I’m from NY. My wife is Taiwanese so I’ve been to taiwan about 6-7 times. Taiwan is a really nice place. Safe, friendly, lots of activities for kids (I have a 6 year old daughter), economy is pretty good, transportation is excellent, food is great. So in the end, if these are the reasons you chose to stay in Taiwan, then that’s fine. In the end I think you chose a great place to live your life. Just enjoy!
Was deeply touched by your romance. "If you can't come here, I go there!" The reason you came here is really a beautiful story. The love, the courage and the support from your UK family, that is really a great story. The quality of this video is great, love this style. What a surprise that William showed up. I was scared. LOL. Well done, William.
We are missing William! Super super fast is so cute~ Have to make a video to share your summer vacation plan. Let's provide you some idea when William visit to Taiwan.
I just starting noticing that u actually make a good sense of temple on ur video! That makes me watching ur video more comfortable. Hope to see ur next video ASAP!
There are some foreign youtubers who mentioned they know nothing or few about Taiwan before moving here, but then stay longer than they expect. As a Taiwanese, it feels so great when knowing people from the world love Taiwan and willing to spend more their life in Taiwan. Of course, life in Taiwan will not always be that easy, some sacrifice should be made. But if it could, we just hope everyone living here is happy. PEACE
Many trips to Taiwan over the last 30 years has convinced me that Taiwan has the most gentle, hospitable and kind people of any country on the Planet. The scenic beauty, amazing foods and incredible cities make Taiwan a very, very beautiful experience for everyone. As Allan says, go for a year and stay for a lifetime! You will not regret a single moment of being in Taiwan.
Thanks, looking forward to the future 1 or 2 videos in how your adventure has turned into 12yrs and why you may even retire there and ur plans for sustainable future even afterwards. It is inspiring for someone who is looking into long term teaching as well. :)
Very nice and objective explanation on why you choose Taiwan. I do hope more eligible foreigners long stay and work in Taiwan to contribute their knowledge and skill to help Taiwan globalization. They can become Taiwan citizen in the long run. It will be great if Taiwan can learn from Singapore to boost the economy by hiring more people with different nationality. I look forward to see this to be realized in 2020.
@@lifeintaiwan Allan, can you tell me how often English teachers are paid in Taiwan either at cram schools,gov't/private schools or otherwise? Or point me to a resource? Thanks
Allan, always nice video!! The reason you stayed for 12 years and still going is because you are hooked by the nice people, nice food, nice standard of living, very good personal safety, and most important we are a very democratic society.
An interesting video would be why you guys chose to have William go to school in SA, and how you guys are going about having him learn mandarin if you are
7:02 K.I.S.S! Sunflower (向日葵). The actual Latin term is Heliophile By that regard, I'm a heliophobe. I also isn't a fan of summer. Ironic, because I do like watching cricket.
1998: Books and ICQ (aol) chat. Sounds archaic [with slow internet speeds] but in 1998 I went to the library for books, and ordered on amazon, an internet book retailer. Also, I chatted with people across the world with ICQ. Top favorites were Japan, So, Korea and Taiwan. Japan had foreign teacher program: JET up to age 35, but I was 37. [ later told I should have at least tried and applied]. Books said that Korea and Japan were Very orderly but people could be a bit stand-offish; Taiwan was more disorganized;,shuffled, polluted, but people more generally friendly. I looked around at my disheveled apartment and leaned toward Taiwan ! :-D I have a friend who has been in Taiwan for 20 years ! .. I stayed 1+ years and as the economy was booming back in the USA, decided to return in Oct. 2000. [arrived in ROC, mid July, 1999. Yes, there in September !] You may want to mention how, for tax purposes, best to arrive or start teaching before June 30 each year.
Hello Allan, although I am in HK, I still appreciate your teaching work in Taiwan. I wish you very successful in Taiwan. Was HK in your list when you made your choice ? It seems that you did not mention HK.
@lifeintaiwan Thank you for sharing this. If your personal situation was the same as then and you had to make the choice today, where do you think you would end up?
The first video I talked about at the start of the video!
ruclips.net/video/rFQoDurHBoo/видео.html
真心建議艾倫以後盡量在涼爽的室內拍攝。台灣夏季的高溫不是開玩笑的，真的非常非常熱。
今天的影片很喜歡也很棒，請繼續拍攝喔。
謝謝!
看你出汗的樣子 會比較適合南韓 最後選擇台灣可見有多愛老婆囉
明明是很怕熱的人，卻願意遷就另一伴，真的很令人佩服
不過我相信在戶外才可以拍出Allan這種效果的影片轉場畫面 !!
請問這邊應該是北屯公園吧??
