Archive for the ‘Taiwan Culture’ Category
HAPPY LITTLE HOUND Leave a comment
ARROWANA FISH
As seen in theTaipei Zoo, Nocturnal exhibits are Arrowana. A stunning and seemingly intelligent freshwater species. The small fish sharing their tank are live food. Many Taipei restaurant and hotel foyers have this grand fish on show. My understanding is that a live fish in a tank represents good luck or good fortune. We’ve just [...]
TAIPEI CELEBRATION
http://www.youtube.com/embed/sIyAFwhcVfI It was Mother’s Day and Buddha’s Birthday – yet the story I was given “it’s for the mother of Buddha” – an example of how one can never be 100% sure of anything translated into English. Copy and paste the You Tube address into your browser.
FORMOSA – BRITISH NEWSREELS Leave a comment
Heaps of old Taiwan newsreels can be viewed at the British Pathe site. http://www.britishpathe.com
TRADITIONAL GROCERY STORE – KAOHSIUNG Leave a comment
As teenagers in Sydney we’d browse the Cantonese grocery shops in Dixon Street, Haymarket before dining on Chinese food at The Green Jade or Tai Ping restaurants. This Sydney Chinatown was a small but an exciting part of Sydney in the 1960′s. Much larger and more tourist friendly today it lacks the mystery that the [...]
SANCHONG CITY. NEW MRT STATION OPEN Leave a comment
Sanchong is different to Taipei in that it’s obviously poorer. People everywhere are friendly. A foreigner should relax and feel safe in Taiwan, within reason. The absence of street bars as per Pattaya (Thailand) attracts red necks elsewhere. Best, friendliest cat in Taiwan. Shop window adjacent to Sanchong MRT. Such a perfect pose at first [...]
INTERNATIONAL AQUARIUM EXPO – TAIPEI, TAIWAN Leave a comment
Underwater movie show was not too popular mid-week but packed Sat-Sun Colored LED lights above create nice effect These fish were for sale Red Mammon won first prize – Best of Show Young specimen three months old is NT $6000 Specimen 24 months old might be NT $80,000 http://hsiao-fo.com This [...]
BEACH FRONT TEMPLES – CIJIN ISLAND, KAOHSIUNG Leave a comment
KAOHSIUNG NIGHT MARKET- SOUP RIP-OFF Leave a comment
About 20% (or more) of the fish fillet did not appear in the soup – even although the whole fish was paid for. The dose of MSG an extra penalty not encountered during recent years. I won’t fall for this trick so easily again. The fish is a Lunar-tail trout, an exotic species of Coral [...]
HIGH SPEED RAIL – NEEDED IN AUSTRALIA Leave a comment
LED signs in Business Class periodically shows travel speed reached. 297 kph was fastest noted but it may have exceeded 300 kph. Free newspapers and snacks in this class. Softer seats too. Ordinary class was still very acceptable. Announcements in both the Taiwanese languages plus English. The Australian politicians who are presently against a high speed rail linking our [...]
