Well, as some of you might know, I have my finals coming up in 13 hours, so I'm not going to make a long post. I am however very excited that we have a class 5 hurricane arriving here in about 36 hours. As I'm on a hill and somewhat inland, I won't be experiencing the full effects or really be in any danger at all. Anyways, you can have fun following the progress here - http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/ click on "SEPAT" on the right.
Best of all - The official term for a class 5 hurricane here is "Super Typhoon" - I'm so pumped!
Showing posts with label Taiwan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taiwan. Show all posts
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
LOTS more videos
I love my camera, and I've gotten lots of compliments about it. Not only that, but it's light, fast, and takes great videos! However, EDITING those video's is a pain in the arse. I think I might do a process piece next on actually making the videos.
That will have to wait however, because in the mean time I have FIVE new videos for you all.
We start out this video expedition near Xitou, where we conducted a little chemistry experiment. The rocks in the tube let off an unstable gas when sprayed with water. Let's see what happens when that gas is bunched up in a tube, and then introduced to fire by Lynn:
For best effect, turn the volume WAAAY up for the last 5 seconds.
Next, back in Taichung, we visit some fish at a teahouse we are eating at. I was particularly amused with the gaping mouthes of these fish. Kim had some other choice acronyms to describe them >:-)
This weekend, we took a trip to Sun Moon Lake. To be honest, the lake wasn't at all impressive. It was hazy, not particularly scenic, and surrounded by small vendors selling wooden penises (I kid you not - here's just one example, thanks Liz).
However, after the somewhat dull park, and a 10 minute stop at a temple, we got to go to an amusement park! Just as the Native American's have started running casinos, it seems that the aboriginals here have taken up running amusment parks, this one being a CLEAR knockoff of Disneyland. The rides included Space Mountain, "Gold mine adventure" - which is a log ride, and my personal favorite "Space tours" which is a rip-off of Star Tours, although they forgot to include the horizontal tilt axis, making the ride more akin to whiplash. I was able to record the opening of the ride before the dirty looks I was getting compelled me to turn my camera off:
For those of you not familiar with the Disneyland ride, here's a video of it:
Another thing this park didn't have was lines! I was so happy to be able to ride the twisty, turny, upside down and everything roller coaster, and then be able to run around and do it again! granted, they didn't have 2 hours worth of scenery to watch as you approached the ride, but I think thats a good trade-off.
Once thing this park had more of was...er...skin. Here's a video of the dance from the Brasil Festival:
Finally, it was time to call it a day, so we hopped on our bus to return home. To keep us entertained on our 2 hour ride, we had karaoke! Here's Dan and Rachel getting down to "Let it Be" performed by Jacob S.
That about wraps up the videos for today. If you can't already tell, I am having a great time here! Hope everyone back at home is going well too.
That will have to wait however, because in the mean time I have FIVE new videos for you all.
We start out this video expedition near Xitou, where we conducted a little chemistry experiment. The rocks in the tube let off an unstable gas when sprayed with water. Let's see what happens when that gas is bunched up in a tube, and then introduced to fire by Lynn:
For best effect, turn the volume WAAAY up for the last 5 seconds.
Next, back in Taichung, we visit some fish at a teahouse we are eating at. I was particularly amused with the gaping mouthes of these fish. Kim had some other choice acronyms to describe them >:-)
This weekend, we took a trip to Sun Moon Lake. To be honest, the lake wasn't at all impressive. It was hazy, not particularly scenic, and surrounded by small vendors selling wooden penises (I kid you not - here's just one example, thanks Liz).
However, after the somewhat dull park, and a 10 minute stop at a temple, we got to go to an amusement park! Just as the Native American's have started running casinos, it seems that the aboriginals here have taken up running amusment parks, this one being a CLEAR knockoff of Disneyland. The rides included Space Mountain, "Gold mine adventure" - which is a log ride, and my personal favorite "Space tours" which is a rip-off of Star Tours, although they forgot to include the horizontal tilt axis, making the ride more akin to whiplash. I was able to record the opening of the ride before the dirty looks I was getting compelled me to turn my camera off:For those of you not familiar with the Disneyland ride, here's a video of it:
Another thing this park didn't have was lines! I was so happy to be able to ride the twisty, turny, upside down and everything roller coaster, and then be able to run around and do it again! granted, they didn't have 2 hours worth of scenery to watch as you approached the ride, but I think thats a good trade-off.
Once thing this park had more of was...er...skin. Here's a video of the dance from the Brasil Festival:
Finally, it was time to call it a day, so we hopped on our bus to return home. To keep us entertained on our 2 hour ride, we had karaoke! Here's Dan and Rachel getting down to "Let it Be" performed by Jacob S.
That about wraps up the videos for today. If you can't already tell, I am having a great time here! Hope everyone back at home is going well too.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
I'm on an island!
I got into Taiwan about 3 hours ago. Here are a few of my impressions:
1. It's hot.
People weren't lying when they said that Taiwan was really ridiculously hot. I normally expect the temperature at 7AM to be pleasantly chilled, but climbing up the stairs to my room in the hostel I was sweating more than I can really ever recall.
2. The trees!
Riding the bus from the airport to Taipei, I was struck by how dense the forests lining the side of the highway were.
3. The cops are nice :)
I was stumbling around about a block from my hostel, not quite sure where I was supposed to be going. A police man walked up and in perfect english asked "Can I help you?" I said I was looking for the happy family hostel, and he lead me down an allyway to the door of the hostel.
Anyways, I will have some more pictures and videos for everyone who reads this when I get on my laptop.
1. It's hot.
People weren't lying when they said that Taiwan was really ridiculously hot. I normally expect the temperature at 7AM to be pleasantly chilled, but climbing up the stairs to my room in the hostel I was sweating more than I can really ever recall.
2. The trees!
Riding the bus from the airport to Taipei, I was struck by how dense the forests lining the side of the highway were.
3. The cops are nice :)
I was stumbling around about a block from my hostel, not quite sure where I was supposed to be going. A police man walked up and in perfect english asked "Can I help you?" I said I was looking for the happy family hostel, and he lead me down an allyway to the door of the hostel.
Anyways, I will have some more pictures and videos for everyone who reads this when I get on my laptop.
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