Vocabulary: 原ä½æ°‘ yuán zhù mÃn indigenous peoples原 yuán former å®ˆè· shÇ’u hù to stand guard守 shÇ’u to guard 摧毀 cuÄ« huÇ destroy æˆç«‹ chéng lì establish ä¿è· bÇŽo hù to protectä¿ bÇŽo to defend éå— zÄo shòu to sufferé zÄo meet by chance (usually with misfortune) ç ´å£ž pò huà i destructionç ´ pò to break 行政院 xÃng […]
Posts from ‘May, 2010’
Absolutely, positively something to look for
I’ll be looking for this model, and if anybody sees it on the shelves in Pingtung, please let me know. Slashdot Hardware Story | Asus Budget Ultraportable Notebook Sold Sans OS EconolineCrush writes “Tired of paying the Windows tax on notebooks? Asus’s Eee PC 1201T budget ultraportable comes without a traditional operating system and sells […]
More routes between Taiwan and Japan
Air routes between Taiwan and Japan have decreased over the years, so it’s nice to see that the trend seems to be reversing. Taipei Times – archives New routes head to Japan A shorter air route between Hualien and the Japanese islands of Ishigaki and Yonaguni will be available from July 28, reducing the flight […]
Kaohsiung metro system expects decline in losses in 2010 高雄æ·é‹ç³»çµ±é 期2010年虧æ下é™
Vocabulary: 虧æ kuÄ« sÇ”n deficit虧 kuÄ« deficiency é 期 yù qÄ« expecté yù to advance 統計 tÇ’ng jì statisticsçµ± tÇ’ng to gather 客é‹é‡ kè yùn lià ng amount of passenger trafficå®¢é‹ kè yùn passenger traffic客 kè customer 收支 shÅu zhÄ« cash flow收 shÅu to receive 平衡 pÃng héng balanceå¹³ PÃng surname Pingå¹³ pÃng flat 官員 guÄn yuán […]
And now for a complete waste of time and money…
The Taiwan Legislative Yuan is about as worthless and ineffectual as the US Congress, if that’s even possible. No, it’s worse than that. If they were simply ineffectual that would be OK, but they do affect life in Taiwan in many ways, all negative. They waste an enormous amount of money, act like spoiled brats […]
And non-citizen teachers will be the first to feel it…
Pension funds fall with the market in the modern world, and that sucks because we pay into it, and what we pay into does not rise or fall with the market. But oh well. The writing is on the wall with this story. To begin with, non-citizen university teachers in Taiwan already do not get […]
Southern Taiwan still needs rain
What a difference a year makes. Ten months ago we were flooded, now we’re in drought, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to change this week. I actually sort of like this weather though, I must admit.
Yet more on Taiwan as the origin of many Pacific Islanders
Taipei Times – archives Pacific Islanders’ history With reference to your review of my book, Surviving Paradise (“Notes from a very small island,†May 9, page 14), and Bradley Winterton’s doubts about my claim that Taiwanese Aborigines colonized the Pacific Islands, I would like to clarify and support this claim. It is the orthodox view […]
Kenting Express provides service from Zuoying HSR to Kenting
The Kenting Express is not only a good way to get to Kenting, but to other stops along the way as well, such as Fangliao. Taipei Times – archives An express bus service began this month for travelers heading from the Zuoying (左營) high speed rail station to Kenting (墾ä¸). The Kenting Express Line will […]