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Saturday, 3 December 2011

Pinky on Scooter

My 9-year old daughter on her almost all pink get-up. I just picked her up from her school thus still on her pink uniform, pink school bag, pink lunch box, and the matching pink helmet. She was waiting for me by the scooter while I bought food for our dinner that night. And suddenly it hit me. My, she looked so sweet in all pink that I immediately took my mobile phone and took a snap of her. Ain't she the cutest?

On all pink get-up! 
Aboard the white scooter!

On the other hand, the white scooter is our daily service to and from school. It's a 1997 model SYM (Taiwanese company) scooter at 125 cc. Vintage I say LOL. It's a second hand one (I can't afford a brand new) which I bought for, guess how much ~ at only 332us$. Unbelievably cheap, right? And it's a low maintenance (well, except that we changed a new battery and new front tire last year) and so low on fuel consumption at only 4us$ per week. The most convenient part is, I get to drive it in and out of our campus. Such privilege is only offered to the university staff and its PhD students. Luckily I'm one of the students and thus given with a silver sticker (stuck on front board). Ain't that so great!

Scooters in Taiwan are by the way so popular. There are about 10 million scooters in the country, giving it the world's largest per-capita ownership level. Around our campus alone, parking spaces are so crammed with scooters. Ah you can't imagine my difficulty on parking late at night back in our apartment. So crazy.

Parking lots around the campus are crowded with scooters. 
The parking lot outside our college/department (and with my kids on pinks).



Thursday, 1 December 2011

Our Alma Mater

Where our dear Alma Mater is in the map of Taiwan...
Our University...
The main gate in year 2007.
Main gate today. 
on closer look... digitalized, oh yeah!
The last block on the uppermost left is our animal hospital, beside it is our department, infront is Animal Science dept.
For more of our campus beauty, which I say is really beautiful and modern in its own special way, please click the next picture.

Thank you, hope you enjoy the short tour. Thanks.

(Photos are credited, click it for the original source). 





Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Just created this blog

As I am embarking for a trip back home, I decided to make a little homage to my memorable experiences here in Taiwan. Five years of adventure as a foreign student here is indeed a roller coaster ride. I will keep you posted as soon as I start my pen (or keyboard?) rolling. Thanks for dropping by!

For the meantime, visit me here.