Gao Wei Li returns.
It's not like me to blog about those crazy crazy VCDs twice in a row, but this is important. Previously my Book Two lessons 11-16 VCD was pretty knackered. The last three lessons didn't work. The other day I got a working copy and just got around to watching lesson 15.
Words can't really express how this video makes me feel. I had no choice but to capture some video and post here. Maybe watching this will help you to understand why I love these video so much. Also, posting it might help with my search for Gao Wei Li.
I absolutely SWEAR I did not see this before making the Michael Jackson in a lumberjack shirt comparison below. Be patient if it takes a while to load. I promise you, it's worth it (you might want to press play to start the download, and then pause the playback while your browser caches so you don't get stop-start playback).
Update: The word on the street is that Gao Wei Li is still in Taiwan. While one cannot put too much faith in the word on the street it is better than no word at all. If this is indeed the case, I think my chances of tracking down Gao Wei Li are slightly better. I wonder what he could be doing here. Running a dance studio maybe?
Comments
Ni hao! I was studying at Shida in 2004/2005. Well, my teacher said she is in touch with "Gao Wei Li". He is still in Taiwan, working for an American company, married to a Taiwanese, 2 kids. Good luck finding him!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 17, 2006 1:54 AM
I love the Internet! Thanks for the comment. I'm getting some seemingly solid Gao Wei Li info less than a week after my fairly lazy quest to track him down. I appreciate it.
I wonder if his wife has seen the VCDs? I bet his kids will love watching them when they're older. It'd be great if my Dad were in a language learning series as upstanding as PAV Chinese.
Posted by: Ryan Whalen | April 17, 2006 2:18 AM
Wicked... :D
I need to get my hands on those videos.
Posted by: fiLi | April 19, 2006 5:35 AM
Yeah! That's the video I'm talking about! Sometimes, I really miss being a student.
Posted by: Mark | April 19, 2006 8:20 AM
I'm a student at Shida right now and I mentioned to a teacher there about your "search" and she told me that Gao Wei Li is in fact from Hungary! I have to admit that upon first glance he had a certain East European air about him. I could try to get more information out of her if you like.
Posted by: Ian | March 22, 2007 5:28 AM
Ha! Thanks Ian. I'm glad somebody still reads this stuff.
Any info you can track down would be appreciated. While the case isn't hot, I certainly haven't closed the files on Gao Weili.
Posted by: Ryan Whalen | March 22, 2007 9:14 AM
i asked about him today at shida and heard he is a professor of chinese at a australian university
Posted by: David | April 10, 2008 9:34 AM