It's been over a week since my last post so I promise I'll try to catch up later on. For now, I thought I'd share some of the photos I took at Jilong (or Keelung if you prefer) yesterday. I've gotten myself a Flickr account as I hate having to HTML code my own photo galleries. It'll save me some time plus I can tag the photos and add descriptions ( Read more... )

Here's the first part of my long-promised account of my trip to Kyoto. This first part covers our first two days in Kyoto (京都), where we wandered around the city centre, strolled through the Teramachi shopping streets, visited Nijo Castle (二条城) and sauntered through one of the Kyoto's most renowned districts, the Gion District (祇園), a geisha ( Read more... )

It's been ages since I've posted any photos on my LJ so I thought I'd give you all a little treat of something of the random little treasures you can find in the backstreets of Hsinchu. ^_^


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OK, as promised, here's that other really weird photo I mentioned earlier this week.


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I still have to get around to uploading and editing my photos from Taichung and Yingge but I thought I'd share this little gem with you. Sander and I found the sign below outside a medical clinic in Taichung.


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Here are some long overdue photos of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial in Taipei. I took these just after the Chinese New year and promised I would put these up a few days ago but have only just got around to resizing them ( Read more... )

Time for some photo spammage! I've been meaning to put these up all week so here they finally are, although I've declined on putting up any pics with me on them because 1) I can't be sure who exactly is reading this LJ and I have no intention as yet of making it 'Friends Only' (my mum checks the LJ out but she doesn't have an LJ account) and 2) I ( Read more... )

What a hectic couple of days...

Sander and I are finally moving into our flat tomorrow so this week has been somewhat busier than normal. We've now found a good place for bedding and other household items so we'll be doing that tonight as well as packing our suitcases for the big move tomorrow to Holland Village. We've been told that the phone ( Read more... )

Today saw my first visit to Taipei, capital of this lovely island nation. Despite the horrible weather, fun was had and plenty of walking about (our feet can testify to it).

We set off from the hotel by taxi and grabbed a bus to Taipei from a stop close to the main train station here in Hsinchu. I think the name of the company was Freeway Express ( Read more... )

Yesterday was another one of those rollercoaster days as the stress of looking for a suitable job for me was beginning to get to me a little. The knowledge that I cannot take a job while on a visitor visa did not help, though I'm told I can get a job if I make sure the school/company I work for would be willing to sponsor me for an ARC (Alien ( Read more... )