing for more teachers again! We have another awesome teacher currently in training and a bunch more interviews lined up for this weekend. Exciting news ahead.Choose your monkey power. ...

7 Touko 20211h 5min

We find out about Ula and her mothers relationship. Ula get emotional and lets it all spill out for the first time on the podcast. We cover the vocabulary for mothers day but do not read the story. We...

3 Touko 202155min

Ten more jobs, Gumologist, Golf Ball Diver, Dog Food Tester, Odor Detector and a number of others. Why, when, how and who are covered. Including a bunch of other topics. All in delightful Chinese and ...

30 Huhti 20211h 16min

Stephanie requested we do a list of 'not the usual jobs'. So here are a a bunch of them. These aren't unusual in the sense of armpit smelling or professional queuers but they are some of the ones you ...

26 Huhti 20211h

Impulsive buyer? Sure. 5 second rule? Yes. Mel Robins? What? Kids? Uh huh. Intensive courses? Do it again! Real talk? yes it is. Give me five? Of course. Many subjects are covered. I couldn't lay them...

23 Huhti 20211h 11min