Saturday, July 14, 2007

Another summer outing


I am in my summer slumber here so am not motivated to do a lot other than vegetating in the air-conditioned room. Ooh, the electricity bills will be scary to look at later. Here are some photos I took on a day trip to southern Taiwan. As there is an increasing southeast Asian population here from immigration (and mostly through marriage), we found that there was actually a place called "Vietmese village" in a little town in Tainan. We bought some dried pho, a can of coffee that was super sweet from the little shop. I tried to practice some of my Vietmese with the store clerks but all of them spoke Taiwanese to me.

And here is my voice greeting to you all for a great summer ahead!

5 comments:

  1. I wanna know where this place is!

    By the way, your English pronunciation is awesome!!! If I didn't know you were Taiwanese, I would never have guessed. . . .you are Taiwanese, right?

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  2. Hi, Amanda in Kaohsiung. How's the summer treating you in southern Taiwan? Tried to leave a message for you on your blog but somehow it kicked me out because I forgot to sign in.

    This tiny town's name is Bai-he or 白河 the White River if translated literally. It is famous for lotus flowers. Tis the season now. I would say it is about 45 minutes away from the city of Tainan. Tainan itself has a lot of cultural sites and temples that you can visit.

    Yes, I am Taiwanese. May have some Japanese blood if I traced back the family tree. There is a suspicion in the family that we have some aboriginal and Portugese heritages as well.

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  3. You've indiced me again with the picture of the delicious peaches! Hope you are really enjoying some time off this summer, MW!!

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  4. Quite an interesting picture there, the one you title "which way to read this"

    And I'm not talking about the sign. :)

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  5. I know, MIT, aren't they scrumptuous looking?

    Jeff, I am glad you like that piece of art.

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