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| From January, 2009 |
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| From January, 2009 |
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
My New Skirt!
My mom made a skirt for me! Check out the details like ribbon trim and fold over elastic.
Monday, January 12, 2009
KTV!
Yesterday was a holiday here called Wei Ya. It is the last holiday for families to get together and eat before Chinese New Year, a different holiday where families get together and eat. We got together with Ahma and my aunt and uncle and of course, Baby Ryan, and ate these yummy but fatty things my mom called Chinese hamburgers (gua bao). Then we went to the karaoke room in our apartment complex and sang our hearts out. I gained a reputation as a microphone hogger last night.
Baby Ryan sings "My Way" with his dad
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| From January, 2009 |
Baby Ryan sings "My Way" with his dad
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| From January, 2009 |
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Here is a video that will serve as evidence as to the low quality of parenting I have been receiving. To have recorded it and even broadcast it only goes to show the level of their shamelessness.
In the video, I said, "Oh sh*t! a Christmas tree!" in response to the Christmas tree in our apartment complex being lit up. This is not a word that is used often in the house but I picked it up somehow and decided to use it "appropriately", which surprised my parents.
In the video, I said, "Oh sh*t! a Christmas tree!" in response to the Christmas tree in our apartment complex being lit up. This is not a word that is used often in the house but I picked it up somehow and decided to use it "appropriately", which surprised my parents.
Hamburgers!
Last night my mom made an all-American meal--hamburgers and baked french fries, which I have been calling chips since our trip to Australia. I liked it ok. I ate a lot of the french fries, wanted to eat the ketchup as it, ate the cheese off of the burger, and fussed about with the buns. I guess I just prefer rice and noodles.
I am not sure why there is a pair of chopsticks in the photo. I guess we really are in Taiwan--chopsticks are required for every meal!
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| From January, 2009 |
I am not sure why there is a pair of chopsticks in the photo. I guess we really are in Taiwan--chopsticks are required for every meal!
Taiwan Storyland
The day after New Years was a holiday so we all decided to go to Taiwan Storyland, a museum that depicts Taiwan from the Japanese-era to the 70's. Taiwan was colonized by Japan from 1885-1945. Here is a description from Taiwan Fun Magazine:
"In November, 2005, a colourful entranceway decorated with fruit and a mysterious sign reading "Taiwan Storyland", located next to K-mall opposite the Taipei rail station, began grabbing a lot of attention. Curious passers-by soon discovered that the basement space here had been transformed into an authentic, meticulously-recreated old Taiwan neighbourhood.
On either side of the recreated streets and alleys here are scenes and architecture from the '50s through the '70s in Taiwan, with each doorway carefully decorated according to the designs and lifestyles of that time. Shop signs and displays are all genuine antiques, sure to help make visits a nostalgia-filled experience, as visiting parents and grandparents talk to their children about the "old days".
This is exactly the kind of atmosphere and effect that Taiwan Banana New Paradise Chairman Wu Chuan-zhi intended to create. This is a place of nostalgia, a cultural area for reflection and a museum portraying the life force of Taiwan. As you stroll along these old street scenes, looking at the police stations, homes of neighbourhood chiefs, department of health offices, grocery stores, classrooms and much more, it is a journey that is not only nostalgic but is also an educational opportunity as you experience, or re-experience, a much simpler time on this island.
Apart from the old street and little alleys, there is a movie theater showing early Taiwanese films, complete with old-style, hard wooden fold-up chairs. There is also a Taiwan Story Land Exhibition Hall, displaying historical artifacts from around Taiwan, dating from the Qing dynasty to modern times. Taiwan Storyland covers 1,500 pings and is the largest retro-themed museum in Asia. There are old-style snack stalls and a theme restaurant that provides a variety of cuisine, so that visitors can enjoy a nice meal with friends and family after strolling the streets.
