Sunday, November 12, 2006

Life 生物

The date on the calendar may have read Veterans Day, but it felt more like spring, at least while the sun was up. Going for a walk in the hills near Chung-cheng (Jhong-jheng) Park this afternoon, signs of life were everywhere.
今日は11月11日だけど春のような日だった。中正公園の近い山道にいろいろな生物がたくさん見えた。

A crab that was some distance away from the nearest source of water カに:
 

Fly ハエ:
 

A small river near my apartment building アパートの近くにある小川:
 

My apartment complex, looming like a fortress over the rice fields 
要さいのようなアパート:
 

Amber, the reason for my being. Pamela has posted a lot of pictures of Amber on this website 見てください:
 

Every day is a lazy Saturday for our cat Chiou-chiou 球球 (タマちゃん):


This evening we went to the local department store in Fengyuan to do some shopping 今晩豊原のデパートに買い物に行った。Amber, as usual, found herself the center of attention from the store clerks:


We ate dinner at the food court in the store's basement, at the politically incorrect "The Red Man Teppanyaki":


Another example of Japanese in action. The Japanese at the bottom reads "Okashiyaki" おかしやき, from a stand selling Osaka-sytle grilled cakes (according to the Chinese):

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