View from My Window

I seldom stay in the house in the late afternoon, because I'm either teaching or chatting,and I feel lonely if knowing it's getting dark.  Last week, it was 7pm and I was so bored and accidentally looked out from my window. I was amazed with what I saw, so I grabbed my iPhone and captured this wonderful view.

gorgeous right?

 

overlooking train station too!

Happy Weekend!

Sky watch Friday

Looking at the Sky

Urban - Bench

Benches @ Xi Zhi Park

Wednesday - Let's Have Some Water Fun

One Fine Saturday

June 26, 2010

 

We went  on a picnic nearby the place where I live!

 Photos will tell you more...

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Watery Wednesday

Oudoor Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday - Rainy Days in Summer

Officially, Summer is here! Guess what?

Old Street and Traditional Market

Watery Wednesday

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Outer Wednesday

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Worldless Wednesday

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Spiritual Sunday - Solemnity of Corpus Christi

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, that is, the celebration of the Body and Blood or our Lord Jesus Christ. (I took this sign in St. Francis of Assisi in Xizhi City, Taipei County.)

This is the sign in Chinese Character.

Remember the story in Genesis 14:18-20

(about the bread and wine)

How about the story in Luke 9:11b-17

"Five loaves and two fish for five thousand people?"

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Do not depend on money.

Be content with having enough for today for God has said:

"I will never forsake or abandon you."

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Have a Blessed Sunday!

BM #3: Blue Trucks in Business

Blue Monday #3 - Blue Trucks in Business

 I live in Taipei County, 20 minutes away from Taipei City by local train and about an hour by bus. What I like most living in this place is very convenient. The train station is just in front of the place where I live. We have morning and evening fresh market. The morning market is what they called "Traditional Market", it's along the alley and whatever you need fresh is all in there. The evening fresh market is located under the train station, not much vendors like in the morning. I like the evening market best, even my relatives who came here for a visit enjoyed buying anything fresh in that evening market.

Aside from the two markets, there are also lots of places to eat if I don't like to cook. Store breakfast are different from afternoon  or evening store and night market. Another way to buy food are from the blue truck vendors. I haven't seen any color but blue, that's why I titled this blog "Blue Trucks in Business".

Here are captured blue trucks:

Fruit Vendor @ Night

Barbecue Fresh Corn @ Night

Selling Dumplings @ Night

Selling Chinese Pancakes

Selling Peking Duck (Roasted Duck)

This truck sells fruit in season, like this time -

watermelon season!

My husband in blue jacket, posing with his watermelon! :)

Happy Blue Monday!

Traditional Breakfast Store (中式早餐店)

One thing that amazed me here in Taiwan, wherever you go early in the morning there are lots of breakfast store selling breakfast from traditional to western like sandwiches. During working or school days, Taiwanese no need to make their own breakfast instead they just buy in breakfast store. Some of the popular traditional breakfast are soybean (doujiang), buns (mantou), steamed buns with filling (baozi), Taiwanese syle pancake (danbing), fried dough sticks (youtiao). Mostly they open from 6 am to 10 am.

I also notice some of these traditional stores open also in the evening from 6 - 9pm. I guess for those people craving for these kind of food, or just simply wants to have light dinner!

My favorite breakfast store in Xizhi - opens 6-10 AM only (Monday - Saturday)