The man standing behind CKS with his head down was Australian journalist WH Donald. He was a good friend of Madame Soong and probably very helpful in writing press releases for the USA media detailing CKS’ struggle against the Japanese and later the commies. WH Donald had a state funeral courtesy of the KMT and [...]
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EXPERIENCE TAIPEI – My video 6 mins. Leave a comment
POLYNESIANS CAME FROM TAIWAN Leave a comment
http://youtu.be/ujC0IO7Yuug <TAHITI VAHINE DANCER (Beautiful girl)
SYDNEY – SMS RE FOOD PLUS AN OLD SONG Leave a comment
HIT SONG (1951) Rose Rose by Frankie Laine When I was a little kid this was a favorite song. My introduction to the orient? Subliminal advertising or brain programming? (Words are about an American who finds love in Malaya yet can’t take the girl home). There’s a couple of Taiwanese restaurants in Sydney’s Chinatown, and [...]
PoP ASIA – (New Australian National TV show) Leave a comment
Asian kids in Australia are ‘over the moon’ with a new TV show featuring foreign produced music videos gets them out of bed at 8:30 AM Sunday. Many kids would have an earlier night on Saturday to catch the show next morning. Taiwan actor and singer WILBUR PAN had good air time this week. Taiwan [...]
HOT-POT RESTAURANT – A popular DIY food Leave a comment
Vegetables arrive neatly stacked in a bowl – ready for cooking at the table by yourselves. Cooking is in sunken dishes electrical heated. Customer controls the heat level. Each person has their own hot-pot. Seafood is one choice. Various sliced raw meats or chicken is an option. Finally, there is a delicious soup made from [...]
VINTAGE ELECTRONICS Leave a comment
VIDEO OF THIS – IF YOU ARE INTEREST: http://www.youtube.com/embed/rFV9ujhm0Ps
WOK AT WORK – (VIDEO) Leave a comment
http://fathomtaiwan.blogspot.com FOR MORE TAIWAN VIDEOS
UNUSUAL CUSTOMS OF TAIWAN Leave a comment
Walking back from the Port of Kaohsiung on Sunday night I heard very loud music and the voice of a girl singing in Chinese. Investigating, the sound came from up a narrow street surrounded by residential apartments on both sides about eight or more floors high. In the street were about 250 people seated under [...]
DOME OF LIGHT – A RAILWAY STATION Leave a comment
Top picture: Three panoramic images stitched together. Not perfect but a test. Below: Same scene via a normal 24mm (equivilent) lens.
GUITAR SHOP – KAOHSIUNG 1 comment
Guitars seem to be getting cheaper?
