The Splendor Kaohsiung

... Boy, it is a party! We were both a little apprehensive to jump on a join the PACKS of bikers all through the city... but it was SO fun! Later on, we went to our first night market experience. Signs and people and stinky tofu everywhere! I (Lauren) was clearly sticking out like a sore thumb amongst the crowds. We ate some dumplings, tofu, cold green tea and chicken wattles (kidding, but they did have them). Dotes enjoyed a spiral pogo. We then scooted ...

... Blogged/email until dinner at 5:45. Xtracurricular was cancelled because...<br><br>Venerable Master XingYun arrived to address the 2000+ devotees here this weekend. He= Jabba the Hut (youtube/google now). HuiFeng (our leader) translated via earpieces, the talk took forever, had to run there to make it, practically fainted. Took stupid tour of auditorium, then talked to by Yifa about nothing in particular. So much for free time.<br><br>

... my head, asked a stupid question<br>-alumni Q&amp;A: really interesting, somewhat encouraging. questions about how to get along in the world "machine" after lifing the veil of truth, so to speak. also addressed retreat anxieties and religious skepticism. moral: yes, it's hard. but if you want to take something away from this, do so without holding back.<br>-vespers- walked all the way to the jade buddha hall in the rain (many ...

... They had a smaller version of the bacon slab. It was good. We got all kinds of stuff. The price for 3 of us to eat was about $4 US. Cheap! You get steamed rice, soup, and whatever from the dishes &#8211; we had potato curry, an egg, beef, cabbage, edamame, bead curd, and something else. It was good. We stop at the bakery for tomorrow&#8217;s breakfast on the way home. All of this stuff is wearing me out &#8211; I fall asleep before 9pm. That is unheard of.

... by the Former British Consulate in Takao (Kaohsiung's old name). We tried to go to the consulate - but it was closed. *****! Then we briefly toured through Ming-shen's college and Chiang Kai Shek's Villa. We then went to the ferry dock to go to ChiChin to see the Chihou lighthouse. Once arriving in Chichin we decided it was time to eat. This was an adventure. There were mainly seafood restaurants in the area. The ...

... point, several buildings away. Ted opted to skip lunch and stay behind, scouring the internet for news about Obama campaign in the US. After getting our lunch, we searched a bit for somewhere to sit and eat. Patrick suggested that we return to the main hall to the VIP room to eat. I think we all would have been perfectly happy to eat outside, but off we went. Today's lunch box was a chicken thigh on rice, some sort of egg and tomato mixture, something that ...

... They even had a combo meal with chips and a drink. Ted, Melinda, and I were very happy. Even Patrick ate a sub. Alan and Shuying went off in search of a more traditional lunch.. Since there was no where to sit down to eat at Jamy's, we walked around the corner to a Chinese dessert place and ordered dessert so that we could sit down to eat. Dessert was not ice cream, but rather was a fruit drink ( passion fruit in my case) that included ice and some gelatin to give it thickness. It ...

... gehaltne und es kommt eigentlich nie vor, dass sich dort niemand aufhalten wuerde. Manche Familien haben auch ihr, zur Strasse geofnetes Wohnzimmer, in eine kleinen Altar umfunktionert, der im wesenltichen so aussiht, wie ein Tempel. Die "Volksreligion" hat eine Vielzahl von Goettern, wobei jeder fuer etwas anderes zustaendig ist, wie z.B. allgemeines Glueck, Erfolg in der Karriere, gute Pruefungsergebnisse, Wetter, Gesundheit, Sicherheit, etc. Die ...

Nia Hao, ich bin mit dem Bus nach Tainan gefahren, 4h fuer knapp 300km. Daran erkennt man, dass Taiwan ein "zivilisiertes" Land ist, Reisen ist schnell:-) Und der Bus war auch sehr bequem. Allerdings gibt es auch im Bus ein Reservierungssystem und ich hatte nur ein Stand-by Ticket, da ich das nicht wusste, habe ich die Stand-by Schlange ueberholt und stand in der Schlange der reservierten. So war ich als erster ...

... nicht sehr spannend, weil ich schon ganz gute Grundlagen im Chinesisch habe und ziemlich unt**ford**t war, nachdem drei aus d** Gruppe g**ade **st damit begonnen hatten, diese gewoehnungsbedu**ftige Sprache mit all ihren Tuecken zu l**nen. Trotzdem hatten wir ab** uns**en Spass, wenn die Lehr**in ein paar Zeichen ungefaehr zehn mal umkringelte, damit wir auch wirklich wussten, was sie meinte...an die Kringel koennen wir uns noch **inn**n, nicht ab ...