Thursday, August 13, 2009
Words Cannot Express It Properly
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Auntie Su! Auntie Su!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Water Falls
Ludicrous, he thought to himself. How he came into this situation, he had no idea.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Oh My Goddess!
In the past two days, my sister and I have watched 20 episodes of How I Met Your Mother. For those of you who watch the show (GINGER!! :D), you know how awesome and addicting that show can be. We’ve been watching the show as a way to get over our jetlag (that’s why we spent 9-12PM watching it Friday evening), but seeing as I am up at 6AM Saturday morning, I’m thinking EPIC FAIL.
We went to
Quick history lesson/geography lesson/Taiwanese facts about
Located in the district of Manka of
It is well known that the statue of Kuan-in (Goddess of Mercy) in the temple survived the bombing from the Allied aircrafts on June 8, 1945. The whole main hall and a part of the right annex were burned out during the air raid, but the statue of Kuan-in remained completely intact. Crazy, seeing as it’s made of wood and the whole temple was practically burnt to the ground.
One more thing, my dad’s grandfather helped work on the rebuilding of the temple and one of the pillars was actually carved by him.