要注意小黑蚊
台灣就是你的家! 你為台灣教育貢獻12年了！ 辛苦你了！
光是載著那張桌子到處跑，就不是一般網紅能做得到的；
而且，鴨蛋(台語)的主題都非常棒，我要繼續給你鼓掌！
My answers are:
1.迫於當時女友的護照能選擇的國家有限；
2.安全因素；不想選擇不完全安全的國家；
3.老婆曾到過台灣，花一年賺足錢還貸款；
4.勞心費力終於在網路找到英語教職工作；
5.選項中，台灣生活成本與薪水條件較高；
6.太太喜愛陽光，台灣剛好是天氣好國家；
7.基於太太對台灣的瞭解及以上因素綜合！
So ，兩人決定來台冒險一年，最後為何留下來，請期待下集！
請不用再跟 Allan說找涼的地方拍，或換桌子，大家都很好心；
但覺得那些已是代表Allan獨特的精神，象徵Allan的堅毅文化！
哇！很仔細的解說，可以瞭解你們真的做了非常多功課才選台灣。基本上台灣真的非常非常非常不有名，許多外國人是不會來的。我老公的德國朋友在台灣念書時，沒半個德國朋友說要來找他，結果去日本東京就業時，一堆德國朋友都要去找他玩。所以說你們真的算是很用心了，還願意花時間瞭解台灣這個小島國家。而且我也覺得你們的決定非常正確喔！你們的決策是對的！
你的語調與敘事方式，總是讓我能好好的靜下心看完，台灣的缺點很多，而優點也不少，謝謝你喜歡台灣，改日若路上遇見你，讓我請你喝杯啤酒或珍奶吧🙂
台灣的治安比歐美與東南亞安全，物價在亞洲比日本、香港便宜，選擇台灣教書貢獻12年台灣已經是艾倫的家，夏天戶外炎熱拍影片辛苦了！希望艾倫留在台灣😄
艾倫可以考慮找一些當地的咖啡館或餐廳來合作，推廣的同時讓你有地方(室內涼爽)可以拍自己的影片
我相信這會是雙贏的結果，你可以試試看!!
I’m from NY. My wife is Taiwanese so I’ve been to taiwan about 6-7 times. Taiwan is a really nice place. Safe, friendly, lots of activities for kids (I have a 6 year old daughter), economy is pretty good, transportation is excellent, food is great. So in the end, if these are the reasons you chose to stay in Taiwan, then that’s fine. In the end I think you chose a great place to live your life. Just enjoy!
Cheers Richard!
你是新台灣人 我甚至覺得你可以選里長了 挺適合的
你的表達及說話 勝過許多政治人物
其實很多政治人物剛冒出來的表現都很清新的...
哈哈，對吼~~Allan拿到身分證已是台灣公民，Allan選里長且無須加入任何黨派一定會當選，只要中文在加強一下~@@~
正港的國際化里長XD
Allan已經成功拿到中華民國身份證了嗎😲
如果是的話真的要好好恭喜他欸
Allen, 明年可以投票選台灣的總統了ㄛ？？開心
We welcome you staying in Taiwan forever ~
Thanks as always Frances!
Best of wishes to you and family, hoping Amor and William could visit you frequently in Taiwan!
0:05 “Don’t flip the table over! Don’t flip the table over!” 0:10 “No!” // On a more serious note that new lens looks amazing!
I’m gonna film an upside down table video for you one day man! And yeah... loving the new lens but way more complicated to film in bright sunshine
Was deeply touched by your romance. "If you can't come here, I go there!" The reason you came here is really a beautiful story. The love, the courage and the support from your UK family, that is really a great story.
The quality of this video is great, love this style.
What a surprise that William showed up. I was scared. LOL. Well done, William.
William will be happy he scared you!
@@lifeintaiwan Tell him, he made a great success! ;)
We are missing William! Super super fast is so cute~ Have to make a video to share your summer vacation plan. Let's provide you some idea when William visit to Taiwan.
I just starting noticing that u actually make a good sense of temple on ur video!
That makes me watching ur video more comfortable.
Hope to see ur next video ASAP!
我都看你影片學英文 看完之後都會把你講過的話 對著鏡子在講一遍 進步不少 很謝謝你 很開心
Love the special effect of the iphone falling, it felt so real!! Good job on editing 🤣
Hahaha.... yeah.... it’s a special plugin available only in iMovie
thank you do contribution the education of English in Taiwan 12 years
It’s been my 100% pleasure
注意不要中暑～
Great evaluation and you certainly made a good choice. Been living here (UK) for a long time and I am seriously thinking about moving back to Taiwan.
Killing it bud. Sick lens
Cheers man.... think I paid $NT1500 for it...
