East Commercial Affairs Hotel Tainan

... our ARC card, a card that essentially shows that it is ok that we are in the country. It was fun to have the scooters. It made getting around a lot easier. Also the sun was shining all day so it was nice to be out in the sun, even if it was hot. Often in Taichung it will be hot but you won't get much sun because of clouds or smog. We got our scooters and headed to an area a little outside of Tainan called Anping. There was a fort and a couple ...

... br><br>Having sufferred through enough heat, I decided to head back to the hotel. Except I made two detours to two different shopping centres to see if there was anything I wanted to buy, but really I was enjoying the air conditioning too much. I ended up buying the Shu Uemura for V which turned out to be less than expected anyway. It was rather weird a guy buying that, and they looked at me funny too ... *blush*. When I got back to the hotel, Daniel was off ...

... of roots in order to support itself. I will try to post a picture when I meet up with Keith in California.<br><br>After the Southern Gate, we walked a couple of blocks to the 5 Concubines Temple. I don't think there is any way for 5 concubines NOT to be interesting. We were recruited into an impromptu tour (likely because Katherine and Luke are white) and sat there listening to a lecture in Taiwanese (which none of us can understand). <br><br>We didn't want to be rude so we listened ...

... then the answer to the question you asked is Yes. If they are both facing down the answer is no and if they are both facing up , the answer is " I dont know". I think you have to do it three times in row or get yes three times in order to move on. I think if its a major life decision then you have to get "yes" seven times in a row or something like that. After leaving the temple we still had some time on our hands so we walked over to the market behind the temple. Boiled eggs ...

... alot of pride in their appearance and the appearance of the stores. On the floor with cosmetics and perfumes the people who work there stand faithfully by the counter and greet you as you walk by,.... in some instances they bow. They all had on black suits and maybe a colorful scarf or pendant. One thing I really love about Taiwan is the fruit...it has some of the freshest fruit I have ever tasted. I really love watermelon, and I have to say I have not been disappointed with the ...

... So of course I am like NO THANK YOU, but he is constantly persisting and then because I wouldn't take it he put it on my cake plate. He wasn't mean , actually he was smiling and laughing the whole time. Finally after several no's and serious looks he realized we were not eating anything. First of all he was not going to have me dazed and confused in the streets of Taiwan. Mama aint raise no fool, LOL. Okay I am getting tired so I am about to head to bed, see you next entry.

... basin, to transfer water from the land surface back to the aquifer system, in the hopes of staving off land surbsidence problems. Dr Ting would like to apply this process on a much larger scale than the 10mx10m basin they are using now. Several students have gotten dissertations off of this site, so it has been very useful. We said good bye to Dr Ting and his companions and set off to return to Tainan City. We stopped about a 1/2 hour into our trip for what Dr Wu described ...

... dann Reihenhaeuser. So gut wie jeder (mindestens die Familie) hat einen Scooter und es sind auch viele Autos unterwegs, aber weil ein Auto einfach nicht notwendig ist, hat nicht jede Familie eines. Die Wohnungen sind innen oft mit allem moeglichen Moebeln und Kram vollgestopft, eine Geschirrspuelmaschine hat kaum jemand, aber Waschmaschine und Computer ist absolute normal. Allgemein habe ich aber den Eindruck, dass die Wohnungen ...

Die Taiwanesen sind fuer unsere Begriffe extreme aberglaeubisch; das merkt man tagtaeglich und es ist tief in ihrer Kultur verankert. Typischer China-Krimskrams wie Gluecksbringer, symbolhaltige Muster, Gegenstaende zur Kontrolle von boesen oder guten Energien und der gleichensind nicht nur Touri-Kitsch, sondern das gibt es hier sehr oft fuer die Landsleute und sie benutzen es auch. Da waeren zum einen Einrichtungsgegenstaende, wie runde Kugeln, die fuer Vollkommenheit und ...

... und schwaebischen Butter-S nach Mutterns Rezept verzichten und mit den Kids zu backen sties sofort auf offene Ohren. Es war zwar nicht ganz einfach, weil so ein goldgelber, weicher, duftender Teig furchtbar zum naschen und zum spielen einlaed und die Plaetzchen hatten dann teilweise auch sehr kreative Formen, aber es hat doch viel Spass gemacht und die Kleinen haben das natuerlich geliebt. Zu guter Letzt kamen dann noch Weihnachtsbilder aus ...