I do not read Chinese characters (or speak Mandarin) so it’s a guess as to what is happening here. A bit of palmistry included? All very interesting as it shows someone has put a lot of time into studying ‘something’. A mystery to be solved later…….
Archive for February 2010
COSMETIC ACUPUNCTURE ? Leave a comment
VALLI KEMP LOOK-A-LIKE? Leave a comment
Poster in Chang An West Road, reminded me in an uncanny way of former Australian model Valli Kemp – who is on Facebook these days (both top pictures). Valli had an amazing lifestyle in London after competing in a Miss World beauty competition. Today she is an active artist who posts one of her colorful [...]
PUBLIC PHONE BOX Leave a comment
In Australia our major ‘phone company’ runs all the public phone booths. In recent years these phones have begun vanishing – thanks to everyone having a mobile (cell) phone. Great banks of public phones, such as in Taipei Main Station will soon be only a memory. Taipei public phones are initially cheaper to use than [...]
HAPPY PRICE Leave a comment
TRADITIONAL METHOD TOFU Leave a comment
A small traditional factory making tofu in these premises for a century. We were giving tiny cups of soy milk to sample. Delicious. A small factory like this in Australia would probably have a brand name The Byron Bay Tofu Company. The packaging (with a dolphin and rainbow artwork) would contain a story about how [...]
TAIWAN FENG SHUI MASTER Leave a comment
While visiting the old city of Shishengguan (or Sinjhuang City on the western bank of DaHan River, downstream from Danshui River) we chanced upon a Feng Sui master (pictured) and his son who is inheriting the trade. I was curious to learn what adjustments are required for Southern Hemisphere readings. The answer to this is [...]