謝謝您選擇來臺灣，您分析的很棒，臺灣居住是很安全.醫療好.生活水準不比東北亞差
That’s why I want to follow your video!
Less than a year later after this video, especially in this pandemic, I keep thinking you made the right decision.
原來是為了愛來台灣,簽證的問題真的讓人很傷腦筋,祝福你們一家人在台灣永遠幸福
I was touched by your very first video.
Taiwan used to have good relationships with South Africa and Israel in ‘80s and ‘90s.
你的影片太有趣了，謝謝你選擇台灣🤗
Great story and storytelling skill. I think the nice background is worth your sweat.
Thanks!!
謝謝你的分享，台灣需要像你們這樣的人幫台灣走出世界 👍
There is never best but only the most appropriate choices in life. You've made a good choice.
謝謝Allan的分享～也選擇台灣！身為台灣人有時不知道台灣好在哪裡，也很沒自信的！
good choice sir,good luck in there
jimmy alexis thanks Jimmy
@@lifeintaiwan 👍
我總是喜歡你說的故事，也期待接下來將會說的故事
There are some foreign youtubers who mentioned they know nothing or few about Taiwan before moving here, but then stay longer than they expect.
As a Taiwanese, it feels so great when knowing people from the world love Taiwan and willing to spend more their life in Taiwan.
Of course, life in Taiwan will not always be that easy, some sacrifice should be made. But if it could, we just hope everyone living here is happy.
PEACE
Peace!
Many trips to Taiwan over the last 30 years has convinced me that Taiwan has the most gentle, hospitable and kind people of any country on the Planet. The scenic beauty, amazing foods and incredible cities make Taiwan a very, very beautiful experience for everyone. As Allan says, go for a year and stay for a lifetime! You will not regret a single moment of being in Taiwan.
Thank you for choosing Taiwan. always welcome you to live here, work here and retire here...
Thanks so much Charlton
Thanks, looking forward to the future 1 or 2 videos in how your adventure has turned into 12yrs and why you may even retire there and ur plans for sustainable future even afterwards. It is inspiring for someone who is looking into long term teaching as well. :)
Cheers! New videos already in process
Still very appreciate that you and your beautiful wife choose Taiwan.
I can feel Allan said all about these with a sincere and honest mind.
雖然在台灣沒能讓你賺到更多的錢，
但希望你能在台灣得到人生中更珍貴的事物
Great to have you in Taiwan.
Very nice and objective explanation on why you choose Taiwan. I do hope more eligible foreigners long stay and work in Taiwan to contribute their knowledge and skill to help Taiwan globalization. They can become Taiwan citizen in the long run. It will be great if Taiwan can learn from Singapore to boost the economy by hiring more people with different nationality. I look forward to see this to be realized in 2020.
謝謝你們選擇了台灣，讓台灣擁有你，增添了一份美好
很喜歡你比我們台灣人
更愛台灣
因為你的影片
都會再想想
要怎麼更珍惜自己的國家
謝謝你
Hi Allan, I do love you to share your story all the time. Thanks for that, always. Peace!✌
Thanks Will!
Once again you have reinforced my feeling to choose Tie-waaaaan (as pronounced by you) as my Asian destination. Thanks for all you do Allan!!!
Thanks Rachel!
Taiwan welcomes you
@@lifeintaiwan Allan, can you tell me how often English teachers are paid in Taiwan either at cram schools,gov't/private schools or otherwise? Or point me to a resource? Thanks
Every month.... usually on the 10th of the following month... although some schools are different the rule is the tenth
結論 ：便宜又大碗 經濟實惠,I got ur points, thanks for the honesty 😊
Allen followed his heart all over the world. This is why we all love you Allen, you are completely sincere and genuine.
感謝你的認同
Looking forward to the next time you introduce in Chinese
Great story. And thank you for your contribution for Taiwanese kids and those videos you made about Taiwan.
你就直接戶外教美語好了，邊旅行邊教學，讚。
I like those different angle clips.💕
Thanks! Just trying something different
Allan, always nice video!! The reason you stayed for 12 years and still going is because you are hooked by the nice people, nice food, nice standard of living, very good personal safety, and most important we are a very democratic society.
Dammmit now I don’t need to make the video! 😉
@@lifeintaiwanLOL 😂
William what a lovely kid ♥.♥
Thank you for your best choice.
辛苦了，很用心，加油💪💪💪
Good choice Allan! Can't wait for the next video.
好詳細的回答！
艾倫你似乎瘦了一些，夏天很熱，小心中暑
喜歡你的影片風格
Like your video!
