Temples in Taiwan- June 30, 2008 My fieldwork is to observe a certain type of ritual which has been growing in Taiwan during the past decades. This issue could be complicated, and I sometimes get confused when realizing that the society seems to be more and more religious these days, which makes a ritual a routine in religious form, and thus its not easy to divide the secular and the sacred anymore. I sometimes watch TV at night and, oh, there are so many shows talking about spirits and ghosts! People even send photos or...http://gracechengyinglin.blogspot.com/2008/06/temples-in-taiwan.html Rice burger- June 27, 2008 A video of me having a rice burger at Mos Burger in Taipei. Sorry about the background noises.http://gracechengyinglin.blogspot.com/2008/06/rice-burger.html Back to Taipei- June 27, 2008 Im originally from Taichung, the city in the central Taiwan. But this city has been a cultural desert for me and Ive seldom enjoyed it. So I was super excited when getting the opportunity going to Taipei for work and studies at my 22.I was very shy and timid when I just got to Taipei. I was like a country girl and people in Taipei seemed so aggressive but at the same time full of attractiveness. Luckily I got one good friend who is from the South and as curious about Taipei as I was. Therefore..http://gracechengyinglin.blogspot.com/2008/06/back-to-taipei.html The Osmonds- June 27, 2008 Ive been watching ET news in Montreal almost every day so got to know that the Osmonds are currently having their world tour. However I was not that impressed by their songs on TV, probably because Im not familiar with them at all. Surprisingly on the day of my arrival in Taiwan my friend Amanda invited me to go to the Osmonds show since she got a couple of tickets. I didnt know theyd been in Taiwan! So, thats what I did on the first night in Taipei: going to a show Ive heard a lot in Canada!...http://gracechengyinglin.blogspot.com/2008/06/osmonds.html My new laptop- June 23, 2008 As some of my friends know, Im a computer illiterate; no, I'd rather say that Im a technology illiterate. Therefore I didnt know how to use a digital camera until the beginning of this year when I went to Europe, and my IBM Thinkpad laptop has stayed with me for 7 years (so IBM is really good). Actually I like technology, and really appreciate its contribution to modern life, although sometimes I believe it has been misused to satisfy undisciplined desire of human kind. A lot of people have...http://gracechengyinglin.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-new-laptop.html Pink! Pink! Pink!- June 23, 2008 Again, as some of my friends know, my favourite color is pink, and thus Ive been collecting Hello Kitty stuff for many years. In Montreal I have to restrain myself as people in North America seem to be fond of neutral colors and styles, and a women in pink Hello Kitty dress walking on Ste. Catherine might look stupid. I still remember once a woman on What Not To Wear was totally in pink and then became the laugh stock of the two fashion experts. So although I was trying to use the Hello Kitty...http://gracechengyinglin.blogspot.com/2008/06/pink-pink-pink.html |