Taiwan Storyland is not only a novel form of leisure and entertainment, but also a way to hold onto scenes that have almost completely faded from Taiwan's memory."
Me and Ahma standing in front of a Japanese-style house. There are clothes made from flour sacks hanging up to dry on bamboo poles. My Ahma said she made clothes from these same flour sacks when she was little. Another interesting thing she said was that formula milk was introduced to them by Christian missionaries. Before that, they only had soy milk and rice milk. When formula was introduced, mothers began to stop breastfeeding since it was viewed as more Western and advanced to use formula.
Me in front of an old Vespa
Sitting in an old classroom
A old street with authentic looking shops
"In November, 2005, a colourful entranceway decorated with fruit and a mysterious sign reading "Taiwan Storyland", located next to K-mall opposite the Taipei rail station, began grabbing a lot of attention. Curious passers-by soon discovered that the basement space here had been transformed into an authentic, meticulously-recreated old Taiwan neighbourhood.
On either side of the recreated streets and alleys here are scenes and architecture from the '50s through the '70s in Taiwan, with each doorway carefully decorated according to the designs and lifestyles of that time. Shop signs and displays are all genuine antiques, sure to help make visits a nostalgia-filled experience, as visiting parents and grandparents talk to their children about the "old days".
This is exactly the kind of atmosphere and effect that Taiwan Banana New Paradise Chairman Wu Chuan-zhi intended to create. This is a place of nostalgia, a cultural area for reflection and a museum portraying the life force of Taiwan. As you stroll along these old street scenes, looking at the police stations, homes of neighbourhood chiefs, department of health offices, grocery stores, classrooms and much more, it is a journey that is not only nostalgic but is also an educational opportunity as you experience, or re-experience, a much simpler time on this island.
Apart from the old street and little alleys, there is a movie theater showing early Taiwanese films, complete with old-style, hard wooden fold-up chairs. There is also a Taiwan Story Land Exhibition Hall, displaying historical artifacts from around Taiwan, dating from the Qing dynasty to modern times. Taiwan Storyland covers 1,500 pings and is the largest retro-themed museum in Asia. There are old-style snack stalls and a theme restaurant that provides a variety of cuisine, so that visitors can enjoy a nice meal with friends and family after strolling the streets.
Taiwan Storyland is not only a novel form of leisure and entertainment, but also a way to hold onto scenes that have almost completely faded from Taiwan's memory."
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| From January, 2009 |
Me and Ahma standing in front of a Japanese-style house. There are clothes made from flour sacks hanging up to dry on bamboo poles. My Ahma said she made clothes from these same flour sacks when she was little. Another interesting thing she said was that formula milk was introduced to them by Christian missionaries. Before that, they only had soy milk and rice milk. When formula was introduced, mothers began to stop breastfeeding since it was viewed as more Western and advanced to use formula.
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| From January, 2009 |
Me in front of an old Vespa
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| From January, 2009 |
Sitting in an old classroom
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| From January, 2009 |
A old street with authentic looking shops
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| From January, 2009 |
Happy New Year!
Happy 2009! I am now officially 32 months old. I can tell people that I am 2 and a half in both Chinese and English. One New Years Day, we went out to dinner with Ahma, my aunts and uncles, and my two cousins. We went to a vegetarian restaurant since my Ahma is vegetarian. We had really yummy hotpot where the hotpot broth was made with milk. We all ate a lot. Here are some photos from that evening. For some strange reason, there seems to be only photos of Baby Ryan and Baby Jay. I have been replaced!!
Me wearing the hat my mom made and taking a photo of my mom with my Hello Kitty camera
Baby Jay is the chubby one on the right
Baby Jay and Baby Ryan looking at each other
Me wearing the hat my mom made and taking a photo of my mom with my Hello Kitty camera
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| From January, 2009 |
Baby Jay is the chubby one on the right
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| From January, 2009 |
Baby Jay and Baby Ryan looking at each other
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| From January, 2009 |
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