I went to visit National Palace Museum with four of our classmates, Grace, Vicky, Enid and Aya. When we arrived at the museum, it was already around 3:00 in the afternoon. We borrowed the audio guide with the museum, it cost us 100 NT. dollars to borrow the ear phones, which was kind of expensive for us. At that time, the museum was full of tons of people, which made us hard to visit our target treasures together. Hence, we divided into two groups, Enid +Vicky as one group; Aya, Grace and I as one group.
We found that the result of using audio guide wasn’t as good as we expected. The audio guide only offered some of the introduction of the treasures in the museum. What’s worse, we couldn’t hear the audio guide clearly because of the noisy environment created by different groups of tourists. Furthermore, we were forced to separate from Aya because of the other tourist. It seemed that everything was in a mass and I could only continued to visit the museum’s treasure with Grace only since it was hard for us to find either Aya or Vicky and Enid.
However, Grace and I were very lucky to bump into a guide who was leading a group of mainlander tourists. We found that the guide’s introduction was more clear and vivid than the audio guide. Thus, both Grace and I decided to follow that Chinese guide to listen to his introduction.
I found that the introduction provided Chinese guide was rich in terms of the art works’ historical backgrounds and the techniques explanation. With the Chinese guide’s help, I understood when did the art works were formed and the story behind each of the art works. Thanks to the Chinese guide Grace and I met over there, we had further understanding toward the art works such as the “Bamboo brush-holder depicting a letter reading scene from the Romance of west Chamber,” the “Aloes wood carving of the nine Elders in Xiang-shan Mountain,” the “meat shaped stone,” and the “Jadeite cabbage” etc.
I think National Palace Museum is a nice place to demonstrate the great art works of our history and country. However, the guided system isn’t very complete. In my opinion, the National Palace Museum and provide further training for the English or other languages tour guides so that these guides can provide better quality of art work introduction. Besides, there were too many tourists to visit the museum at one time, which made it hard for everyone to have chance to take a look on these treasures. If the museum can do further control of the quantity of tourists at one exhibition room at one time, the quality of visiting the museum could be improved a lot.
2010年6月16日 星期三
2010年6月15日 星期二
My Reflection on Zhongli City Presentation
I am familiar with the Zhongli City since it is close to my native place. I used to go there very often when I was a child. The place I went most often was the Yi Ming Temple (義民廟). It used to be a temple to worship those citizens who used to fight against the foes that attacked the village and died in the war. However, if you go to Yi Ming Temple nowadays, you can find several Gods of Taoism, and Buddhism insides.
Whenever I went to that temple, I went for the ceremony of worshiping “God Pig” (神豬). According to the elderly in my family, it is one of important activities for the Hakka people to worship for good luck in the following year. The farmer would bring and kill the heaviest pig that they raised to join this activity. The one who brings the heaviest pig would win the competition and get a great deal of money as reward. It would be a great honor to a farmer.
However, I didn’t like that kind of competition at that time since I felt that it was inhuman and kind of scary to see pig to be placed with that kind of position. Whenever I saw the “God Pig’s” eyes, I felt sense of guilt and sorry for the pig’s condition. Hence, I never go to that kind of ceremony when I grow up.
I like Zhong Li County since I can meet lots of Hakka people who are very friendly and hospitable and eat a variety of Hakka food, which is quite similar with the ones made by my grandmother, over there. Thus, whenever I go to Zhong Li County, I feel a sense of familiarity.
I like Silvia and Carol’s presentation a lot since they introduced several aspects of Zhongli city. Some points that they introduced like the exotic cuisine, and the foreign culture of Zhongli city are the ones I wasn’t familiar with before. I would like to experience the night market and the special foreign cuisine restaurants some day in the future.
Whenever I went to that temple, I went for the ceremony of worshiping “God Pig” (神豬). According to the elderly in my family, it is one of important activities for the Hakka people to worship for good luck in the following year. The farmer would bring and kill the heaviest pig that they raised to join this activity. The one who brings the heaviest pig would win the competition and get a great deal of money as reward. It would be a great honor to a farmer.
However, I didn’t like that kind of competition at that time since I felt that it was inhuman and kind of scary to see pig to be placed with that kind of position. Whenever I saw the “God Pig’s” eyes, I felt sense of guilt and sorry for the pig’s condition. Hence, I never go to that kind of ceremony when I grow up.
I like Zhong Li County since I can meet lots of Hakka people who are very friendly and hospitable and eat a variety of Hakka food, which is quite similar with the ones made by my grandmother, over there. Thus, whenever I go to Zhong Li County, I feel a sense of familiarity.
I like Silvia and Carol’s presentation a lot since they introduced several aspects of Zhongli city. Some points that they introduced like the exotic cuisine, and the foreign culture of Zhongli city are the ones I wasn’t familiar with before. I would like to experience the night market and the special foreign cuisine restaurants some day in the future.
My Opinion toward Betel Nut Beauties
When you drive along the street, you would probably see some spicy girls wearing bikini and sit in a transparent store. They are not prostitutes who try to use their charming appearance to attract man to sleep with them; they are Betel Nut Beauties who sell betel nuts and some drinks or cigarette.
These Betel Nut Beauties use their shining stores and charming image to attract the possible customers, who are mostly trunk drivers or workers, to come to their store and buy their products. They actually don’t do anything illegal, however, their wearing sometimes cause them some troubles.
