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Vaccinations and the Human Race as Bread Mold

January 30, 2013 – 8:44 pm
Old Rhymes and New Songs Woodblock Prints

Things that come up in this post:

travel vaccinations for Japanese encephalitis, rabies, and polio at the NTU travel clinic
cycling around the world
the life cycle of the human race is like the growth of bread mold
woodblock prints exhibit at the National Museum of History in Taipei
Changsha porcelain exhibit at the National Museum of History in Taipei
the eight deities in ivory, oracle bones, and silver ingots that …

Regret, Chance Encounters, and Life

January 25, 2013 – 11:58 am
Railroad Tracks in Yingge, Taiwan

Saturday, January 19, 2013
Let’s see. What happened this week? So far, my banking adventures have had happy endings. On Tuesday or something like that, I checked my main bank in Canada online, and the two accounts that I had opened up through the call center in India were sitting there just as we talked about and were ready for action. To be honest, I was …

Yingge, Taiwan – Ceramics and Horses

January 20, 2013 – 8:29 pm
Art at Ceramics Museum in Yingge

Sunday January 20, 2013
8:00 a.m. at the 7-11 on Chang-an road in Taipei
Despite all the day trips I’ve taken in the Taipei area, I’d never actually been to Yingge, that small town just outside of Taipei that is famous for its ceramics. It’s surprising because Yingge is probably up there in the top ten or even top five of places that people are encouraged to …

Railroad Tracks in Yingge, Taiwan

January 19, 2013 – 9:39 pm
Railroad Tracks in Yingge, Taiwan

Man at Yingge Old Street

January 19, 2013 – 9:07 pm
Man at Yingge Old Street

Girls on Toy Horses on Yingge Old Street

January 19, 2013 – 8:54 pm
Girls on Toy Horses on Yingge Old Street

Exhibit Room at Yingge Ceramics Museum

January 19, 2013 – 8:18 pm
Exhibit Room at Yingge Ceramics Museum

Ceramics Museum in Yingge, Taiwan

January 19, 2013 – 8:12 pm
Ceramics Museum in Yingge, Taiwan

I was very impressed with the ceramics museum in Yingge. I particularly liked the open and spacious design.