This is not about getting into medical school or memorizing textbooks. Sure, that would not be very unique. But the list I cited above is very remarkable, especially for someone of her age. She's not just some 1 trick pony or vacuous bimbo. Plenty of celebrities are though and many are a lot more famous internationally than she is. If she is talentless as you seem to imply, then she sure must have worked her ass off to do so much. Let's be fair. Give a bit of credit where credit is due.Winston wrote:Dude, half of those don't require any talents. Many of my cousins have gotten into medical school and have memorized textbooks. Lots of fake people are famous. Not one of the things above are unique or the first of their kind. Read her book or blog. Tell me if it has any interesting content comparable with the content on this forum. You are thinking in conventional terms. She does nothing for truth, justice, nor does she awaken anyone.Rock wrote:Excuse me but which of your esteemed cousins have done more than 1 or 2 at most of the following?Winston wrote:Rock wrote:I never paid any attention to her before. But yesterday, Monkro, my tenant who recently returned from the States, and I were talking about this feud. So we pulled-up some Youtubes of her "Fun Taiwan" shows. We watched a bit of one about Tainan and another about Hsinchu. It turns out she may not be as vacuous as Winston claims. At least Monkro thought the parts of the show he saw were extremely well-done and compelling. He actually said he's going to watch a bunch of them to learn more about Taiwan. And he doesn't even think she's attractive physically so its all about her personality and presentation style. He's her newest big fan, lol!
Perhaps she presents an overly positive view of Taiwan. I don't know cus frankly, I don't watch her. I hardly watch any TV in general. But she sure seems to be a lot more than the lightweight you make her out to be. Just check out some of her accomplishments at the young age of 32:
- Graduated w/double major in Biology and Spanish from the prestigious MIT
- Holds a black belt in Taekwondo
- Is a well trained sushi chef
- Is fluent in 5 languages - English, Mandarin, Spanish, French, and Taiwanese
- Plays the violin
- Modeled
- Authored a book
- Has lived and studied in Argentina
- Nominated twice for Golden Bell Awards
- Has 10s of thousands of fans
- Has become a kind of 'face of Taiwan' due to the success of her show "Fun Taiwan" which is currently in its 10th season and has expanded to include "Fun Asia".
Boy, I wish I could be even half as unique, original, and one-of-a-kind as Janet Hsieh. She's enjoyed more success at an early age than most people could hope to achieve in 10 lifetimes. She's carved out an impressive niche as Ms. Taiwan too, lol.
Her accomplishments you listed are not unique. Many of my cousins have them too, but they can't hold a conversation worth sh**. So why do you call that list unique Rock, when nothing in it is unique? Strange. Perhaps you used the wrong word. Maybe you meant "impressive". In contrast, I actually have unique accomplishments that are the first of their kind, including the creation of this website. See here: http://www.happierabroad.com/Winston-Wu ... hments.htm Also of course, Janet Hsieh doesn't get quotes like these: http://www.happierabroad.com/Quotes-Abo ... ton-Wu.htm
- Graduated w/double major in Biology and Spanish from the prestigious MIT
- Holds a black belt in Taekwondo
- Is a well trained sushi chef
- Is fluent in 5 languages - English, Mandarin, Spanish, French, and Taiwanese
- Plays the violin
- Modeled
- Authored a book
- Has lived and studied in Argentina
- Nominated twice for Golden Bell Awards
- Has 10s of thousands of fans
- Has become a kind of 'face of Taiwan' due to the success of her show "Fun Taiwan" which is currently in its 10th season and has expanded to include "Fun Asia".
In fact, you probably can't even think of even one famous person (or not famous for that matter) who has achieved more than 3 or 4 of the 11 point list above. The combination of these powerful accomplishments makes her very unique, very much one of a kind!
Her fans are also mostly on TV. Her website has very little traffic. This site has way more traffic than her website does. Look at her website rank on Alexa.com and you will see. She is full of hype and her big fans only number in the hundreds. Not thousands. Thousands know about her and watch her show, but they do not chat with her on FB or visit her website.
Did you read all the critical comments I posted above? They made a lot of good points.
I posted a clip on YouTube showing how airheadish she is, but it was taken down. So I uploaded it to my server here:
http://www.happierabroad.com/JanetHsiehSucks.wmv
Also, there are dangers and risks when one adopts Janet Hsieh's "positive attitude junkie" type of personality. I know one person who even lost her life because of such an attitude. See here:
http://janet-hsieh-sucks.blogspot.tw/20 ... itive.html
In fact, studies show that happy-go-lucky types often die younger, because they take careless risks with their life and health, falsely thinking that everything will be fine or great as long as they think so. See here:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/110311_happy.htm
She may appear shallow to you on her programs but she's smart enough to know that it works as evidenced by her huge following. Perhaps if you met her in person and had the chance to pick her brain, you might find she's a lot deeper than you imagine.
As for comparing yourself to her, its like an apples to oranges type of thing. You both have different talents and different contributions to make. Why have contempt of her just for being very different in perspective and life approach than yourself. She gives a lot of people pleasure. She's good or even great at many varied things. And she clearly has some intellectual talents as you can see from her academic track record.
As for living hard and dying young (James Dean style), some prefer that type of life to a longer but much more boring one. And anyway, she's already made it well into her 30s. Dean died at just 24).