Maybe it's better make video indoor next time 😉
It's really hot in Taiwan in summer
總結就是本身被有所限制然後只能找限制中裡面比較合適自己的 很無奈的是 人雖有選擇權但有些先天條件會限制了你可選擇的種類多寡
能找到你覺得可以接受的還能進行式已經算不錯了 就算以後的目標會改變但也是祝福
英文教學部分太感動了 實用地不得了
That's right! This is what I want to see. Thank you for choosing Taiwan.
感謝你在台灣付出了12年
十二年⋯⋯⋯ 真心愛台灣 ， 才能這樣年復一年！！！！
Great story. Thanks for sharing. Maybe next time on similar subjects you would consider showing us a few of your old photos from back then? Cheers!
I thought about that but I didn’t have many photos from that time! It was before iPhones!!
An interesting video would be why you guys chose to have William go to school in SA, and how you guys are going about having him learn mandarin if you are
Yep I already made that video!
I am really enjoy this video
Great
7:02 K.I.S.S! Sunflower (向日葵). The actual Latin term is Heliophile
By that regard, I'm a heliophobe. I also isn't a fan of summer. Ironic, because I do like watching cricket.
每個人只有一個人生，所以我很喜歡聽別人分享他的人生故事
I can see that is very tough for a European like you to make video outdoor in Taiwan, it's too hot even for Taiwanese
離鄉背井 愛上一個新的土地 又待這麼久 真的很不容易 👍
1998: Books and ICQ (aol) chat. Sounds archaic [with slow internet speeds] but in 1998 I went to the library for books, and ordered on amazon, an internet book retailer. Also, I chatted with people across the world with ICQ. Top favorites were Japan, So, Korea and Taiwan. Japan had foreign teacher program: JET up to age 35, but I was 37. [ later told I should have at least tried and applied]. Books said that Korea and Japan were Very orderly but people could be a bit stand-offish; Taiwan was more disorganized;,shuffled, polluted, but people more generally friendly. I looked around at my disheveled apartment and leaned toward Taiwan ! :-D I have a friend who has been in Taiwan for 20 years ! .. I stayed 1+ years and as the economy was booming back in the USA, decided to return in Oct. 2000. [arrived in ROC, mid July, 1999. Yes, there in September !] You may want to mention how, for tax purposes, best to arrive or start teaching before June 30 each year.
Great story !!!!
~感謝真心愛台灣~
我還是很慶倖艾倫和你太太在台灣停下了你的腳步！也讓我們能有機會認識你們！
祝你和你的家人平安順利！
hhh,阿姨，我见过你
你好阿姨
怎麼常常看你在留言。
@@Taiwan_Army 我也一样
@jimmy alexis 安安，記得要吃晚飯。
I love艾倫
你的影片真的很棒👍
Thank you!
children's park , beitun in taichung is my childhood
Beautiful place
I hope that you and your family can live permanently in Taiwan to settle down.
Hello Allan, although I am in HK, I still appreciate your teaching work in Taiwan. I wish you very successful in Taiwan. Was HK in your list when you made your choice ? It seems that you did not mention HK.
It didn’t really come up... but I think the cost of living would definitely have been a problem!!
@@lifeintaiwan Yes, you are correct. The rent in HK is extremely high. Anyway, all the best to you !
感謝Allan選擇台灣，在台灣生活！
hello Allan .. good job
Cheers M
I enjoyed watching this video：)
Great! I enjoyed making it!!
At 7:00, I think the term you where looking for is *sun kissed*
威廉好久不見！！！we miss you so much
I’m visiting him in August! Lots of William videos coming!
臺灣真的超級無敵幸福！！ ：） 愛LOVE♥
現在正式開始進入下季了 室外高溫不是開玩笑的 請保重身體 我還想看更多你的影片
感謝有這麼些人願意選擇在台灣生活，台灣人其實有時候很難走出某些意識形態、或是既有思想，是你們告訴了我們不一樣的生活方式，謝謝你們。m(_ _)m
謝謝你認同台灣這塊土地
Taiwan's people very like you.
4:17 謝謝你，好久沒大笑了😂
Thank you for choosing Taiwan.
@lifeintaiwan
Thank you for sharing this.
If your personal situation was the same as then and you had to make the choice today, where do you think you would end up?
Same!! Wouldn’t change a thing
台灣真的很多南非人的英文老師，我小學六年的英文老師裡面，就有四個來自南非。
Life and job are important for your family that may think, but life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed. 😁😁😁
William is cute!!
He’s the cutest!
2:32 Would it be better if you leave now, now that many South African cricketers have taken Kolpak deals to play as a Domestic Player in England?
哈，原來是你的時間過得比較慢，一個月當一年用，所以如此過了12年，🤣🤣🤣(開玩笑的啦)，因為你對這地方有愛，所以才會如此生活久矣👍