Travelog for: Mandy Sheep

After dinner, we took a walk in the street and found more activities near the shrine.

This is a small Taiwanese opera. Though I don't understand what those people said and sang,
I can see that it must be very interesting because a lot of people laughing loudly!


Another show is the Glove puppetry. Those puppets are really interesting!
They did move by themselves! Okay....to be honest, there are people hiding behind the setting.


My host also told me that actually these shows are played for Tu Di Gong to thank him guarding this land. However, there are also a lot of people come to see the show, so this became kind of a tradition for people to join the god's birthday party.

This morning we went out eating the breakfast again. This time it is soysause-marinated ground pork over rice!
I don't like its smell at the very firt time. (Recently I ate many foods other than grass... :P)
However, I turn to fall in love with this very soon!
My host told me, many Taiwanese who live abroad miss this flavor very much.



Before lunch, we played Chinese chess (simple version).
I got confused with what those words mean and which rank higher or lower...but fun!

Today we took a walk in the street...

This is a view in Tainan Park. What a beautiful day! Not too hot, not too cold...


I also met some cute preschool students as taking a walk in the park.


After that we went to buy some zong-zi home. Here are the glutinous rice using in making zong-zi.


I can't wait to taste some.
My host told me they will made this kind of food during the Dragon Boat Festival (5th, May in lunar calendar.)


On the way home, we also met a presidential campaign. My host told me that the polling day is on March 22nd.


I also saw this street art. This is made by the students in Tainan University.
People even pasted many rental advertisments on the fake board. XD


Beautiful fallen leaves on the street...^^

Today I'm again in Hsin-chu. As my host promise me, I visited a little bit inside the campus.

The first one shows the art work designed by Yuyu Yang who is a famous artist in sculpture.
My host told me this is her favorite one in this campus!


Look! Those people are playing baseball! I found that a lot of people are carzy about baseball game here, especially the preliminary for 2008 Beijing Olympic is now proceed in Taiwan. My host told me that the MLB season is coming soon, too!


This one is taken outside the campus. Right behind the campus there is a synchrotron. This is only the entrance. The synchrotron inside accelerate electrons close to the speed of light, and those electron beams thus radiate. People use these lights to study some properties of materials they are interested.


It's a pity that I can only take a photo with the board. My host told me that only people work and study there can go inside.


In this way, I try to find a photo of how does it look inside on internet, and I found this one. That's amazing!! My host told me that they plan to build a bigger one in the future nearby, and there are a lot of much bigger accerelators in the world.

Source of the Image : http://www-icg.nsrrc.org.tw/

After two days rest, my host took me to the primary school she used to go to.

Here is the classroom. My host told me that everything is quite similar with it was 15 years ago.



Wow...what a lovely work! I love this picture very much!
Kids are always the most creative organism in the universe!



On the swing.... it's quite scary...

Today is the opening of the Chinese Professional Baseball League(CPBL). The first game of CPBL is Lanew-bears(guest) vs. uni-Lions(home). My host is a fan of the home team in Tainan - uni-Lions, and thus she decided to go to the game WITH ME!

Tickets!! I am soooo excited! It's my very first time to see a baseball game!



The supporting board. They give this to us for using during the game. Do I look good in it?



The entrance of the seats in outfield area.



On the way to the entrance, we also met some little baseball players.
It is a baseball team from a local primary school. They also came to see this game!



Wow...people there looks really excited about the game.



I don't really understand the game, but people around us seem to have a lot of fun.



Try to understand what's the game is going on...



I think I get to know more about this game after watching five~six innings...
My host told me today this game is really exciting because nobody knows who will win until the last minute!



Baseball cap drink! How cute it is!



The final result! YA!! The team we support fianlly win! This is a tough game, but I saw everyone in this ballpark is quite satisfied because this is a SUPER great game. Players from both teams all did their best in this game! My host told me this is the best game she had ever seen!



Take a photo with the logo of uni-Lions as a souvenir photo! It's late now! Time to go home...

Tonight I watched a DVD with my host. It is a concert from a Japanese band called Mr. Children.

Today I saw some Golden Trumpet Tree .
I have to say they have the most beautiful yellow color in the world. Just stay gold!



This one also shows the cotton trees!
What a great match with these two kinds of color! I think spring is finally here...



This one shows me on the motorcycle with my host's mother!
Airing like this makes me feel comfortable under such a big tropic sun ~
Do you see me in the side mirror? XD

Hi! Mommy! Today I weight myself in the post office. It's 35 grams!
I am too light to use the scale that my host use. XD

Today my host had a hair cut. This photo was took when we were waiting. I also want to have my hair cut because it's so hot here, but my host told me they don't know how to do with a sheep. I think I should go to a farm. Maybe they know how to design a more comfortable hair style for a sheep traveling in tropic area...

Today we went to buy some Baozi. My host told me that this maker is one of the famous makers in Tainan.



On the way home, we met OPEN chan in front of the 7-11. My host told me that he is kind of the mascot of 7-ELEVEn in Taiwan. She said that it was designed by the Japanese advertising agency Dentsu, and soon become very popular in Taiwan in a very short time. OPEN chan even has his own website, and his own blog. I guess that's why I always see him in every corner of every 7-11.



When we got home, I can't wait to taste a Baozi! It's super delicious!!! What a nice day!
In the meantime, I'm still wondering what kind of the animal that OPEN chan is...He said he is a dog... Queer...

Today is the 2008 presidential election day in Taiwan.
My host took me with her, but I can only stay outside.



It's a pity that I can only take photo in a long distance because it is illegal to take photos around,
but it's still fun to see an activity like this!

Today I read the National Geographic magazine with my host and found something interesting!

The cover story of this Chinese version issue is LHC (Large Hadron Collider) - a device for researching elementary particles. It will soon work later this year! My host told me it is the biggest accelerator in the world now. It is located accross Switzerland and France and just beside Geneva Airport--quite near my hometown!

 

The next one is more interesting!!! It is an article talking about animal minds! Finally people learn to know how animal think in a scientific way. See! Edward is a sheep from West Virginia, and he can recognize different faces (about 50 different sheeps and 10 different people!) I knew that myself, but my host seems to be quite surprised with this! I'd told her earlier if I knew she didn't know. And...I think I can do even better than Edward! XD That means I'll remember all of nice TV friends, hosts, people, and other animals on my way of trip!



By the way, if you also want to read these two articles, here are the links : Animal Minds ; The God Particle
I recommend you to read them!

Today my host and I take a walk in the street and found that today is the 10 anniversary of Starbucks Coffee in Taiwan. I found a lot of people there, and thus went inside...It is free today!!! That's why so many people there!! XD However, the waiting people are too many, I decided to just take several photos there.

Today is a good day! Everywhere is full of flowers!

I was always wondering why flowers have so many colors...
We sheep don't have that many. I saw yellow flowers in Tainan, and now I see pink and red.



I love white flowers so much because they have the same color as me.



Can you find where I am ? XD



Because I love the second photo so much so I made this photo into a desktop wallpaper!
Though it is not perfect, hope you'll like it!

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