Vocabulary: 原住民 yuán zhù mín indigenous peoples原 yuán former 守護 shǒu hù to stand guard守 shǒu to guard 摧毀 cuī huǐ destroy 成立 chéng lì establish 保護 bǎo hù to protect保 bǎo to defend 遭受 zāo shòu to suffer遭 zāo meet by chance (usually with misfortune) 破壞 pò huài destruction破 pò to break 行政院 xíng […]
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 高雄捷運系統預期2010年虧損下降
Vocabulary: 虧損 kuī sǔn deficit虧 kuī deficiency 預期 yù qī expect預 yù to advance 統計 tǒng jì statistics統 tǒng to gather 客運量 kè yùn liàng amount of passenger traffic客運 kè yùn passenger traffic客 kè customer 收支 shōu zhī cash flow收 shōu to receive 平衡 píng héng balance平 Píng surname Ping平 píng flat 官員 guān 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 (墾丁). The Kenting Express Line will […]