I'm pretty huge in Taiwan

I'm pretty huge in Taiwan. Not just from a height perspective (I find myself frequently ducking in stairways and I can't find clothes that fit me), but I guess I'm shooting up on the popularity scale too. I was sitting in my room doing my usual evening thing when I decided to Google my Chinese name (葛思遠). I got 49 hits, and most of them are referring to me! I was interviewed quite a few times for the Chinese Speech Contest I talked about last post, so it seems they wrote an article or two about me. Here's the articles with some English summaries for you laowais out there (with some tasty tidbits from my speech):

Article #1

Quote: "『如果發生衝突的時候，我用一種又快又正確的解決方法，剪刀石頭布，用這個遊戲，解決委員的衝突，不但能讓立法院很和諧，而且不會浪費時間打架。』來自美國的葛思遠，對於如果能成為台灣總統，第一想解決的是立法院「藍綠對立」問題，當然除了國內政治，對於台灣拓展外交，也有自己一套獨特的想法。葛思遠：『他們雖然要為了吃臭豆腐，而用鼻夾把鼻子夾住，但是會發現，天下最客氣，最友好的是台灣人，他們肯定會再度光臨。』"

Translation: "'If I get into a fight, I use a quick and definite method: paper rock scissors. Using this game to solve legislator's fights not only will pacify the legislature but also won't waste time fighting." American Ted Glomski, speaking on if he became Taiwan's President, the first thing he'd want to solve is the legislature's "blue/green fighting" [blue and green refer to the opposing political parties] problem; of course other than domestic policies, speaking on improving foreign relations, he also has a unique idea. Ted: "Although they'll have to use a clothespin on their nose to eat Stinky Tofu, (foreign leaders) will realize that the world's most polite and friendly people are Taiwanese. They will surely come again.'"

Article #2

Quote: "也有美國參賽者葛思遠說：「我希望成為台灣的柯林頓，但是我答應，絕不發生外遇。」"

Translation: "Also [in the speech contest] is the contestant from America Ted Glomski, who said, 'I hope to become Taiwan's [Bill] Clinton, but I promise I won't have any affairs.'"

I'm in some other articles posted online, but most of them seem copy-pasted from the first one. I guess other than the experience and Chinese practice I got from practicing the speech, I also got a taste of glory to momentarily sate my ever-thirsting desire for fame.

Or something like that.