For instance, some men with bad intention might go to the betel nut shops to molest these betel nut beauties. Some police officers might go to these betel nut beauties and ask them to wear more clothes since their spicy wearing and the way they greet the customers might have negative influence on the passing by teenagers. What’s more, it is the betel nut beauties’ actions and wearing that make the parents or other conservative groups of people in this society see them in negative points of views.
I believe that most of these betel nut beauties simply try to use their charming body images to attract more customers to go to their shops. They don’t do anything to disturb others’ lives. Sometimes these betel nut beauties can even be helpful for those who lose their way when driving.
In my opinion, there’s noting wrong for these betel nut beauties sell betel nuts with their attractive appearance. However, they need to keep in mind that their actions can be seen by not only the customers but also the teenagers or even younger generations. If the betel nut beauties only wear few clothes, they might get themselves into dangerous situations since some criminals might see them as easier attack targets.
It’s hard for those who have prejudice toward betel nut beauties to change the way they see these spicy girls. However, they need to keep in mind that their actions can be seen by not only the customers but also the teenagers or even younger generations. Perhaps they can try to put on more clothes and avoid doing some controversial actions so that they won't get themselves into great trouble.
These Betel Nut Beauties use their shining stores and charming image to attract the possible customers, who are mostly trunk drivers or workers, to come to their store and buy their products. They actually don’t do anything illegal, however, their wearing sometimes cause them some troubles.
For instance, some men with bad intention might go to the betel nut shops to molest these betel nut beauties. Some police officers might go to these betel nut beauties and ask them to wear more clothes since their spicy wearing and the way they greet the customers might have negative influence on the passing by teenagers. What’s more, it is the betel nut beauties’ actions and wearing that make the parents or other conservative groups of people in this society see them in negative points of views.
I believe that most of these betel nut beauties simply try to use their charming body images to attract more customers to go to their shops. They don’t do anything to disturb others’ lives. Sometimes these betel nut beauties can even be helpful for those who lose their way when driving.
In my opinion, there’s noting wrong for these betel nut beauties sell betel nuts with their attractive appearance. However, they need to keep in mind that their actions can be seen by not only the customers but also the teenagers or even younger generations. If the betel nut beauties only wear few clothes, they might get themselves into dangerous situations since some criminals might see them as easier attack targets.
It’s hard for those who have prejudice toward betel nut beauties to change the way they see these spicy girls. However, they need to keep in mind that their actions can be seen by not only the customers but also the teenagers or even younger generations. Perhaps they can try to put on more clothes and avoid doing some controversial actions so that they won't get themselves into great trouble.
2010年6月8日 星期二
Feedback toward the Cross-Cultural Experiences of Expatriates
2010/5/26
International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF國合會) is an organization that strengthens international cooperation and enhances foreign relations by promoting economic development, social progress and the welfare of the people in partner nations around the world.
The guess speaker Mr. Shih briefly introduced the ICDF (國合會). He told us what the organization did for our countries and those countries which have diplomatic relations with us. I think what the people in ICDF do for the countries which don’t have strong economic power or have great problems of people’s livelihood were very touching to me. These volunteers not only need to sacrifice their time of being with their family but also need to try their best to get involved in the foreign culture within a short period of time.
What’s more, these expatriated people might also encounter some difficulties or dangers such as the attack from the civil strife of the foreign countries they go to. Even though there are so many possible dangers or inconvenient things that they might encountered during the process of expatriate, these volunteers still devoted themselves toward the people who are in need in those developing countries. I think their attitudes and actions really worth admire from the public.
Throughout the speech, I think the part that related to Mr. Shih’s living experience in other countries were the most interesting parts. The pictures that were shown by Mr. Shih gave me a vague idea of the living environment and living experience toward those countries.
I think I might not be able to experience what Mr. Shih had experienced before since it’s hard for me to tolerate the loneliness of being alone in foreign countries. Besides, it’s hard for me to bare the environment of the Africa countries mentioned by Mr. Shih. However, I will introduced the projected mentioned by Mr. Shih to my friends in case that some of them might have interest in such kind of voluntary works in the countries which have diplomatic relations with us.
ICDF Website: http://www.icdf.org.tw/english/e_about_bg.asp
International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF國合會) is an organization that strengthens international cooperation and enhances foreign relations by promoting economic development, social progress and the welfare of the people in partner nations around the world.
The guess speaker Mr. Shih briefly introduced the ICDF (國合會). He told us what the organization did for our countries and those countries which have diplomatic relations with us. I think what the people in ICDF do for the countries which don’t have strong economic power or have great problems of people’s livelihood were very touching to me. These volunteers not only need to sacrifice their time of being with their family but also need to try their best to get involved in the foreign culture within a short period of time.
What’s more, these expatriated people might also encounter some difficulties or dangers such as the attack from the civil strife of the foreign countries they go to. Even though there are so many possible dangers or inconvenient things that they might encountered during the process of expatriate, these volunteers still devoted themselves toward the people who are in need in those developing countries. I think their attitudes and actions really worth admire from the public.
Throughout the speech, I think the part that related to Mr. Shih’s living experience in other countries were the most interesting parts. The pictures that were shown by Mr. Shih gave me a vague idea of the living environment and living experience toward those countries.
I think I might not be able to experience what Mr. Shih had experienced before since it’s hard for me to tolerate the loneliness of being alone in foreign countries. Besides, it’s hard for me to bare the environment of the Africa countries mentioned by Mr. Shih. However, I will introduced the projected mentioned by Mr. Shih to my friends in case that some of them might have interest in such kind of voluntary works in the countries which have diplomatic relations with us.
ICDF Website: http://www.icdf.org.tw/english/e_about_bg.asp
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