Howard Plaza Hotel Kaohsiung

... 5:00am- wake up<br>5:30am- TaiJi, sitting meditation<br>6:30am- breakfast<br>7:00am- morning chores<br>8:00am-11:00am- several cycles of meditation*<br>11:30am- lunch<br>12:-00pm: outdoor walking meditation<br>12:30-1:30: break (nap?)<br>1:30pm-4:00pm- several cycles of meditation*<br>4:00pm-6:00pm- chores, dinner, showers, laundry<br>7:00pm- Dharma talk<br>meditation til bedtime at 9:30pm, lights out at 10pm....<br><br>*one cycle of meditation consists of 30 minutes of ...

... to be polite.<br>5. Walked into an FGS-related area, with arcade games, snack foods, and a big gift shop. Got the chance to practice speaking with the salespeople, bought a cute pair of monk shoes which later I discovered to be inappropriate for the program. <br>6. Went to an FGS teashop for lunch. Ordered the house special, wonton noodle soup. Quite good, and all vegetarian of course. Also had some declish almond milk tea. On the ...

... matkalla oli melko masentavia, savuisia ja saapuminen Kaohsiungiin suorastaan painajaismainen! Pelkkiä likaisia teollisuusalueita, piippuja ja aivan mieletön saastesumu varjosti koko kaupunkia. Oli aika lähellä etten hypännyt samantien takaisinpäin menevään junaan! Mutta koska tässä oli nyt paikalle vaivauduttu, niin ei kun maskit päähän ja rohkeasti ulos sumuun! Olin lukenut, että aseman lähellä sijaitsee joku Lotus Pond ja sitä lähdettiinkin nyt ...

... is like eating a greasier chicken wing. Then we try female mullet fish roe with daikon and garlic shoots (looks suspiciously like a green onion). This is a very interesting experience. I have seen these hanging everywhere. The fish roe is dried and smoked and has a very distinctive taste. The texture is sort of creamy and a little grainy at the same time. So we continue the smorgasbord and eat pocket buns with pork ...

... br>For lunch, we are going to the a small café for meatballs across from the elementary school Irene&#8217;s family has been going to for years (both the school and the café). We walk over there and outside the café there is a camera and a reporter. Uh-oh. Irene says we will be on camera because I am a foreigner. Sure enough, as soon as we are served our food, the reporter asks if we could be interviewed for a kaoshiung food show that is going ...

... im Grunde war fuer sie alles sehr fremd und sehr besonders. Durch diese ganzen kleinen und grossen Extras habe ich dem Jahr seine besondere Wuerze gegeben. Es war sowohl fuer mich eine nette Abwechslung, als auch etwas Besonderes fuer die Leute hier. Die Kinder haben dadurch eine wage Vorstellung bekommen, was Deutschland ist und verbinden (fuer sie) ganz aussergewoehliche Sachen mit "Dawei Gege" ("grosser Bruder David", so werde ich hier ...

... signs that are written in English indicate that more than 1500 troops were stationed here at one time. I can not imagine where they all would go. There were many cannons stationed around the wall of the fort, unfortunately only one was original. Ted picked up a trail of pre-teen admirers who did a lot of giggling and pointing. He was gracious and let them take his photograph. They were there with their tutor who lucky for us spoke English and gave us a brief description of the ...

... in der haeuslichen Kueche. Oft quatschen wir noch ziemlich lange, gucken ein bisschen fern oder ich setze mich mit meinem Gastvater in den Garten und geniesse den abend (waehrend er eine raucht und Betelnuss kaut...). Selbst wenn ich spaet nach Hause komme ist mein Gastvater i.d.R. noch in seinem Buero zu gange und ich bin immer willkommen, so dass wir meistens noch laenger vor dem PC sitzen, plaudern, Sachen nach gucken ...

... gekommen bin. Ausserdem waren die Leute mir gegenueber sehr hilfsbereit. Mein Gastvater allen voran hilft mir bei allen Kleinigkeiten des taeglichen Lebens, wie zum Beispiel Taxi bestellen, Fahrkarten reservieren, Informationen im Intenet suchen, etc. die ich aufgrund der Sprache einfach nicht alleine machen kann. Aber auch die Englischlehrer im Projekt haben mir z.B. geholfen, meinen Scooter zu kaufen, indem sie die ...

... one more day is impossible, when you just have a stamp for 30 days by arrival. But by going to that place I met Willi who helped me to find out that it costs 1080,- NT per day if you overstay your visa and who gave me a ride home. Since he had not a lot to do anyways we decided to hang out a while and we did some hiking up to monkey mountain in the pouring rain. What an experience! That's now the second time since I'm in Kaohsiung that I have been soaked ...